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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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  1. Getting Your Affairs in Order
    National Institute on Aging
    No one ever plans to be sick or disabled. Yet, it's just this kind of planning that can make all the difference in an emergency.
  2. Building a Care Team
    By Paula Sanders McCarron, National Family Caregivers Association
    Sheila Warnock was living in New York City and working as a freelance art director when she became sole caregiver for her mother, who lived several hours away. She was also caring for her friend, Susan, who had…
  3. Fact Sheet - Legal Issues in Planning for Incapacity
    Family Caregiver Alliance
  4. Fact Sheet - Legal Issues for LGBT Caregivers
    By Helene V. Wenzel, Family Caregiver Alliance
  5. Hypothermia: A Cold Weather Hazard
    National Institute on Aging
    Cold weather is very risky for older people. The winter chill can lower the temperature inside your body
  6. Fact Sheet - Caring for Adults with Cognitive and Memory Impairments
    Family Caregiver Alliance
  7. I've Fallen, And I Can't Get Up!: Informed Consumer Guide to Assistive Products for People with Temporary Disabilities
    By Lynn Halverson, Katherine Belknap, Anjanette Daigle, Lisa Knight, Stephen Lowe, AbleData
    This Consumer Guide provides information about devices and services that may be helpful when recovering from temporary disability.
  8. Fact Sheet - Durable Powers of Attorney and Revocable Living Trusts
    Family Caregiver Alliance
  9. Fact Sheet - Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome
    Family Caregiver Alliance
  10. Fact Sheet - Community Care Options
    Family Caregiver Alliance
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