| There is no place like home. When asked, most | | | | home's patients need more intensive senior health |
| seniors would like to remain in their homes. A | | | | care than residents in an assisted living facility or |
| person's own home represents security and | | | | board and care. Their staff provide a more intensive |
| independence to most people. | | | | strategic plan skilled care nursing for elder care for |
| But, a person must be able to shop, cook, and do | | | | seniors that need full assistance ie. Wheelchair or |
| household chares. Many of us will lose one or more | | | | walker help, getting in or out of bed, rehabilitative |
| of these abilities as we age. | | | | therapy, IV or tube feeding, wound care |
| There are many senior care housing options for older | | | | management and Hospice care and many more. |
| adults over who reach retirement age. They may | | | | Some people enter Nursing homes for a variety of |
| include living in their own home or residence, sharing | | | | reasons. Some for short stays, some for longer |
| their home or another place with others or moving | | | | periods of time. They made need sub-acute care, |
| into a retirement community or residential care for | | | | such as skilled nursing or medical services. Some will |
| the elderly. Making this choice depends on one's | | | | need long-term care and their stay will include |
| income, health, and family situation. There is an | | | | medical, social and personal services. These services |
| increasing number of older adults age 85 and older | | | | help people that are have functional or cognitive |
| living in active retirement communities, senior citizen | | | | limitations in their ability to perform self-care and |
| housing, low income senior housing and assisted | | | | other activities that assist them to live independently. |
| senior living facilities. | | | | Nursing homes receive Medicaid and Medicare |
| Nursing Home or Skilled Nursing Facility (Los Angeles) | | | | payments for their long-term care services only if the |
| A Nursing Home is a place for seniors who are in | | | | home is certified by the state to be in substantial |
| need of skilled Nursing Care around the clock and | | | | compliance with therequirements of the Nursing |
| have significant daily living deficiencies. In the US, | | | | Home Reform Act of 1987, part of the Omnibus |
| nursing homes are required to have a licensed nurse | | | | Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987. This legislation |
| on duty 24 hours a day, and during at least one shift | | | | reformed state and federal oversight of nursing |
| each day the nurse has to be a Registered Nurse. | | | | home care and established new standards for quality |
| Nursing Facilities provide many of the same services | | | | and resident rights. |
| as other senior care options, however a nursing | | | | |