Nursing Home Alternatives
Caregivers often seek nursing home alternatives when an elderly parent requires daily assistance and health care, but the family doesn't want to put them in a nursing home. Home health care is one nursing home alternative that lets the senior continue living at home while getting the help they need.
Articles About Nursing Home Alternatives
- Life in A Retirement Home
There are many names for elderly residential facilites: adult homes, residential care facilities, domiciliaries, rest homes, etc. These can be confusing, so focus on the type of facility you seek and the services offered instead of the name.
- Can My Neighbor's Medicaid Plan Work for My Aging Parents?
Should caregivers and elders use advice from neighbors and friends when planning their Medicaid coverage?
- Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Get the Facts
Caregivers: Get information on Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) and how to use it as part of your elderly loved one's treatment.
- An Overview of Homeopathic Care
Homeopathy is an alternative medical system built upon complete systems of theory and practice, which evolved apart from and earlier than conventional medical approaches. Here is a guide to homeopathic care for caregivers and their elderly parent.
Q&A with the Experts on Nursing Home Alternatives
- At what age should you buy long-term care insurance?
Nobody ever wants to go into a skilled-nursing facility (SNF), or nursing home. Few people ever truly want to send a parent to one. Yet for a variety of reasons sometimes there is no alternative. You are wise to consider your parents' options even if both of them are now healthy.
News about Nursing Home Alternatives
- Nursing Homes Going Overboard With Antipsychotics
New studies show that antipsychotics are being prescribed too often in nursing homes in ways that can potentially endanger the health of people with dementia.