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Nursing Homes
When Is It Time to Move?
Nursing Homes Explained: What They Are, What to Expect, How to Pay For One & How to Find One
What They Are
Nursing homes or convalescent homes are also known as skilled nursing facilities, or SNFs (pronounced "sniffs"). SNFs are live-in facilities that provide medical treatment prescribed by a physicia... Read entire article »
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How to Talk to Parents about Long-Term Care
Life throws us many curveballs, and suddenly becoming the ” parent” to your parents is a major one—for both parties involved. When you believe a family member or other loved one is in need of... Read entire article »
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Choosing the Right Nursing Home
Consumer Alert: Exposing the Flaws in Medicare's 5 Star Rating System of Nursing Homes
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently began a new rating system to help consumers compare nursing homes. It adds an additional feature to the Nursing Home Compare component on the Medica... Read entire article »
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How to Choose a Senior Care Facility
As a geriatric care manager, I frequently visit long-term care facilities. Because each facility offers a distinct setting and array of services, it is difficult to know which one is the best choice for your fa... Read entire article »
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Nursing Homes Explained: What They Are, What to Expect, How to Pay For One & How to Find One
What They Are
Nursing homes or convalescent homes are also known as skilled nursing facilities, or SNFs (pronounced "sniffs"). SNFs are live-in facilities that provide medical treatment prescribed by a physicia... Read entire article »
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: Nursing Home Deficiencies Explained
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is part of the federal government's Department of Health and Human Services. Because many Medicare and Medicaid recipients are elderly, much of the funding goes ... Read entire article »
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Nursing Home Checklist: Touring
Not sure what to look for when touring a nursing home? Wish you had someone to show you how? Gilbert Guide has worked with experts to develop an easy-to-use checklist of what you need to pay attention to when t... Read entire article »
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Accreditation Agencies: What They Are & What They Do
There are many accreditation agencies for long-term care facilities and services, but not all of them are created equal. Many charge the facilities and service providers a fee and require a self-evaluation form... Read entire article »
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Managing Conflicts & Advocating for Loved Ones
Using Mediation to Manage Conflict in Long Term Care Facilities
Conflict in any location where human beings congregate is inevitable. We are all evolutionarily programmed to defend ourselves when threatened, and to protect ourselves if we believe we are being wronged, even ... Read entire article »
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Handling Hospitalization: The Ins and Outs of Advocating for Your Loved One
Being hospitalized is scary. If it happens to your loved one, minimize confusion by being as prepared as possible. This article will teach you how to become an effective advocate for your loved one while he or ... Read entire article »
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Advocate 101 for Family Caregivers: When your Loved One is Hospitalized
As a family caregiver, short-term hospitalization of a loved one can be a difficult situation whether he or she is living in a long-term care facility or at home. As the family caregiver, the change can prove c... Read entire article »
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Advocate 101 for Family Caregivers: Talking with Physicians
Welcome to my new series on being an effective advocate. Many family caregivers are thrust into a role for which they are ill-prepared. Meeting with medical professionals can be intimidating, as we live in a cu... Read entire article »
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Understanding Elder Abuse
Physical & Financial Elder Abuse: What You Can Do
For many people, the term “elder abuse” brings to mind a scam artist selling a bogus financial investment to older people. You may have seen ads from the local district attorney’s office showi... Read entire article »
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Nursing Home Residents' Rights
Nursing home residents have rights and protections guaranteed by the 1987 Nursing Home Reform law which requires facilities to "promote and protect the rights of each resident." Skilled nursing facilities must ... Read entire article »
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Sex Offenders in Nursing Homes—No Pros but Tons of Convicts
Do the meals taste like hospital food? Does the staff-to-patient ratio allow for enough individualized attention? Is your loved one’s roommate a known sex offender? Most likely, that last question wouldn... Read entire article »
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Waking the Dead to Prove Abuse—Is Exhumation Ethical?
Virginia Cole died at Woodstock Residence Nursing Home in Illinois on Sept. 10, 2006. She was 78 years old. Although afflicted with Alzheimer’s, Cole was in good overall health according to Steven Levin, ... Read entire article »
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Elder Abuse in Nursing Homes: Part 1
In continuing the discussion on elder abuse, and its myriad forms, I intend to inform and arm you with ways to recognize and fight against abuse and neglect, particularly in nursing homes. First, the numbers. T... Read entire article »
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Elder Abuse in Nursing Homes: Part 2
(This is the second half in a two-part series. Read Elder Abuse in Nursing Homes: Part 1.)
You may have read past missives in which I described a day in the life of an independent living resident—namely, ... Read entire article »
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