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Long-Term Care Insurance and Senior In-Home Care

Freedom Home Care and Medical Staffing

As individuals and families plan for the future, one crucial consideration is the potential need for long-term care. Long-term care insurance has emerged as a valuable tool to ensure that individuals can access the care they need without depleting their savings.

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Aphasia awareness: Promoting an abilities-based approach to stroke rehabilitation

Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

This methodology aligns seamlessly with an interprofessional team approach provided by nursing, PT, OT and SLP, offering a comprehensive framework for stroke rehabilitation. Occupational therapy can employ abilities-based pacing during verbal communication to improve independence in self-care ADLs. Have a column idea?

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Drop-in visits: A return to natural communication and community

Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

I have also been thinking: How can this approach be used in skilled nursing facilities? In skilled nursing facilities, we know residents may experience loneliness or cognitive decline; therefore, replicating this sense of community through natural communication styles can have profound benefits. Have a column idea?

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Reason for referral: Documentation tips for therapists

Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

All these areas are essential in supporting recommended frequency and duration of care and begin with effective documentation on the therapy specific plan of care. No specific medical event reported by nursing.” For further inquiries, she can be contacted here. Have a column idea? See our submission guidelines here.

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Improving Hospital Care for Older Adults through Acute Care for Elders (ACE Units): Kellie Flood and Stephanie Rogers

GeriPal

Randomized trials of ACE units date back to 1996 when Seth Landefeld and colleagues published a study in NEJM showing that they improve basic activities of daily living at discharge and can reduce the frequency of discharge to long-term care institutions. But if ACE units are so great, why do so few hospitals have them?

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Stuck in the Middle: The Sandwich Generation

Boca Home Care Services

They can coordinate any home care needs your parents may need, especially when you are not living in the same city. As the president of the Florida Private Care Association, we represent nurse registries who refer caregivers (privatecare.org). I have seen the value of an aging care manager.

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Keeping Alzheimer’s Patients at Home With Memory Care

Comfort Home Care

Personal care : Help with activities of daily living (ADLs) such as bathing, dressing, grooming, toileting, housekeeping, laundry, meal prep, and help with eating. Cost-effective: In most cases, in-home care is more cost-effective than other forms of long-term care.

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