There are a lot of different circumstances that must be taken into consideration when it comes to activities within nursing homes and <a title=Assisted living facilities at Great Places! Href=http://www.greatplacesinc.com/features/AssistedLivingFacilities.aspx>assisted living facilities</a>.Meaning, your activity must be able to appeal to almost every person within a nursing home- meaning, people with disabilities, age level and religious, ethical and political preferences. Here are six great ways to get everyone involved this Easter while making sure that most everyone in the assisted living facility is able to participate.
Spring Time Easter Tea Party
Nothing says Easter like a big Easter hat and white gloves. The other thing that a big white hat and gloves scream is a traditional English tea party, especially one in a spring garden, just in time for Easter. Since an English style spring time Easter party offers a brief escape for every age, mobility and even mental ability to enjoy it, it makes it a perfect activity for an assisted living facility. All you need are tablecloths, a couple tea pots, some tea sandwiches and small cookies and you are set.
Easter Basket Decorating
It’s likely that many residents living in your <a title=Assisted living facilities at Great Places! Href=http://www.greatplacesinc.com/features/AssistedLivingFacilities.aspx>assisted living facilities</a> grew up with Easter baskets. Offer an open class on Easter basket decorating for residents to either give away to their grandchildren, donate or keep for themselves. Ask if a local craft store would host a basket decorating class, charging only for supplies or ask if an art student wouldn’t mind donating their time to offer friendly help and suggestions.
Egg Decorating
The ultimate classic Easter activity that is open to everyone! Boil several dozen eggs, create a food grade dye from several Easter egg dying kits and make an announcement one week that there will be an Easter egg dying activity in the main activity area. Lay newspaper over several circular tables and invite everyone who wishes to color and dye eggs. The best part about this is making deviled eggs for lunch the next day!
“Easter Parade” Movie Night
This fun musical for Baby Boomers is an Irving Berlin classic. Seniors who appreciate old black and white romance will love this movie. Serve lemonade and popcorn and project it onto a big screen. Charge a nickel admission for some added nostalgia.
Spring Cleaning For Charity
Active seniors like to be kept busy. What better way to appreciate their skills than to help raise money for a local charity. Invite every active assisted living senior to help organize a local fundraising “yard sale.” Hang flyers in local neighborhoods suggesting community-wide “spring closet cleaning” and offering to collect items for a sale benefiting a local charity. Send church members or other volunteers with trucks to gather the goods and hold the sale in the assisted living parking lot. To offer a thank you to the local church volunteers, offer to place a card with Easter service times in each bag of goods you sell.
If you work in an assisted living facility, don’t let Easter or spring for that matter come whipping through without paying any attention to it. What ever your religion, make it a celebration!
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Does anyone know a website I can go to to find out previous violations of Pennsylvania assisted living centers?My family is looking for an assisted living center in Pennsylvania for my grandmother, and I would like to find some ratings or reviews. Any assistance is greatly appreciated.
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Basically it would depend on if she is going to be on any state or government assistance; if so, then yes, they will take any assets in order to offset the cost. If she is not, her personal property should remain her own. She can also consider selling or putting her property in someone else's name (one of her children perhaps), but check into the laws in your area as there are sometimes time frames that are applicable.
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http://www.yellowpages.com/Akron-OH/Assisted-Living-Facilities?From=qpiCityState
I do not agree with your reasoning about the accompanying person deduction (a $50 per day lodging deduction for an accompanying person who is required to travel with the patient for treatment away from home) applying to the spouse. There is no section of the IRS code that supports your position.
In fact, the wife could be living in the facility without a spouse, it happens all the time. While the husband is in the facility only because his wife is there and he chooses to be there, it is not necessary that the husband accompany the wife in the assisted living facility. His lodging would not be deductible.
Only the portion of the fee for the wife which is related to medical treatment would be deducted as a medical expense. If the fees cannot be separated between husband and wife, I believe the IRS would accept 50% of the fee as a medical expense for the wife. If there is a surcharge for nursing care for the wife, of course add that to the normal charges. The wife's meals are also deductible, but not the husband's.
There is no extension of the time limit for an amendment in this case.
As much as they want.
contact the state for their guidelines and criteria
Hi! Congratulations on getting your CNA! That's an accomplishment!
Your pay probably depends on experience, and certainly depends on what area of the country you live in. In our area — Chicago suburbs — the average a CNA makes is $11- $16 an hour. I used CareerBuilder.com to research this. You enter your own zipcode, and it spits out averages. Other areas of the country, especially the South and rural areas, likely pay much less than this.
At an assisted living facility, the residents are rated according to level of care they need. Some are still pretty "with it" and need very minimal care, such as only a wake-up call, transfers, bedmaking, or stand-by assist with bath/ shower. However, many people could still be a High Fall risk, even if their mind is good, because their balance is not so good anymore.
Others need MUCH more help, even to incontinence care. Especially in the "Memory" or "Reminisce" units, for people with Alzheimers or dementia, the residents might need a good bit of personal care — feeding, dressing, and toileting.
Many CNAs like working in Assisted Living facilities because often the residents are not as debilitated physically and mentally as those in nursing homes. Often they become very close to their clients — like family– and they relate on a very personal level.
(TIP: An important tip for every CNA to remember is that most older folk do NOT like being called "honey" or "dearie" or being talked down to like a child. Speaking in a respectful way is always the best policy. It does not mean you have to be formal — just don't belittle their intelligence just because they might have some memory or physical problems.)
Many hospitals will not hire an inexperienced CNA, because the fast pace of a hospital is not the place to perfect your skills. So, many CNAs get nursing home experience first, and then they see if a hospital will hire them. Also, some hospitals use fewer un-licensed staff these days than they used to, preferring to try to keep to all RN/LPN staff. However, other hospitals have such a shortage of staff that they are willing to hire even inexperienced workers.
You would probably want to make sure ANY facility you hire into has a good orientation program — don't hesitate to ask questions about how long theirs is, and what is covered, and who you can ask when you have problems or questions.
There is no doubt that the CNA is an important member of the health care team. Often, it is the experienced CNA who recognizes that skin is starting to break down, or that "something is just not quite right with" Mrs. "X", and asks the RN or LPN to look in on the resident or patient. The wise RN and LPN will listen to the reports of the CNA.
i hope this helps! good luck on your career! And remember, some facilities will help pay for further schooling after you have worked with them a while. Keep this in mind if you decide to go on to your LPN or RN.
kathy, MSN, RN
Hi,
Having recently had my mother in both of these types of facilities, it differs by level of care and also the staffing requirements.
In a nursing home (sometimes called skilled nursing of SNF), the patients typically require more advanced therapies like IVs, wound care, PT or OT. SNFs have strict requirements in most states regarding the number of RNs, LVNs and CNAs per patient. These facilities can be long-term care but are also used as transitional facilities for folks that are recovering from surgeries (i.e. someone needs IV antibiotics for a month).
Assisted living is not really medically oriented. It is designed to provide assistance with daily tasks like dressing, cleaning, bathroom, etc. Some facilities have a no-dimentia policy and some are licensed to care for alzheimers patients. There are not strict requirements for nursing or LVNs on staff, and most do not require full-time nurses. Most use med-techs for medication management. The patients in assisted living are mostly all long-term and there can be (with the right place) a more familial environment.
I often got questions like these from friends and family, so ended up started a blog to discuss these kinds of issues. Feel free to check it out, or send me a private note if you want to chat more. Good luck on the new gig!
Ryan
http://assisted-living-guide.blogspot.com
According to the National Alzheimer's Association, statistical data such as that you're seeking isn't really maintained at a national level. Each state has its own HQ, so unfortunately, the best way to get national data would be to contact the HQ for each state and use the data collected to extrapolate an aggregate number.
That said, there's a national-level Alzheimer's Association Library that was recommended by the director of public education at the National HQ. That library may maintain records from each state, so you could get the information you need from one source.
You can contact the Alzheimer's Association Official Library at (312) 335-5767.
You should be able to get information from a home health care provider on how to get assistance from the government and be able to get appliances, etc. free or for little money. If you call a home health care company, you can just get the informaiton to the goverment offices that help with this sort of thing. My neighbor did this and got a new fridge free because her social security wouldn't cover it but she was able to get what she needed for free. Good Luck.
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