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I couldn't agree more.. these two long term care settings provides different services. An assisted living facility is more like a home away from home providing custodial care or help for daily activities while a nursing facility is more preferred by ltc recipients who needs advance medical supervision. The cost of nursing home is also more expensive than assisted living facilities. Here's a more comprehensive guide to different long term care settings: http://goo.gl/etCNCh
Blannie provides a good answer. AL facilities provide basic assistance, no real skilled nursing care. In fact if you need those services such as aid with bathing, toileting, getting in out of bed etc, most will require you to hire additional help or services outside of what you are paying.
NH is skilled nursing care and they can take care of nearly all needs although resident needs hospitalization, they will be transported to hospital, stabilized and returned to NH.
Some residential care facilities offer a range from senior independent living, to rehab, to AL to memory care to NH where all are on one campus and you can move from one to the other within the same complex as needs change.
Visit many, research ratings, visit often and observe, get recommendations and talk with families who have loved ones there to get a feel for the facility and care offered.
Here's my take on it. My mom lives in an independent living facility, in a 2-room apartment. In another part of the building, there's assisted living. Those folks have an apartment that they can decorate and furnish with their own furniture, just like my mom can in independent living. The folks in assisted living just need more daily care, with things like getting dressed and taking their meds on time, and maybe to get to and from the dining room. They don't need constant medical oversight and intervention. Assisted living is more like an apartment with help from staff for the activities of daily living (ADLs) like bathing, medication, transportation.
Upstairs from assisted living is the skilled nursing part of the facility. This would be more like a nursing home. The patients there (my dad was there the last three months of his life) need help with just about everything. They need more medical care and/or maybe hospice care. That place is more like a hospital, with more skilled nursing staff and doctors visiting. Probably not their own furniture, as it's more like a hospital with hospital equipment.
I recently volunteered on Christmas day at a nearby Lutheran nursing home. I had never been there before and I felt like it was a great facility. The staff all knew the clients' names and were very personable with each of them. I helped get people together for a Christmas service by the Lutheran minister. I would have felt very comfortable having my mom at that facility. I'm not Lutheran and am not pushing for that, but just noting that not every nursing home is awful. The one I saw seemed pretty darned clean with a very caring and involved staff on Christmas day. I would have thought Christmas day would have been one of the worst days for adequate staff. Some nursing homes are awful, but some are pretty nice. And if your mom and dad aren't ready for a nursing home, check out assisted living. Visit a few in your area. Usually they'll let you eat a meal in the dining room to check out their food (which is always a good idea). Ask people around the facility what they think about it. Try to do that without having the marketing person nearby, so that residents will be more open about their feelings.
By proceeding, I agree that I understand the following disclosures:
I. How We Work in Washington.
Based on your preferences, we provide you with information about one or more of our contracted senior living providers ("Participating Communities") and provide your Senior Living Care Information to Participating Communities. The Participating Communities may contact you directly regarding their services.
APFM does not endorse or recommend any provider. It is your sole responsibility to select the appropriate care for yourself or your loved one. We work with both you and the Participating Communities in your search. We do not permit our Advisors to have an ownership interest in Participating Communities.
II. How We Are Paid.
We do not charge you any fee – we are paid by the Participating Communities. Some Participating Communities pay us a percentage of the first month's standard rate for the rent and care services you select. We invoice these fees after the senior moves in.
III. When We Tour.
APFM tours certain Participating Communities in Washington (typically more in metropolitan areas than in rural areas.) During the 12 month period prior to December 31, 2017, we toured 86.2% of Participating Communities with capacity for 20 or more residents.
IV. No Obligation or Commitment.
You have no obligation to use or to continue to use our services. Because you pay no fee to us, you will never need to ask for a refund.
V. Complaints.
Please contact our Family Feedback Line at (866) 584-7340 or ConsumerFeedback@aplaceformom.com to report any complaint. Consumers have many avenues to address a dispute with any referral service company, including the right to file a complaint with the Attorney General's office at: Consumer Protection Division, 800 5th Avenue, Ste. 2000, Seattle, 98104 or 800-551-4636.
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APFM does not (and may not) require or even ask consumers seeking senior housing or care services in Washington State to sign waivers of liability for losses of personal property or injury or to sign waivers of any rights established under law.
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I authorize A Place For Mom ("APFM") to collect certain personal and contact detail information, as well as relevant health care information about me or from me about the senior family member or relative I am assisting ("Senior Living Care Information").
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You consent to APFM's reaching out to you using a phone system than can auto-dial numbers (we miss rotary phones, too!), but this consent is not required to use our service.
NH is skilled nursing care and they can take care of nearly all needs although resident needs hospitalization, they will be transported to hospital, stabilized and returned to NH.
Some residential care facilities offer a range from senior independent living, to rehab, to AL to memory care to NH where all are on one campus and you can move from one to the other within the same complex as needs change.
Visit many, research ratings, visit often and observe, get recommendations and talk with families who have loved ones there to get a feel for the facility and care offered.
Upstairs from assisted living is the skilled nursing part of the facility. This would be more like a nursing home. The patients there (my dad was there the last three months of his life) need help with just about everything. They need more medical care and/or maybe hospice care. That place is more like a hospital, with more skilled nursing staff and doctors visiting. Probably not their own furniture, as it's more like a hospital with hospital equipment.
I recently volunteered on Christmas day at a nearby Lutheran nursing home. I had never been there before and I felt like it was a great facility. The staff all knew the clients' names and were very personable with each of them. I helped get people together for a Christmas service by the Lutheran minister. I would have felt very comfortable having my mom at that facility. I'm not Lutheran and am not pushing for that, but just noting that not every nursing home is awful. The one I saw seemed pretty darned clean with a very caring and involved staff on Christmas day. I would have thought Christmas day would have been one of the worst days for adequate staff. Some nursing homes are awful, but some are pretty nice. And if your mom and dad aren't ready for a nursing home, check out assisted living. Visit a few in your area. Usually they'll let you eat a meal in the dining room to check out their food (which is always a good idea). Ask people around the facility what they think about it. Try to do that without having the marketing person nearby, so that residents will be more open about their feelings.