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Carol Bradley Bursack, Jun 1, 2011
Over the span of two decades author, columnist and speaker Carol Bradley Bursack cared for a neighbor and six elderly family members. Because of this experience, Bradley Bursack created a portable support group, the book "Minding Our Elders: Caregivers Share Their Personal Stories."
The hospital will have recommendations, but you are wise to check around. Try using your phone book and ask each place if they have references. If they can't give names, ask about all qualifications and tour each facility. There are many places where you can find rehab facilities online, but that doesn't give you a clue to their quality. One online thing you can do is go to www.medicare.gov and use their nursing home rating tool. Many nursing homes have rehab services. Don't consider the tool a total picture, but it helps. You can also check with your state aging site (go to your state site and type "aging" in the search box. See what links you find and also, click on your local ombudsman site that you'll see listed. You'll find many valuable contacts there.Good luck. I know this is stressful.Carol
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Jun 1, 2011
I asked my Mom's primary care doctor. I always phrase it like this, "Where would you send a family member for rehab?" There were two in our town (we were new there) one was awful the other was fantastic. He helped us make the right decision.
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