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More…..Reasons for Nursing Homes
Others enter nursing homes long term because they’ve lost their abilities to function in one or more areas. They don’t have a disease that can be chased away with medicine; they’re facing old age and...
View ArticleLong-Term Care–A Matter of Degree
Let’s start at the beginning. Most of us can remember when our parents ran over to grandma and grandpa’s house to change a lightbulb or deliver groceries, and there were times when a grandparent moved...
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Long-Term Care–A Matter of Degree…Continued
You worried about how long it would take for someone to discover your loved one had fallen at night on a trip to the bathroom and could have broken a hip. Such nightmares jolted you out of your sleep...
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When you’ve decided that long-term care is what is best for your loved one
When you decide that (your family member’s) health and well-being are the most important considerations—for you as well as for them—that’s when you start seriously considering going the nursing home...
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An Intro to the Types of Nursing Homes and the Services They Offer
When researching long-term care homes for your loved one, you’ll find out quickly (if you don’t already know) there are a range of facilities that tend to get lumped under the category of “nursing...
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Assisted Living Homes
One step up from independent living facilities are assisted living facilities. Just as independent living facilities do, assisted living facilities offer small apartments, common areas and spaces...
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Residential and Continuing Care
What is Residential Care? Long-term Residential Care includes places that offer the above services and more to people who are in need of medical monitoring and assistance. A dietician will consult with...
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What Are Skilled Nursing Home Facilities?
Skilled Nursing Care Facilities are, as the name implies, places that focus on residents who need continual or even constant medical care; their need for recreational and social activities is less than...
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Things to Consider When Faced with Placing Your Loved One in a Nursing Home:...
What’s this going to cost? As you can imagine, the costs of (nursing home) facilities goes up with the level of care and services they provide. Certain places higher on this scale can charge an...
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Things to Consider When Faced with Placing Your Loved One in a Nursing Home:...
If you find yourself facing (or predict you’ll soon be facing) having to make decisions about senior care for a loved one, get to work as soon as you can; don’t put it off, and don’t wait until the...
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Some Nursing Home Statistics: Part I
It’s estimated that 76 million were born in the United States between ’46 and ’64, the common range for what’s been called the baby boom. The baby boomers born in ’46 hit age sixty-five in 2011, and...
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Some Nursing Home Statistics: Part II
It’s estimated that by 2050, the number of people who will be needing care in long-term facilities (this includes hospices, home health agencies, residential care communities, and elderly day care...
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Statistics on Nursing Home Abuse
Some statistics put out by the National Council on Elder Abuse are eye-opening: •Two out of three nursing home residents are female. •Over 50 percent of nursing home staff admitted to mistreating...
View ArticleAn Intro to the Types of Nursing Homes and the Services They Offer
When researching long-term care homes for your loved one, you’ll find out quickly (if you don’t already know) there are a range of facilities that tend to get lumped under the category of “nursing...
View ArticleAssisted Living Homes
One step up from independent living facilities are assisted living facilities. Just as independent living facilities do, assisted living facilities offer small apartments, common areas and spaces...
View ArticleResidential and Continuing Care
What is Residential Care? Long-term Residential Care includes places that offer the above services and more to people who are in need of medical monitoring and assistance. A dietician will consult...
View ArticleWhat Are Skilled Nursing Home Facilities?
Skilled Nursing Care Facilities are, as the name implies, places that focus on residents who need continual or even constant medical care; their need for recreational and social activities is less...
View ArticleThings to Consider When Faced with Placing Your Loved One in a Nursing Home:...
What’s this going to cost? As you can imagine, the costs of (nursing home) facilities goes up with the level of care and services they provide. Certain places higher on this scale can charge an...
View ArticleThings to Consider When Faced with Placing Your Loved One in a Nursing Home:...
If you find yourself facing (or predict you’ll soon be facing) having to make decisions about senior care for a loved one, get to work as soon as you can; don’t put it off, and don’t wait until the...
View ArticleSome Nursing Home Statistics: Part I
It’s estimated that 76 million were born in the United States between ’46 and ’64, the common range for what’s been called the baby boom. The baby boomers born in ’46 hit age sixty-five in 2011, and...
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