| How do you know when it's time to find a
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| | loved one.Your challenge now becomes
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| nursing home for your loved one? This is
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| | deciding which nursing home you will
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| the hardest and easiest of questions to
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| | place your loved one in, within the time
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| answer or so it would seem. Let me
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| | allocated by the hospital. Note that the
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| explain. There are primarily two
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| | reason the hospital is pushing you to
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| approaches to requiring nursing home
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| | transfer your loved one to a nursing home
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| care.Approach Number One: A fall occurs
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| | is money. The reimbursement for the care
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| and a hip is broken or the loved one may
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| | received is about to run out. Keep this
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| have had a stroke, a heart attack or
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| | in the back of your mind; the hospital
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| pneumonia. These are examples of medical
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| | will find it extremely difficult to force
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| conditions that require hospitalization.
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| | your loved one into a nursing home that
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| Up until this point admission to a
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| | you are not agreeable with or that is out
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| nursing home has never been considered.
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| | of your neighborhood, at an unreasonable
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| The hospital has finished caring for the
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| | distance for you to travel.The best way
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| immediate medical need and now you are
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| | to avoid confrontation with the hospital
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| contacted by the hospital discharge
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| | is to have a discussion with the
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| planner and told that your loved one will
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| | discharge planner about which nursing
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| be discharged to a nursing home for
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| | homes have the best reputation in the
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| rehabilation within a few days. They give
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| | area and in which one the discharge
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| you a list of nursing homes in your area
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| | planner would place their loved one.
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| and say good luck in your search.If you
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| | After you visit each facility talk with
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| are lucky, area nursing homes will have
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| | the discharge planner about your
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| their admission coordinators visiting the
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| | observations, how you were received and
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| hospitals daily to "shop for residents."
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| | your likes and dislikes about the
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| The nursing home admission coordinator
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| | facility.As long as the hospital knows
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| will look at your loved one's medical
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| | you are making a good faith effort to
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| file and determine if the care required
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| | transfer your loved one to a nusing home
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| and the estimated length of stay will fit
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| | they will be less likely to put pressure
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| the nursing home's patient mix. The
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| | on you. You have enough pressure on you
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| nursing home wants to balance the needs
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| | at this point. You don't want to go
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| of your loved one with the current
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| | looking for more. Your primary goal is to
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| demands of their residents both medically
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| | find a great nursing home for your loved
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| and for staff availability. The nursing
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| | one.The decision to admit your loved one
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| home will also look at how the care will
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| | to a nursing home has been made for you
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| be paid for. Keep in mind that the
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| | by an unexpected medical condition;
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| nursing home can't discriminate aginist
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| | that's the easy part. Whether the stay in
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| admitting your loved one based upon how
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| | the nursing home is short or long term
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| the care will be paid for, whether it's
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| | the process of finding a great nursing
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| Medicare, Medicaid, long-term care
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| | home is the same, but in this case time
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| insurance, an HMO, private funds or other
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| | is of the essence.In the next essay Iwill
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| payment plans.Nursing homes, like other
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| | dicuss approach number two; a planned
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| businesses have bills to pay, not the
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| | admission to a nursing home.Also feel
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| least of which is payroll. So naturally
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| | free to send any questions you have about
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| they will look for the maximum
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| | nursing home admission to Be sure to put
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| reimbursement possible to care for your
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| | "questions GNHS" in the subject line!
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