Crisis Nursing Home Discharge Planning – A View from the Resident’s Perspective
Learn what the last covered day under Medicare really means and how to protect your loved one from an early nursing home discharge.
Update on CMS Care Compare Website
For nursing home residents and their families, making a decision about what facility to choose can be a daunting and frustrating process. How do you know whether the nursing home you are considering for your loved one provides quality care? One resource is the federal government website which provides quality measures for every nursing home in the U.S. For more than ten years, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has been posting information on facility staffing measures on the Medicare.gov website under Care Compare. The information supplied regarding nursing home quality measures has been of questionable quality. However, [...]
Life Lessons from Seniors: Navigating Life and Loss
Learning to listen and taking life lessons from seniors are a gift we should never discount. A reflection shared should be a reflection cherished. How do you make a full and meaningful life when you can’t do so many of the things you once did? This is the question New York Times reporter, John Leland, has attempted to answer in his seven-year, twenty-one article series interviewing seniors nearing the end of their lives. Some of their thoughts on leading a meaningful life include, “don’t brood about the things you can’t reach; live as if your time is limited; focus on [...]