Nursing Home or Assisted Living HOW TO Decide When It’s Time , How to Choose, How to BREAK THE NEWS
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- 103 HOW TO Decide When It’s Time for Skilled Nursing Care & HOW To Break the News & How to Choose a Place Dementia CAREGIVER Series
In this video, learn HOW to know when the time has come for nursing home or assisted living placement, HOW to TELL Your Loved One and HOW to CHOOSE the Best Facility!
~SHOW NOTES~
3 Things to Watch for that may mean YOU Need to Find Alternate Arrangements for Caregiving:
• The person is no longer physically SAFE in their current arrangement
• The person is no longer MEDICALLY able to stay in their current arrangement
• You cannot provide 24 hour, 7 day a week caregiving to keep them SAFE and MEDICALLY cared for in in their current arrangement
How to Find a GREAT Home!
• Locate ALL the care homes in your area by need (Assisted Living vs Skilled Nursing) and VISIT every one of them!
• Ask QUESTIONS of the staff and RESIDENTS! Watch the VIDEO until the end for a great insider tip!
• Ask the following questions:
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How to Break the News and Make the Move:
• BE HONEST! Tell them, at whatever stage they are, that they cannot stay in their current arrangement (Whatever that is), and that they are moving to a safer place.
• Only bring it up again if they ask. Telling them over and over is like telling them for the first time, all over again.
• Once you have chosen a good Home, just DO IT!
• Get Outside SUPPORT! (Our online free, private Dementia Caregiver Support Group is here: Dementia with Grace Group)
~About the Book~
Dementia with Grace: A New, Positive Way of Dealing with Behaviors in People with Dementia addresses behaviors whether caused by Alzheimer's Disease, Lewy-Body dementia, vascular dementia, frontal-temporal dementia or any other type.
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In this book, you will find information, tips, and techniques to help take care of a person living with dementia, with grace.
~Connect With Me~
Private Facebook Support Group: Dementia With Grace Dementia with Grace Group
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Twitter: dementiawithgrace
Email: Vicky@dementiawithgrace.org
Snail Mail:
Vicky Noland Fitch
PO BOX 50
Carrollton, AL. 35447
~About Me~
Hello, My name is Vicky! I am a Certified Dementia Practitioner with a Bachelor of Social Work degree. I have been a dementia caregiver for over 20 years, and I love to help people problem solve when difficult behaviors arise. I live and work out of an 1892 farmhouse deep in the heart of Dixie with my husband, Phil and my ragdoll cat, Contessa. I have one daughter, Emily.
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Disclaimers and Disclosures:
The information presented herein has been developed by Vicky Noland Fitch, BSW, CDP over a 20+ year career of working primarily as a dementia caregiver, educator, trainer and now as a consultant.
The information provided in this video should not be construed or relied upon as medical advice for any specific fact or circumstance. Its content was prepared by Dementia With Grace for informational and entertainment purposes only. You should not act or rely on any of the information contained herein without seeking professional medical advice.
Any links to products for sale are affiliate links. I earn a little money if you click through and buy it. It costs nothing to you, and adds a little change to my pocket! If it is here, I have found value in It! ~ Vicky
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Thank you for sharing this I have been caring for my momma 8 years now she has some memory problems her endroconglist says she has some dementia from her diabetes . She is only insulin. I go daily . She is getting more forgetful it seems but still does pretty good on her own . I noticed though she keeps putting chairs and things in front of her doors at night . When I come I see all the things in front of the doors I ask her why but she says she doesn't know why she does those things .
At this moment My Mother is in a nursing home for a while until the staff decides to release her. I will be seeing her later today and will go over the issue of her getting care from a skilled nurse who can come in from time to time to observe her so that she is fine. Thank you for the information.
Your advice is worth gold to me. I watch your channel faithfully even though I don't need to make these decisions at this time.
This is a WONDERFUL video! Your info is clear with great things to think and talk to family about. 🙂 I shouldve watched this video first instead of my shots in the dark with info on difficult dementia behaviours.
Thank you so much. I really need to hear this ,it’s time to place my mother but some family members make me feel like it’s a mortal sin to do so.
I understand. You have to do what’s best for your mother. If other people are willing to bring her into their home, and they feel like that’s the best decision, and you agree… Try that. ❤️ Vicky
I hope this video helps my mom and I start this conversation with my father who’s in early stages of Alzheimer’s 😔🙏🏽
Am so grateful for all these video5
Thank you, this is wonderful information. You do such a good job.
Your information is wonderful. Thank u so much for what u do. I wish I had the time to find this when I was caring for my mom.
Very grateful for your videos❤
I enjoyed your video last night! Thank you for all you do! xo
Eileen Marlowe thanks!! So glad you found us! Be sure and join the group on Facebook! “Dementia With Grace Caregiver Support Group”
Thank you so much for your info,wish i could have found you 2 years ago when my mother was diagnosed. She's gone now,but I'll pass this on to my sis in law who is just finding out that her mother has dementia.
doggette2 aww! Thanks for the comment!! We would love to have y’all in the group on FB!
For nursing homes: there needs to be more staff allocated to the floor for each shift. There should be enough staff to do the personal care properly every day and also to make sure they are eating and drinking enough. Often homes are so understaffed that the clients are not able to be helped to even drink enough fluids because some have to be convinced to drink each sip.
Staff should be selected for their personal qualities. If they are mean spirited, or think it is okay to retaliate if a client lashes out because of mishandling, they have no place in the care industry. If they are careless (fail to protect them from bumps and scrapes while transporting them in a chair) with the clients, they also have no place in the care industry. Just like children should be able to expect a decent level of care, so should our elderly family members.
Food should be good and nutritious even if they don't have their own teeth or false teeth to chew their food. If they can't speak for themselves and their only income is a pension, that doesn't mean they can be fed vitamised canned spaghetti with one scoop of instant mashed potato. I feel like that is inhumane. If it is not good enough for you, neither is it good enough for them. They were all once someone's cherished baby, often they were a parent themselves and even a grandparent or great grandparent. Some have worked extremely hard all their lives to be reduced to being treated so shamefully. I'm angry at what I have seen.
Thank you
This was a very hard on me to make this choice.My poor Dad what he went through.
Hi
How can I find the list of questions to ask when looking at a possible nursing home ?
I want be put in a dementia lock ward custodian care in a nursing home
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My mother is almost 92. She has lived alone for 29 years and has stage 4 Alzheimer's. She does not drive any more, wander out of her bungalow or leave taps running. Mother does not have any financial responsibilities because my brother and I are her POA's. She forgets to take her medication- in spite of constant reminders- and has issues with personal hygiene, mobility and self help. Mother has little understanding of seasons and temperature. She wears a hot water bottle instead of using her central heating. Her electric fire is ruined due to her inability to !monitor heat control. Mother does not eat or drink regularly even though she insists otherwise. We as a family are growing concerned about her ability to self care as time progresses. So you think we should be looking into a Home for her under these circumstances?
Janet Fishwick SAFETY is the number 1 consideration. Safety of body, of health, etc. Not eating regularly, missing meds, not using heat properly. All of this could lead to a physical or medical decline. So, yes. PLUS if you are asking the question, it is probably time. All my love, Vicky ♥️
I'm so afraid this disease is going to bankrupt us our family. He's only 63
I know Patty. The cost of either a private caregiving or facility caregiving is astronomical. And so many people either don’t have long-term care insurance or have long-term care insurance that never was issued with the forethought of needing memory care. It’s devastating and I know