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Your Guide to Choosing a Nursing Home or Other Long-term Service & Supports de Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (U.S.)

Your Guide to Choosing a Nursing Home or Other Long-term Service & Supports

Editat de Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (U.S.)
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 7 aug 2017 – vârsta ani
This informative booklet about choosing nursing homes and other types of elder care explains: 
  • How to find and compare nursing homes and other long-term services and supports,
  • How to pay for nursing home care,
  • Your rights as a nursing home resident, and 
  • Alternatives to nursing home care.
In addition, the booklet provides detailed coverage of how certain types of insurance can help, including the role of Medicare and Medicaid in the process of acquiring nursing home care or alternative types of care, as well as a Definitions section and Nursing Home Checklist.
Related items:
Publications aboutAgingcan be found here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/catalog/aging
Federal Benefits & Entitlement Programs publicationscan be found here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/catalog/federal-benefits-entitlement-programs
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) publicationscan be found here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/agency/centers-medicare-and-medicaid-services-cms
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ISBN-13: 9780160941498
ISBN-10: 0160941490
Pagini: 46
Dimensiuni: 216 x 279 mm
Greutate: 0.2 kg
Ediția:Nouă
Editura: U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services
Colecția Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

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Table of Contents:
Section 1: Getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Section 2: What is nursing home care? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Your care plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Your resident rights & protections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . 8
Reporting & resolving problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... 9
Section 3: How do I choose a nursing home? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..11
Step 1: Find nursing homes in your area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
Step 2: Compare the quality of the nursing homes you’re considering . . . . . ......11
Step 3: Visit the nursing homes you’re interested in, or have
someone visit for you . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..............12
Step 4: Choose the nursing home that best meets your needs . . . . . . . . . . . ......15
I’ve chosen a nursing home. What should I do next? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .....16
Section 4: What are my other long-term care options? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ......19
Accessory dwelling units (ADUs). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....19
Continuing Care Retirement Communities (CCRCs). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ........20
Home care. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
Home- and community- based services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Programs of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ......21
Residential care communities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Subsidized senior housing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Section 5: How do I pay for nursing home care & other
long-term health care costs? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..................23
Medicare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Medicare prescription drug coverage (Part D) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Medicaid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Long-term care insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Personal resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Section 6: Where can I get help? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Administration for Community Living (ACL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ............... . . . . 27
Beneficiary and Family Centered Care Quality Improvement
Organizations (BFCC-QIOs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....................28
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...........28
State Health Insurance Assistance Programs (SHIPs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ........29
State Survey Agencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...29
Section 7: Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Nursing home checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35