Posts Tagged Nursing Facility
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Your Advocacy Connection – We Solve Long Term Care Problems
By Julie Arndt GolderCare Solutions I’m a Care Advocate at GolderCare Solutions. At GolderCare, we solve long term care problems. As we approach the arrival of 2013, our office has received many calls reflecting the uncertainty of our times. Healthcare and tax reform seem to be the cause of s...
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Going into a Nursing Home
By Roger Brannan Administrator Bettendorf Health Care Let’s face it. No one truly wants to move to a nursing home. Our senior citizens prefer to stay at home. And I don’t blame them. Our seniors today are living into their 90s and even 100 today. Unfortunately, our bodies get old, and...
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Your Advocacy Connection – How the Red Flags Can Bond a Family
By Julie Arndt GolderCare Solutions Offering Comprehensive Long Term Care Solutions and Patient Advocacy I am the youngest of six. For those of you who endure this lovely place in the family line, you know your voice is often not heard. I have multiple healthcare professionals in my family, ...
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Going into a Nursing Home
By Roger Brannan Administrator Bettendorf Health Care After the initial adjustment to moving from home and into a facility, most residents enjoy and appreciate the care they receive in a facility. Let’s face it. No one truly wants to move to a nursing home. Our senior citizens prefer to ...
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Hidden Homecare Risks
By Dan Adams Lighthouse Homecare Part one of a two-part article about the hidden risks of using private homecare workers I had the recent opportunity to talk with Rona Bartelstone about private homecare workers and why it is important to work through an agency. She pointed me to one of ...
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Bettendorf Health Care Center Medicaid Program (Title 19)
By Roger Brann Administrator Bettendorf Health Care Up to 75 percent of residents living in a nursing home today are living there under the Medicaid program. Many seniors entering a nursing facility do not have funds available to pay for their room and board privately. In these cases, the...
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Understanding a Nursing Home Care Plan – Part 2
By Deb Toal GolderCare Solutions Your Advocacy Connection - Offering Comprehensive Care and Financial Advocacy Last month, our article focused on nursing home care plans. We defined what a care plan is, the function of care plans and the importance of the resident and their family’s involv...
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Spread Holiday Cheer this Season
By David W. Deuth, CFSP President, Weerts Funeral Home At the age of 15, I began working as a CNA in a skilled-care nursing facility in my hometown. As a new part-time employee, I wasn’t at all surprised to be scheduled to work on Christmas Eve that year. Admittedly, I grumbled a ...
