Nursing Home Evaluation Check List
This form may be printed out so that you can make photocopies and use them for each nursing home facility you check out.
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Alzheimer Disease: First Steps for Families
When someone has just been diagnosed with Alzheimer Disease, the news may be upsetting for both the individual and those who care about her. Most likely you have been worried about the changes you have been seeing in the person and you may also be anxious about the future.
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Independent Supportive Living in British Columbia
Independent Supportive Living typically describes apartment-style accommodations that provide supportive services such as housekeeping, meal preparation and/or communal dining, social and recreation programs, 24-hour emergency response, shopping assistance and transportation. The tenure is usually on a rental basis often with a standard service package included in the rent. There is usually a menu of optional fee-for-services made available as well. In some cases, the units are fully "self-contained" (each having its own kitchen) so that the meal program might be optional.
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Tips On Choosing a Long-Term Care Home in Ontario
So you or your loved is in need of a Long-Term Care Home. To help make this life transition easier, the following is intended to guide you through the application and placement process in Ontario (Canada-wide resources coming soon!), and provide some direction of how to choose the most appropriate facility.
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