How to Evaluate a Nursing Home
A skilled nursing facility or nursing home cares for the elderly and others with disabilities who require 24-hour skilled nursing attention. Does the facility have specific services to match your needs? Services could include wound management for ... [... more]
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How to Tour a Nursing Home
Here are some guidelines to help you know what to look for when visiting nursing homes. There are a wide array of characteristics that affect quality of care in nursing homes, and some of these will affect your care or your loved ones care more ... [... more]
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How to Find Nursing Home Ratings
Nursing homes get state inspections for quality. It isn't always easy to find out if a certain home has problems or not. There is now a new way to check the rating on a nursing home. Here's how: Five (5) stars is the best rating and one (1) star ... [... more]
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Falls in Nursing Homes
Each year, an average nursing home with 100 beds reports 100 to 200 falls.1 About 1,800 older adults living in nursing homes die each year from fall-related injuries. Those who experience non-fatal falls can suffer injuries, have difficulty ... [... more]
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How to Get Good Nursing Home Care
If you are like millions of Americans then you have a loved one in a nursing home. Someone who can no longer do basic things for themselves, like use the toilet and take a bath or feed themselves, and you want that person to receive the best ... [... more]
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How to Find Good Nursing Homes
Does your loved one require care that you and your family can no longer provide? Is it time to make the hard decision to move your loved one(s) into nursing homes? Making that hard decision can be very stressful, but finding good nursing homes ... [... more]
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Efficacy & Safety of Eszopiclone (Lunesta) in Nursing Home Patients Evaluating a Behavioral Activities Treatment Program for Depressed Nursing Home Residents Medication Treatment for Depression in Nursing Home Residents Drug: Antidepressant ... [... more]
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Health Tips for Visiting Nursing Homes and Hospitals
The holidays traditionally bring family and friends together for visits, and residents of nursing homes and patients in hospitals especially appreciate seeing friendly, loving faces. If someone you know is under such care, we hope you'll have a ... [... more]
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National Institutes of Health (NIH) - Home Page
Official website of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). NIH is one of the world's foremost medical research centers. An agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the NIH is the Federal focal point for health research. The ... [... more]
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Where to Report
Where to Report Home > FAQ's > Nursing Home Abuse > Where to Report [... more]
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National Long Term Care Ombudsman Resource Center
An Ombudsman is an advocate for residents of nursing homes, board and care homes, and assisted living. Ombudsmen provide information about how to find a facility and what to do to get quality care. They are trained to resolve problems. If you ... [... more]
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Homes and Services Directory
Find A Member The members of the American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging help millions of individuals and their families every day through mission-driven, not-for-profit organizations dedicated to providing the services that ... [... more]
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