Nursing Homes

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One of life’s hardest decisions is deciding to place a loved one in a nursing home. Nursing homes often get a bad rap as being the hold over stop before a person dies, and in some sense there is a bit of truth to that. However, sometimes placing ... more »

How to Choose the Best Senior Facility

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There are three levels of care to look at when choosing the right senior facility: continuing care retirement communities, assisted living facilities and skilled nursing facilities. Look at the needs of the senior carefully to evaluate the best ... more »

How to Evaluate a Nursing Home

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A skilled nursing facility or nursing home cares for the elderly and others with disabilities who require 24-hour skilled nursing attention... more »

How to Pick a Nursing Home

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Your loved one deserves to be safe and healthy while staying in a nursing home. Picking the right nursing home for your loved one may seem a daunting task, but if you have an idea of what to look for, the choice is much easier. There are obvious, ... more »

How to Recognize Signs of Neglect in a Nursing Home

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Most nursing homes offer a safe alternative for the elderly and people stricken with illness who are unable to care for themselves. Unfortunately, there are some incidences where neglect and elder abuse exist. Some signs are obvious, but some ... more »

How to Stop Wallowing in Self Pity

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Nobody likes me. Nobody wants to be with me. I'll never have any friends. There's nothing good about me. What a bunch of nonsense! You are of great value and worth so much... more »

How to Determine if You Are Ready to Move to an Assisted Living Facility

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If you are feeling isolated, you feel at risk for falls in your home, you need assitened w/ managing yoru medicatoins or you are having difficulty with cooking and cleaning, you may want to consider a move to an assisted living facility... more »

How to Find a Nursing Home for Someone With Alzheimer's Disease or Dementia

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When searching for a skilled nursing facility that caters to Alzheimer's and dementia sufferers, it is important to make sure that the facility has a separate Alzheimer's unit with a high ratio of staff to residents... more »

How to Evaluate an Assisted Living Facility

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Assisted living facilities offer independent or shared living in a senior community, plus various levels of assistance with daily activities such as bathing, dressing, shopping, cooking and transportation... more »

How to Find a Continuing Care Retirement Community for a Senior

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A continuing care retirement community (CCRC) provides care for seniors of all levels of independence. It is a combination of a skilled nursing facility (24-hour care), assisted living facility (varying degrees of personal care) and independent ... more »

How to Evaluate a Continuing Care Retirement Community

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A continuing care retirement community (CCRC) provides a continuum of care for seniors who live independently or who require various levels of assistance... more »

How to Find an Assisted Living Facility for a Senior

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Assisted living facilities offer independent or shared living in a senior community, plus various levels of assistance with daily activities such as bathing, dressing, shopping, cooking and transportation... more »

How to Determine if You Are Ready to Move to a Continuing Care Retirement Community

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A continuing care retirement community provides a continuum of care for seniors who live independently or who require various levels of assistance. Seniors may buy their own apartment or house and enter at the independent level of care... more »

How to Choose an Assisted Care or Nursing Home

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At some time in our lives, you may have a parent, spouse or relative who needs around-the-clock care. Choosing an assisted care or nursing home is a truly difficult but often necessary choice. You'll want the best medical care possible, in a ... more »

How to Report Nursing Home Abuse

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Nursing home abuse is an atrocity that affects elderly individuals who depend on others for daily, long-term care. Abuse that is physical or mental in nature requires proper reporting in order to ceased. Learn how to report nursing home abuse to ... more »

How to Avoid Going to a Nursing Home

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They have acres of well-manicured lawns, beautiful trees and shrubbery trimmed to look like animals. And let's not forget the sunsets over the pond. But in reality, mention "nursing home" to the elderly and it conjures up images of brick ... more »

How to Choose a Nursing Home for Your Loved One

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Putting the care of a loved one in someone else's hands can be difficult. It can also be a relief when you find a facility that fulfills its obligations and responsibilities with a cheerful attitude and a trustworthy staff... more »

How to Determine if a Senior Is Ready to Move to a Nursing Home

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A senior's ability to live safely in her home, and her need for 24-hour skilled nursing care, is a key consideration when deciding if she is ready to move to a skilled nursing facility - in other words, a nursing home... more »

How to Discuss Nursing Home With Aging Parent

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As we age, we can lose the ability to care for ourselves. When a parent reaches that stage, it's difficult to consider transitioning him to a nursing home. However, it is one of the options we might have to consider. Although it's never easy to ... more »

How to Evaluate Alternatives to Nursing Home Care

By Carol Tilley-Williams

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The notion of a nursing home is very frightening to many people, largely because it feels like the surrender of independence. If you or a loved one is faced with the likelihood of nursing home care, you should evaluate all the alternatives ... more »

How to Feel Comfortable Visiting a Nursing Home

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Whether you are planning to volunteer or visit a loved one in a nursing home, it's important to be comfortable and relaxed. Maintaining ties to family and community is important for someone who resides in a nursing home, and your visits help her ... more »

How to Finance Nursing Home Care

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With the American population living longer than ever before, it is imperative that we all plan to finance nursing home care at some point either for ourselves or for our loved ones. Even in the event that we do not have to do it, we still need ... more »

How to Find a Nursing Home for a Senior

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A skilled nursing facility or nursing home offers help for those who require 24-hour skilled nursing attention. Facilities require registered nurses on-site 24 hours a day and also utilize other professionals such as licensed practical nurses and ... more »

How to Find a Nursing Home for Someone With Parkinson's Disease

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Because people who suffer from Parkinson's disease can be younger, it is especially important to find a facility with people who are close to them in age... more »

How to Find and Evaluate the Best Nursing Home

By nashvillebecky

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Perhaps the hardest decision a family can make is to send a loved one to a nursing home. For many caregivers, it can feel like you're abandoning them, and the guilt is tremendous. In many cases, however, a nursing home is the best option for a ... more »

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