“Nursing Facilities are for people who don’t have loved ones to care for them.” “Nursing Homes smell horrible.” “Once you go in a nursing home, you never leave.” “I would never put my mom in a nursing home.”
Category: Geriatric Care and Management Articles
Money Follows the Person Changes Lives
Money Follows the Person (MFP) is a state project that helps Medicaid-eligible North Carolinians who live in inpatient facilities (e.g., nursing homes, intermediate care facilities) move into their own homes and communities with supports.
Diabetes and Stress
Stress has been proven to instigate changes in blood sugar levels. For people with diabetes, this can be problematic.
Aging Along With a little Help from my Friends
By Scott TenBroeck I think about the great lyrics of certain songs and how they speak differently to people. The… Read more »
What is Aging Life Care?
Article credit to www.aginglifecare.org / submitted by Sheena Janse, CRCFA, CM Aging Life Care™, also known as geriatric care management,… Read more »
Aging Alone With a Little Help from My Friends
by Scott TenBroeck What do I think about the great lyrics of certain songs and how they speak differently to… Read more »
Learn About Aging Life Care Professionals
by Bonnie Noble Silberman, LMSW, C-ASWCM, Aging Life Care™, Manager, Geriatric Resource Services It all began in the early 1990s,… Read more »
Managing Chronic Pain
contributed by Annette Demeny, DTR | Health Programs Coordinator, Centralina AAA Chronic pain affects more people than cancer, diabetes, heart… Read more »
A Closer Look: Geriatric Care Management
by Mary Peters, Owner and Geriatric Care Manager at Care for Life Geriatric Care Management is a stand-alone profession created… Read more »
Pathways to Effective Communication for Healthcare Providers and Caregivers
Submitted by: Taylor Miller and Malinda Rutledge Carlisle; Senior Matters/One Matters As we know, family members can become caregivers when… Read more »
