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Can anyone recommend what to look for in choosing a good nursing home?
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Several things: What I am about to suggest is a rare combination of things and don't expect to get all of them together but here goes 1)accepts medicare and medicaid, low resident to nursing ratio, higher rn/lpn ratio, and one that has at least one activity or group per day and a responsible and dedicated medical director.
Answered 11/16/2016
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Informed decision: Visit facility, ask about ratio of patients to nurses, cnas; look at rooms -- see if they're private, semi-private, etc. Compare nursing homes by rating-- medicare website is one of them: http://www.Medicare.Gov/quality-care-finder/#nursing-home-compare also, when a nursing home has been surveyed by a state oversight agency, it should have the results of survey readily available for you to look.
Answered 2/24/2017
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