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US Nursing Home Residents Should Know Their Rights

Human Rights Watch has released a guide about US nursing facility residents’ rights concerning medication in easy-to-read formats. This guide aims to fill an important gap, supporting older people in knowing and claiming their rights.

4 Tips for Transitioning from Hospital or Rehab to Home

I’ve recently been helping a friend who has been managing her mother’s transitions from a hospital to a rehab facility and then to another rehab facility that now wants to send her home before she, or her family, is ready. It reminded me of how tough family caregiving transitions can be. I’ve been through so many of them with my parents and my sister — some smooth, others unexpected and rocky. As a study in the American Journal of Nursing found, …

What If Residents Decided How Their Nursing Home Would Run?

It seemed like a radical idea: Let each nursing home residents decide when to eat. But that and other person-centered care helps make them happier.

How one nursing home is helping its residents regain a sense of purpose.

How to Use New Federal Ratings of Rehab Services in Nursing Homes

Experts say quality rehab means more positive outcomes

When In-Home Care is the Superior Option to Nursing Homes

Just a generation or two ago, a nursing home was a common destination for our senior loved ones when they needed greater support than what family can provide.

Is it Time for a Nursing Home?

"Last week, my mom found a way to get out of the house. She was missing for three hours. We were frantic. She was missing for three hours. I'm ashamed of myself for failing to care for her. Is it time to look for a nursing home?"

Can the Nursing Home Take My House?

Specifically, you may be asking yourself “ Can the nursing home take my house? ”

Home Care or Nursing Home?

As people age, sooner or later, there comes a time when a new level of care is needed. Even individuals who have been very independent all their lives may require assistance after the onset of a disease like Alzheimer’s. When such a change in care becomes vital, a common decision to be taken is…

5 Tips for Navigating Rehab After a Hospital Stay

If your senior family member is in hospital following a serious illness, injury, or surgery, the next likely step is therapy in a rehabilitation center. Therapy is essential to ensure seniors regai…

Making Tough Decisions: Is There No Choice But a Nursing Home?

It’s something many of us have done. Our parents are in their middle years and have come home from visiting someone in a nursing home. The hospital-like structure of the older nursing home was disturbing to them. While relating their experience to you they say that they’d hate to end up in a place like that. You jump in and say with feeling and genuine belief, "I’d never put you in a nursing home."

How to Avoid Nursing Homes

America's aging don't want to leave the places where they've lived for decades. What do they need to manage at home?

Do You Know the Signs of Nursing Home Abuse?

Learn the signs of nursing home abuse and neglect so that you can protect your friends and family members. Call our Sacrament nursing home abuse attorney if you suspect abuse. We can help you hold the parties responsible for the abuse liable.

Assisted Living Memory Unit or Nursing Home: How to Choose

Dear Carol: Your column has been incredibly helpful for my family as we care for my sweet mother-in-law who is in late stages of frontal temporal dementia. As we've struggled to find the right care setting while she progresses through this disease, we've been confused by care options. From assisted living to skilled nursing, there appear to be many choices, but it's not always clear what each provides. Recently, we learned from a nurse in Mom’s current nursing home that some memory care…

Discover These 7 Tips for Celebrating the Holidays in a Nursing Home

Discover how to help your loved one enjoy the holidays despite he or she being in a nursing facility.

How Good is Your Nursing Home?

This blog post discusses the federal government’s new changes to the nursing home rating system.

How Telemedicine is Changing Nursing Homes

In nursing homes resources are often limited, not enough for all the patients, telemedicine is trying to make sure everyone gets treated.

Mentors Help Patients with Rehab and Offer Insider Tips Along the Way

Patients who have had health problems ranging from strokes to knee replacements are finding inspiration and help from volunteer mentors who have struggled with the same ailments.

What if I Can’t Afford Nursing Home Care?

With more than half of us expected to need long-term nursing home care planning is a necessity. Our Huntersville Medicaid lawyers can help you to prepare

Can Nursing Home Resident Place Audio/Video Recording Devices in Room?

Question: Is it legal for the family of a nursing home resident to place video or audio monitoring devices in their room? ... Dangerous Property