Image by ANVAR – RUSSIANTEXAN © GONE WITH THE WIND via Flickr by Rose Broyles While Congress debates the details of the health care overhaul, nursing homes across the nation are facing a crisis–what is the crisis? layoffs.closures. $16 Billion has been enacted in cuts to nursing care over the next decade by Centers for… [Continue Reading]
Just read this, this morning. Horrible. It’s one of those reasons why I advocate for government funding to include 24 hour care to people’s homes. How can an understaffed nursing home oversee everything? Of course the argument can be made about the people you let into your home….but with 2-3 caregivers for every 20-30 residents…. [Continue Reading]
Image by cliff1066 via Flickr by Rose Broyles Here is an excerpt from an article I read, regarding Person-Centered care. It’s interesting because it describes the conditions many of our loved ones are living in. The person described reminds me of my mom in many ways. There was no medical reason for Maude’s rapid… [Continue Reading]
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