Nursing Homes

  ●   Choices I had to make

●  Mother's Daily Routine

●  Staff

●  Long Range Decisions

●  Tools you may need
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• Telephone Lists Physicians’ Specialty Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid Numbers Clergy Family and Friends numbers 

• A Nursing Home Checklist  

• Nursing Home: Whom to Contact Personnel  

• Caring for Your Loved One and Yourself at Nursing Home 

• Be An Informed Advocate  

• Family Council  

• Daily Chart to Use for Vital Signs Lab Test Results Medicine Chart  

• Important Documents  

• United States Web Sites and Ombudsman Contacts 

• Administration on Aging Elder Abuse Information Legal Hotlines for Older Americans  

• Common Abbreviations and their meanings Vocabulary used in hospitals and/or nursing homes  

• Patient Care from a Family Perspective  

• Plan of Action 

• Hymns and Scripture Verses Helpful During Joy and Grief 

• Websites and Other Sources of Information

 NOTE:  At a time when I needed them the most, not all of these tools were available to me or they were non-existent. As a result of hours on the computer searching for charts and/or easy reference guides, I developed many of the above tools.