This list could not be any better! I am so glad you brought up the question 'Does the facility have an abuse prevention training program?' It is fairly common the mistreatment of patients, it is so important they are safe and healthy. I think background checks are a must. I'll be using this as guide, thanks for the share!
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Very informative! It takes the guess work out of many questions/concerns I would not have thought to ask.
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Be careful of Medicare ratings, they are not based on inspections by Medicare, they are based on self-reporting by nursing homes. Our mother was ready to be discharged from a "5 Star" nursing home, having been successfully treated for a GI infection when the facility told the family she had developed a bedsore (pressure ulcer). These are preventable but if one develops, immediate and proper treatment is necessary and each of the four stages requires a different treatment protocol. Over a 6 week period the facility failed to stage it and provide proper treatment at an early stage. By the time they brought in a wound specialist at the family's insistence to evaluate the sore it was a stage four and the underlying bone had become infected. The suffering these sores cause is immense. After suffering needlessly for four months our mother died. The family did not know how serious a bedsore could be and the facility did not inform us. We did our own research and had to insist that the facility evaluate it and follow accepted practices in treating it, but we were too late. The facility reports zero incidence of pressure ulcers to Medicare. Medicare's ratings are meaningless due to self-reporting by nursing homes with no verification by Medicare.
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Very informative!
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My parents live pretty far from family and they recently started developing some health problems. After talking to them, we convinced them to enter a nursing home. We've been looking for one in their area. I didn't realize there was so much to take into consideration. It makes a lot of sense, though. I like what you said about making sure background checks are conducted on the employees. It's comforting to know that the employees are trustworthy. Hopefully we can find a good nursing home for my parents!
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