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It has been said that one can tell the moral fiber of a nation/community by how the children and elders are viewed, cared for, and protected.
This Lens is dedicated to the promotion of elder care within our communities, states, and nation.
Elder Care
Enhancing Person Centered Care within Long Term Care
Developing a family atmosphere for quality of care as well as personal worth, dignity, fulfillment, and growth.
- The Eden Alternative
- Primarily within the long term care industry, the focus has been on treatment, care, kindness, and dignity. Yes, these are extremely important, but also as important are fighting the "soul killers" of loneliness, helplessness, and boredom. Dr. William Thomas addresses these issues in his inspiring work, "Life Worth Living."
The Eden Alternative is cutting edge and worthy of implementation and continued development - The Ideal Nursing Home
- Dr. Eric Haider has created a great working module to enhance quality of care, communication, and efficiency within nursing homes. Dr. Haider is President and founder of "Person Center Care." The philosophy is built around the individual needs and desires of our elder community, and focusing on each person's care rather than the old institutional approach.
- Texas Department of Aging & Disability
- Each state has it's own regulatory agency that monitors all elder care facilities including nuring homes, assisted living, and home health agencies.
Here is the website for Texas. Click on "Service for Texans", then click on "Older Texans", and finally click on "find and compare long term facilities." At this link you can choose "QRS Search", and find locate long term care facilities by name, address, county, city, phone, etc.
This is where one can find the last survey results on any long term facility.
However, just gaining this information from a state regulatory agency does not give a true picture, for some deficiences cited can be deceiving and do not indicate deficient care because of the way regulations are set up.
When choosing a facility use these criteria:
1. Go and take a tour. Are there any odors? Is the facility clean? Observe the interaction of staff and residents. Is there a home-like atmosphere? Are the staff caring and professional? Obeserve the activities and interaction of the residents.
2. Does the facility have a "Resident Council" and a "Family Council?" Ask for the "Family Council" president and contact that person.
3. Contact & interview the local volunteer Ombudsman.
4. Investigate the ownership structure or management structure. Are there other homes owned or operated by the same company? If so, find out the condition of those homes?
5. Contact the local hospital or hospitals, and interview the "case managers" regarding their information concerning the particular facility.
6. Know who is the Medical Director of the facility, and seek out information on that particular doctor. - Alzheimers
- Dr. Leanna Polermo reveals the latest successful and unsuccessful treatments of Alzheimers.
- Alzheimer's Disease
- An excellent lense dealing with the various aspects of Alzheimers including the causes, the affects, and various forms of treatments.
- Physical Therapy
- Physical Therapist Adam Rufa offers several resources concerning effective and effecient physical therapy.
- Stroke
- Awesome resource describing the 2 different kinds of strokes, as well as the effects of a stroke, and how to minimize and recover from a stroke.
- Disability & The Olmstead Decision
- Revealing and relevant information on the Olmstead Decsion. In the Olmstead Decision, the Supreme Court said persons with disabilities have a right to live in the community and receive services in their own homes. Persons with disabilities should not have to live in a nursing home in order to receive services. This lens points to information on how to help persons with disabilities return to the community and how to avoid going to a nursing home.
- The Official Medicare Website
- The governmental website for Medicare links you to numerous information sources including any new programs, information concerning long term care providers, disability application, etc.
- Centers for Medicare/Medicaid Services
- This is another government website for both Medicare and Medicaid information. There are 8 major locations on this website with links to all topics of interest about Medicare & Medicaid.
- Elder Care Helpguide
- Helpguide's comprehensive articles are developed and reviewed by professionals in the fields of mental health and aging. The easy-to-read articles and eBooks help you understand and find solutions to important questions and needs.
- Continuing CareInsite Info
- Great web site dedicated to providing health professionals not with just current information on issues affecting post-acute and long-term care, but with practical and innovative action strategies that can help address them. These strategies are developed in the trenches by colleagues who are working hard to improve the quality of care and life in nursing homes, assisted living facilities, home care and adult day care settings, and other continuing care programs. Bookmark this site, sign-up for their free newsletter, and visit often to keep up-to-date with the latest information on improving the quality of care in nursing homes, assisted living facilities, home care agencies, and other continuing care settings.
- Nursing Home Advice Info
- There are probably few challenges in our lifetimes that equates with caring for a loved one or friend who is in physical or cognitive decline. That challenge carries with it the burdens of providing for the physical and emotional care of that person, but also it carries the opportunity of continuing the concern, affection, and love shared through a lifetime.
If you are facing this challenge as you read this site-whether you are a spouse, grown-child, or friend-of being responsible for the care of a person in decline, then we hope to provide you with information and encouragement to make the task a little easier. There are some sites on the internet that will scare you into believing that no matter what nursing home your loved one may reside, staff cannot be trusted and that bad things are sure to happen. This site is different. I know that there are nursing facilities-many of them, in fact-that provide very good care. You do not need to feel guilty if you can no longer provide care yourself at home. There are some very good nursing homes that can help share the burden of care with you, and help you experience more of the opportunity to share a relationship with your loved one. No facility is perfect, and there will be issues in any nursing home. What marks a facility special is when it's staff continually strives to make care better, and when they respond in a non-defensive and timely manner when issues are brought to their attention. This site will offer you guidance on how to deal with issues when they occur. - Will Work for The Elderly
- Carmen Jones is one of our front-line professionals caring for our seniors. Her experience, insight, and information is valuable for all of us as we learn to better care for our seniors.
- Adopting An Elder
- Hospice Chaplain Kelsey Collins is co-writes with one of our valuable seniors, Bee Landis, about the extraordinary possibilities when someone from the outside world interacts with our special seniors. This book, available on-line, will inspire one to adopt a senior in one's own community.
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Aids for Quality Elder Care & Living a Quality Life
Support books, etc. on Quality Elder Care as well as Living a Quality Life
What Are Old People For?: How Elders Will Save the World
Amazon Price: $16.47 (as of 07/26/2008)
What You Need To Know About The Economics Of Growing Old But Were Afraid to Ask: A Provocative Reference Guide To The Economics Of Aging
Amazon Price: $12.60 (as of 07/26/2008)
What Does It Mean to Grow Old?: Reflections from the Humanities
Amazon Price: $89.95 (as of 07/26/2008)
What's So Funny About Getting Old?
Amazon Price: $7.00 (as of 07/26/2008)
Tales From Rhapsody Home : Or, What They Don't Tell You About Senior Living
Amazon Price: $15.16 (as of 07/26/2008)
Choosing Medical Care in Old Age: What Kind, How Much, When to Stop
Amazon Price: $22.00 (as of 07/26/2008)
Old Is What You Get
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Life Worth Living: How Someone You Love Can Still Enjoy Life in a Nursing Home - The Eden Alternative in Action
Amazon Price: $12.21 (as of 07/26/2008)
Creating a Life Worth Living
Amazon Price: $10.17 (as of 07/26/2008)
A Love Worth Giving: Living in the Overflow of God's Love
Amazon Price: $17.24 (as of 07/26/2008)
Social Work with Elders: A Biopsychosocial Approach to Assessment and Intervention (2nd Edition)
Amazon Price: $85.10 (as of 07/26/2008)
Elder Interventions: A Guide to Caring for the Elderly with Emotional and Behavioral Problems
Amazon Price: $19.98 (as of 07/26/2008)
Isolated Elders
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Elder Abuse and Neglect: Causes, Diagnosis, and Intervention Strategies
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Simple Expressions: Creative & Therapeutic Arts for the Elderly in Long-Term Care Facilities
Amazon Price: $19.95 (as of 07/26/2008)
Senior Residences: Designing Retirement Communities for the Future (Wiley Series in Healthcare and Senior Living Design)
Amazon Price: $92.40 (as of 07/26/2008)
Critical Care Nursing of the Elderly
Amazon Price: $85.00 (as of 07/26/2008)
Eldercare for the Christian Family: What to Do When a Loved One Becomes Dependent
Amazon Price: (as of 07/26/2008)
Choosing A Care Home: How To Arrange For The Satisfactory Long-term Care Of An Elderly Dependent Or Relative
Amazon Price: $19.00 (as of 07/26/2008)
The Dependent Elderly
Amazon Price: $99.00 (as of 07/26/2008)
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