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An Insider's Perspective on Everything From Admission to Discharge
The Nursing Home Survival Guide is the ultimate guide to everything you'll need to know about nursing homes, from whether your family member actually needs placement, the many different types of payment sources available, the admissions process, how to be discharged (even if the nursing home doesn't want to let you go), dying with dignity in a nursing home and everything in between.
This book was written with the goal of empowering the patient and family so that they will have a positive experience. Whether the patient is being admitted for a short-term rehabilitation stay or for long-term care, this book helps to explain the inner workings of the nursing home so that you can ensure your family member receives the best possible care.
The Nursing Home Survival Guide was written by a social worker with over 23 years of experience in the medical field. It includes 240 pages of information designed to help the patient & famiy partner with the nursing home to provide a more satisfying experience.
The Nursing Home Survival Guide covers:
• Why it's best to have the patient admitted in the morning.
• How to ensure that the patient receives his medication as scheduled on the day he’s admitted.
• How to cut down on costs, including medications, supplies and equipment.
• How to become eligible for Medicaid to pay for a patient’s room & board.
• How to search the track record of the nursing home and administrative team.
• How the annual inspections are conducted, and how to find out the actual results.
• How to file an official complaint against a nursing home.
• How to have a patient transferred to another nursing home or assisted living.
This book was written with the goal of empowering the patient and family so that they will have a positive experience. Whether the patient is being admitted for a short-term rehabilitation stay or for long-term care, this book helps to explain the inner workings of the nursing home so that you can ensure your family member receives the best possible care.
The Nursing Home Survival Guide was written by a social worker with over 23 years of experience in the medical field. It includes 240 pages of information designed to help the patient & famiy partner with the nursing home to provide a more satisfying experience.
The Nursing Home Survival Guide covers:
• Why it's best to have the patient admitted in the morning.
• How to ensure that the patient receives his medication as scheduled on the day he’s admitted.
• How to cut down on costs, including medications, supplies and equipment.
• How to become eligible for Medicaid to pay for a patient’s room & board.
• How to search the track record of the nursing home and administrative team.
• How the annual inspections are conducted, and how to find out the actual results.
• How to file an official complaint against a nursing home.
• How to have a patient transferred to another nursing home or assisted living.