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Skilled Nursing Facilities are state-licensed facilities that provide a safe, therapeutic environment for individuals who require rehabilitative care or can no longer live independently due to functional or cognitive impairment. Also known as nursing homes or convalescent homes.

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  1. Choosing and Paying for a Long-Term Care Facility
    By Attorney Joseph L. Matthews, Nolo
    Understand the different types of long-term care facilities — and how planning ahead can help you choose the best option.
  2. Nursing Homes: Making the Right Choice
    National Institute on Aging
    A nursing home is a place for people who don't need to be in a hospital but can no longer be cared for at home.
  3. Nursing Home Checklist
    This list helps you select a Skilled Nursing Facilities facility that meets your loved one's needs.
  4. Choosing a Geriatric Care Manager Checklist
    Use this form to assess and determine the right geriatric care manager to care for your loved one.
  5. Discharge Planning Begins at the Time of Admission
    By Patricia L. Tomsko, M.D., National Family Caregivers Association
    Your loved one has just entered the hospital. It may be for a routine procedure or a serious complication of his/her chronic illness. In either case, you immediately begin to focus on how to make the hospital stay as…
  6. What can I do from a distance?
    National Institute on Aging
    Many long-distance caregivers provide emotional support and occasional respite to a primary caregiver who is in the...
  7. Is Home Health Care an Option?
    By Attorney Joseph L. Matthews, Nolo
    The benefits of home health care are great, but it's not always practical.
  8. Doctor's Office Visit Record
    This checklist helps keep track of any instructions or advice provided during a doctor's visit.
  9. Selecting a Physician Checklist
    This checklist helps you identify and select the physician who can best care for your loved one.
  10. Education and Care - Easing the Transition
    Alzheimer's Foundation of America
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