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You should pay attention on next thing: Are there any unpleasant smells? Do residents take well-groomed and clean? Does the food taste good? When you test a call bell, is there a quick response? Does the staff respect patient privacy? Does the facility allow private furniture? Are there any visiting restrictions? Is the facility clean?…
From our Daytona Beach, Florida nursing home and assisting living facility practice, we have noticed that assisted living facilities are dangerous for residents when the resident’s condition has deteriorated and the facility cannot provide adequate supervision. Assisted living facilities have a built-in financial incentive to admit and keep residents or patients even beyond the ability…
Be wary of US News and World Report nursing home rankings U.S. News & World Report has recently published its 2009 rankings of the “Best Nursing Homes.” However, the magazine explains that its rankings are primarily based on the five-star ranking system of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The Medicare rankings are in…
All adult individuals in healthcare facilities such as hospitals, nursing homes, home health agencies or health maintenance organizations have certain rights under Florida law. You have a right to fill out a paper known as an “advance directive.” The paper says in advance what kind of treatment you want or do not want under special,…
Nursing homes are required by law to do a thorough assessment of all their residents. The assessment is called a “minimum data set.” Nurses refer to this as the “MDS.” Once the assessment has been completed the nursing home is required to have a meeting to plan the type of care to be provided to…
Your health care surrogate can make only choices about health care. For example, the choice to start, stop or try a different treatment, with your best interest in mind, of course. Most important, he or she can make decisions only if you can’t make them for yourself. Health care surrogates can also make sure that…
A power of attorney is a legal document that gives someone else the authority to act on your behalf and durable means that the power is effective after you become mentally incompetent.
An advance directive is a written or oral statement, which is made and witnessed in advance of serious illness or injury, about how you want medical decisions made. Two forms of advance directives are “Living Will” and Healthcare Surrogate Designation An advance directive allows you to state your choices about healthcare or to name someone…
Living will is a legal document that lets people state their wishes for end-of-life medical care, in case they become unable to tell their decisions. The document is not valid after death.
A “healthcare surrogate designation” is a signed, dated and witnessed paper naming another person such as a husband, wife, daughter, son or close friend as your agent to make medical decisions for you if you become unable to make them for yourself You can include instructions about any treatment you want or wish to avoid….