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What to do if you aren't happy with nursing home care by Carol Bradley Bursack Posted Sun 30 Oct 2011 12:00am Family members have ways to address caregiving issues with nursing homes. Attitude and the chain of command are both important, but every caregiver has someone on their side if they need more assistance. That person is your ombudsman. Read more about your rights with nursing homes: Find care agencies to help you care for your loved one Read on »

Why I chose nursing home care for my loved ones by Carol Bradley Bursack Posted Tue 18 Oct 2011 12:00am or even visiting someone there is much different than living in one. However, the convenient location certainly helped me. Read more about deciding on nursing home care... During my most active caregiving years, I had a total of five loved ones in a local nursing home. The home was just two blocks from my own house and very close Read on »

Young people deserve age-appropriate surroundings when they need nursing home care by Carol Bradley Bursack Posted Sun 16 Jan 2011 12:00am seemed startling and unfair. Read more about young people in nursing homes: Find care agencies to help you care for your loved ones: Support a caregiver or jump start... Years ago, my friend and neighbor, Joe, for whom I was a primary caregiver, broke his hip. Joe, a man in his eighties, went from the hospital to a nursing home Read on »

New National Poll Finds Americans Strongly Opposed to Cutting Medicare Payments for Nursing Home Care as a Means of Financing He by Health: Hearsay & Headlines Posted Tue 01 Sep 2009 5:36pm Mellman Group (D) national survey (1000 Registered Voters, 8/21-24, +/- 3%) finds Americans, by significant margins, strongly oppose cutting Medicare-funded nursing home care over other funding options. Underscoring the unpopularity of cutting Medicare-financed nursing home care - now proposed by Congress - the data finds a full 66% of voters less likely Read on »

What to Do If You Aren't Happy With Nursing Home Care by Carol Bradley Bursack Posted Thu 01 Apr 2010 12:00am After spending fifteen years visiting a nursing home nearly every day for one or more loved ones, I learned a few things. One of them was how to be realistic about the care even the most well-run nursing home can provide, and the other is how to work through the chain of command when you have a legitimate issue with the care provided Read on »

Spousal Refusal A Method of Survival With Medicaid Covering the Costs of Nursing Home Care for The Sick Spouse by Medical Quack Patient Expert

Posted Sun 12 Dec 2010 3:21am a monthly income of less than $2700 a month. If that level is exceed, the the healthy spouse needs to help pay along with Medicaid. Nursing home care is around $100,000 a year... in a nursing home, where the bills ran past $100,000 a year, threatening to quickly drain the couple’s life savings of $500,000. The nursing home told him not to worry: If he signed Read on »

Elderly Heart Failure Patients Face Poorer Outcomes if Nursing Home Care Needed by Anthony Cirillo Patient Expert

Posted Wed 18 May 2011 9:00am Elderly heart failure patients who need skilled nursing care after discharge from the hospital face a higher risk of poor outcomes and even death, according... were discharged from the hospital after three or more days of treatment for heart failure. Approximately 14% of the seniors discharged to skilled nursing care facilities died Read on »

Medi-Cal Planning For Skilled Nursing Home Care in California by Mom-n-Me Posted Mon 11 Oct 2010 8:04pm On e of the greatest fears of elderly Americans is that they may require nursing home care. This not only means a great loss of personal autonomy, but also a tremendous financial price. Depending on location and level of care, nursing homes cost between $35,000 and $150,000 per year. Most people end up paying for nursing home care out Read on »

Death of spouse ups odds of nursing home care by My Elder Advocate Patient Expert

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Posted Sat 29 Nov 2008 12:21pm An older person's likelihood of entering a nursing home or other long-term care facility is particularly high immediately after the death of a spouse, new research indicates. "It may be related to the loss of social and instrumental support, in the form of care and help with daily activities such as help in cooking, cleaning, and shopping Read on »

5 Reasons the Nursing Home or Care Home May Be the Best Choice for Your Loved One With Alzheimer’s by Mom-n-Me Posted Fri 25 Nov 2011 7:53am 11/25/2011 By ~ Sandy Leave a Comment Deciding to check an Alzheimer’s sufferer into a nursing home or care home is a hard decision... their day to day lives, the appeal of nursing homes that provide around-the-clock assistance cannot be overlooked. Long-term care is often the best way to take care of individuals who Read on »