Alternative Care to a Nursing Home Nursing Homes (otherwise known as Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Centers) allow people who are too vulnerable or sick the opportunity to live safely and with care or a temporary home for someone recovering. While nursing homes are available to those who need such care, many prefer the same type of care in their own home, [...] Niche Retirement CommunitiesA new type of retirement community has started to pop up, and that is one that serves to the tastes of a specific crowd. For example Nikkei Senior Gardens is a retirement community that opened last year in Arletta that is designed to specifically appeal to retired Japanese Americans. Other communities like this exist for [...] Leaving Your Nursing Home to Get Out On Your OwnThere is a fairly new program that has been established by the government that exists solely for two reasons: Helping people in nursing homes live on their own and saving the Government tens of millions in Medicare expenditures. This program is called “Money Follows the Person” and was initially established in 2005. Though the program [...] A Shift Towards Consumer Directed Health CareA study of the commonwealth fund shows that there appears to be an international shift towards self directed care focusing mostly on the elderly. This is not surprising in the least if you really think about it. The government is oftentimes the one paying the bills through Medicare, so of course they are going to [...] keep looking »Follow Us
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