What Is Residential Care Facility For The Elderly (Rest Home)

Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly (RCFE) serve persons 60 and older. They provide room, board, housekeeping, supervision, and personal care assistance with basic activities like personal hygiene, dressing, eating, and walking. Facilities usually centrally...

HIPAA: Questions and Answers for Family Caregivers

Suppose your mother is a patient in the hospital or Emergency Room. You are her family caregiver and when you ask about her treatment, the doctor or nurse says, “I can’t tell you that because of HIPAA.” That answer is wrong. But you need to know more. What is HIPAA?...

THE NEWLY ADMITTED ALZHEIMER’S RESIDENT

Families find placement of a loved one in a long term care facilities (Rest Home or Nursing Home) difficult even in those cases where it is clearly in the best interest of the person and other family members. Invariably, they experience feelings of frustration and a...

WANDERING AND SUNDOWNING AT INDIVIDUALS WITH DEMENTIA AND

Wandering may be a response to restlessness, agitation, fear, boredom, or physical discomfort. It may be a continued expression of a life-long habit of walking in a work situation or leisure-time pursuit.  Wandering in some cases may be viewed as a positive activity...