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Nursing Homes 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 skilled nursing facilities or convalescent homes.

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    Family Caregiver Alliance
  2. Can Alzheimer's Disease be Prevented?
    National Institute on Aging
    As people get older, they wonder whether they can do anything to prevent diseases that happen more often with age, such as Alzheimer's disease (AD).
  3. Talking With Your Doctor: A Guide for Older People
    National Institute on Aging
    How well you and your doctor talk to each other is one of the most important parts of getting good health care.
  4. Progress Report on Alzheimer's Disease 2004-2005
    National Institute on Aging
    Alzheimer's disease is an age-related and irreversible brain disorder that develops over a period of years.
  5. Palliative Care - Questions and Answers
    National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization
  6. Caregiving - Community Resources
    National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization
  7. Questions to Ask When Hiring a Home Care Agency
    When looking for a home health agency, use this list to determine the best agency for your needs.
  8. When Your Loved One is Hospitalized
    By Suzanne Mintz, National Family Caregivers Association
    As a family caregiver it is likely that you and your loved one have seen, or will see, the inside of a hospital more than the average person. Needless to say, those are stressful times, but there are things that you …
  9. A Home Healthcare Primer
    National Family Caregivers Association
    What is home care? Home care is a general term that represents a wide range of community-based services to support someone who is recuperating from an acute situation, such as a hip fracture, or needed by persons wit…
  10. Home Care Tasks Checklist
    This checklist helps to identify which tasks are required to be completed by a home care worker.
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