A Complete Guide To Moving A Loved One In A Long-Term Care Facility
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Purpose For Writing This Book There are a lot of misconceptions about nursing homes. Most of the time, the media is only interested in showing the tragic events that occur in some facilities. You rarely hear about the positive side of living in a residential care, assisted living, or skilled nursing facility. There are far more good stories about how residents' lives are improved by the staff working hard to ensure they have the highest quality of life possible while they rehab or live the rest of their natural lives in the facility. This book will help educate families on what they need to know to find a facility where the staff are fully qualified (trained) to meet the needs of their loved ones. Not all facilities can care for all residents. Considering the medical and psychological needs will be important in helping you find the facility that can best meet the specific needs of your loved one. People often ask me to tell them what the best nursing homes are. I smile and tell them that they are asking the wrong question. Any business that works with people and long-term care communities is a business like any other, and there will be problems with people from time to time. What you want to know is, when a problem occurs, how does the facility react? Do they try and sweep the issues under the rug, or do they do a full investigation and work to find a resolution? When problems arise in a long-term care community, residents/families assume that the staff don’t care. In my 27+ years of experience as a senior advocate, I have learned that, in most cases, this is NOT true. Most staff care about providing the best care possible for their residents. In many cases, the problem is that the staff did not receive the proper information or training, so they are unaware that what they are doing is wrong. This does not mean that all the staff are good, caring individuals. That is why any time there is an issue, it needs to be thoroughly investigated to ensure that everyone caring for our seniors has the compassion needed to best care for the residents in our long-term care facilities.
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About the Book
People don’t know what they don’t know, and they don’t know what questions to ask. What do you do when you’re told that your loved one will need to be moved to a long-term care facility (nursing home, assisted living, or residential care community) for rehab or long-term care? Where can you go for help? How do you know that the information that you are getting is accurate? Is the hospital in a rush to get your loved one out? “A Complete Guide To Moving A Loved One In A Long-Term Care Facility” will answer these questions and make you an informed consumer and, more importantly, a powerful advocate for your loved one! Long-term care facilities are a business like any other business, specializing in specific care areas. This book will teach you how to research, tour, and select a long-term care facility that best meets your loved one's needs. Readers will learn what questions to ask the staff and how to take all the information and select a facility that will allow your loved one to reach the highest quality of life possible. You know your loved one better than any other person, and you need to be the one who is in charge of selecting a long-term care facility! Cheryl J. Wilson, M.S.
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You’re awakened from a deep sleep at 2 a.m. and told your mom fell and is in the emergency room. Her hip is broken, and she will need surgery and a stay in a skilled rehab center. The surgery went well. A social worker comes in and gives you a list of nursing homes and tells you to select one for your mom’s rehab. You ask her how to pick a home, and you’re told any of the homes on the list could accept your mom. How are you supposed to select the skilled facility? Relax, families don’t know what they don’t know! Knowledge Is Power! A Complete Guide To Moving A Loved One In A Long-Term Care Facility will guide you through the process. You will learn how to research, tour (including what questions to ask), and select a facility that best meets the needs of your loved one. This guide comes with a checklist to use as you go through the process. Once you have selected the facility, this book walks you through admission. You will learn what to watch out for in the admission contract. Not everyone is in the middle of a crisis when the need for a long-term care facility arises. This guide will allow you to become proactive instead of reactive. You will learn what you need to know, so when looking for a long-term care facility, you will be ready! You know your loved one better than anyone else, and you need to be the one to select the facility they will move to. This book will give you the peace of mind of knowing that your loved one is in a facility that will allow them to have the highest quality of life possible.