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How Can Forgetting Coumadin Hurt Your Resident?
Care of patients at home or in a facility is particularly important if the patient is on a medicine like Coumadin. This blood thinner is given to people with stroke disorders, cardiac problems and...
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Assisting Residents in The Shower
Assisting Residents In The Shower Among people with disabilities, one of the most common places that slips and falls occur is in the shower. For this reason, it is of the utmost importance that you...
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How to Properly Close Your Adult Family Home
There are many reasons why you might decide the time is right to close your adult family home. The problem is that you can’t simply close the doors and walk away. There are legal responsibilities...
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Importance of Water Testing
As Baby Boomers mature, the numbers of assisted living facilities are steadily rising to meet this aging population’s needs. These facilities allow seniors and their families to concentrate on living...
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How To Store Medical Records
It is crucial that medical records are maintained with great accuracy. They are of interest to various parties including patients and health care organizations including assisted living facilities....
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Skin Breakdown: The Importance of Understanding
Skin care issues can arise when a resident is not able to roll over in bed. The skin breakdown process is something that can be frightening for a resident that has lupus for example. You want to be...
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What to Do When a New Resident Needs a Higher Level of Care
When a resident needs more care than an assisted living facility can provide, the staff needs to take measures to ensure that that individual is placed in a nursing home or hospital that can provide...
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When Is It Okay to Leave Residents Alone?
Most assisted living residents are able to care for themselves but the reason while they’re in a facility is because they require extra attention to ensure their safety. It is in everyone’s best...
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How To Protect Your Assisted Living Facility
Whether you’re moving your loved ones into a care facility, or moving in there yourself, you want to be assured that those working there are fully capable of doing so. That’s why all contracted workers...
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Missing Medical Records
Missing medical records can be a legal and clerical nightmare if you don’t know how to handle the situation. If you are an administrator or owner of an assisted living facility, it is vital for you to...
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Preparing for The Deep Freeze
As we prepare to see the coldest temperatures in decades in this current deep freeze across the country, make sure you, your family, and your organization are prepared in advance. Make sure your have...
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How to Work with New Families & Residents
Moving into an adult care facility can be an emotional time for everyone involved, whether family of the resident or the actual resident. It is important for an adult family home to be prepared and...
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Protect Your ALF on Social Media
Social media websites provide online spaces where different types of businesses, including assisted living facilities, can promote their services. The use of social media can lead to an increase in...
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Business Files Vs. Medical Files
Separating the personal from the impersonal is important when looking after any patient or resident who may be in your care. That’s why categorizing your documentation into medical records and business...
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What is Coumadin?
What is Coumadin and how does it work? Coumadin serves as a preventative medication against heart attacks, strokes and blood clots. Coumadin goes by other medical names such Warfarin, Jantoven or blood...
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Prevent Falls in your Adult Family Home
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the number of reported falls in 2010 was largest among the age group of over 75-year-olds. These figures attest to the fact that every adult...
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Prevent Wandering in Adult Family Homes
A Resident wandering about in an adult family home is a serious concern. There are many people who reside in such environments that can suffer from wandering, and as a result can put themselves at...
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Where to Search for Qualified Employees
Employment at assisted living facilities involves assisting elderly, ill and disabled people many times inside the patient’s home. Assisted living employees may need to understand therapeutic care and...
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What Should Your Fire Safety Plan Include?
If you own or manage an assisted living facility, it is vital that you have a comprehensive fire safety plan in place before an emergency occurs. The first step for any assisted living facility is to...
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Fun Activities for Residents in your AFH
Having a plan in place for when disaster hits your assisted living facility is highly important. Your assisted living facility is home to people who may have extreme stress during a disaster and you...
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