How to Stay Out of a Nursing Home!
Book Details
Author(s)
Andrew M. Bartlett
Publisher
JLP Press
ISBN / ASIN
B00H15IUCW
ISBN-13
978B00H15IUC4
Sales Rank
#644,080
Marketplace
United States 🇺🇸
Description
“Thank god I finally turned 80,†she exclaimed, “FINALLY; I can get into the nursing home I’ve always been dreaming of!â€
Really? Of course not!
This is what we hope our to-do list will look like at 80:
Walk.
Complete Sudoku puzzle.
Check on status of insurance policy.
Finish planning April trip to Japan.
Enjoy a cup of tea on the porch.
But how do we get there? Through medical statistics, facts, and charts? Or, what about something practical from someone who interacts with the elderly everyday?
How to Stay Out of a Nursing Home! is a checklist of ten items, practices, and strategies available to anyone this very moment that foster independence, mobility, and self sufficiency. As healthcare changes, it is ever more our responsibility to be our own advocate and promote our own health! Integrated between the “checks†are actual quotes overheard from nurses working in nursing homes. They range from compassionate, to shocking, to down right hilarious.
I have years of experience working in a nursing home. I started as a CNA (Certified Nurses Aide) and progressed to director of Medicare, Medicaid, and insurance billing for a skilled nursing facility. How to Stay out of a Nursing Home! is a compilation of stories based on real residents and incorporated with practical, “real world†advice – like “what insurance do I needâ€, and “what really is an assisted living facility?â€- with suggestions designed to help us stay independent and at home for as long as possible.
The best part- this is NOT a “stuff-you-full-of-facts-until-you-choke" advice guide. This is simply a conversation we’re about to have right now, in your living room. Are you ready?
Really? Of course not!
This is what we hope our to-do list will look like at 80:
Walk.
Complete Sudoku puzzle.
Check on status of insurance policy.
Finish planning April trip to Japan.
Enjoy a cup of tea on the porch.
But how do we get there? Through medical statistics, facts, and charts? Or, what about something practical from someone who interacts with the elderly everyday?
How to Stay Out of a Nursing Home! is a checklist of ten items, practices, and strategies available to anyone this very moment that foster independence, mobility, and self sufficiency. As healthcare changes, it is ever more our responsibility to be our own advocate and promote our own health! Integrated between the “checks†are actual quotes overheard from nurses working in nursing homes. They range from compassionate, to shocking, to down right hilarious.
I have years of experience working in a nursing home. I started as a CNA (Certified Nurses Aide) and progressed to director of Medicare, Medicaid, and insurance billing for a skilled nursing facility. How to Stay out of a Nursing Home! is a compilation of stories based on real residents and incorporated with practical, “real world†advice – like “what insurance do I needâ€, and “what really is an assisted living facility?â€- with suggestions designed to help us stay independent and at home for as long as possible.
The best part- this is NOT a “stuff-you-full-of-facts-until-you-choke" advice guide. This is simply a conversation we’re about to have right now, in your living room. Are you ready?
