If you or a family member requires 24/7 nursing care (also known as skilled nursing), moving to a nursing home is one choice, but not the only one. The days of a parent making a child promise, “…to never put me in a nursing home” should be over. A nursing home may be where you [...]
WHAT KIND OF HOUSING? Adults usually need a certain set of skills in order to be able function independently. The senior care professions calls them the Activities of Daily Living and use them to develop a functional assessment. A functional assessment helps identify medical issues and diagnose cognitive abilities in addition to helping evaluate a [...]
Bill Thomas, M.D., is a geriatrician and one of the great innovators for the 21st century the nursing home. When I heard about his work with the Eden Alternative, I was so excited I drove to Tupelo, Mississippi, to spend three days learning about The Green House Project. If nursing home care is in my [...]
RETHINKING ELDER CARE HOMES Nursing homes often fell like hospitals, with a central nurses’ station, tile floors, institutional food, and long hallways to shared patients’ rooms. The processes of a nursing home are designed around staff efficiency. The Green Houses look and feel nothing like that. They are designed around comfort and concern for [...]
NURSING HOME OVERSIGHT When you look for a nursing home make sure you read the State and Federal Government Reports. All nursing homes in the United States that receive Medicare or Medicaid funding are subject to federal regulations. Surveyors may inspect for compliance with State regulations and/or Medicare and Medicaid regulations. Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs) [...]
A skilled nursing facility provides around-the-clock registered nurses for people who cannot take care of themselves due to physical, emotional, or mental problems. This video is an unbiased tutorial on how to select a skilled nursing facility. A check list of steps to take when choosing a nursing home is provided: Visit, Observe, and Ask [...]
Is it dementia, or are you just fed up about all the things you hear about old age, dementia, nursing homes, and eldercare? One of the great things about doing your planning for getting older is that it actually frees you up. Get out of denial and make your plans for likely scenarios of how [...]
This video showcases professional direct-care workers who speak about their experiences in home health and nursing home jobs. PROFILE OF DIRECT-CARE WORKERS Direct-care workers are typically middle-aged women. Half are minorities, and 25% have no health insurance. These people are the front line workers who help maintain health and independence for our older population. They [...]
GUARANTEED DEMAND One of President Obama’s former senior advisors was famously quoted as saying, “A crisis is a terrible thing to waste.” While it may not yet qualify as a crisis, the tidal wave of aging baby boomers now moving into their senior years will create a huge surge in the need for assisted living. [...]
I like Anthony Song’s video blogs. They are thoughtful, unbiased, and always invite discussion and the development of better ideas. In this video he compares not-for profit nursing homes with for-profit nursing homes. While he does not come up with a definitive answer, he does provide solid research findings. He also raises issues such as [...]
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