We often use the term nursing home to refer to a residential facility for older people or people with disabilities. However, not all residential facilities provide the same level of care. Whether your loved one is in a nursing home or looking for nursing home…
Not every nurse providing care in a Kentucky nursing home is a Registered Nurse (RN). Many different kinds of nurses can provide useful and safe care for nursing home residents. However, not every nurse can provide the same services. Accordingly, you should know about the…
We are in unprecedented times. COVID-19, also known as the Coronavirus, has literally destroyed the normal rhythm of daily life in Kentucky and around the world. Health care workers are being pushed to extremes to combat this growing crisis. Kentucky nursing homes are unfortunately not immune…
Your loved one has a terminal illness. As a family, you decided that it was time to start hospice services to provide him with physical and emotional care to make him more comfortable in his nursing home. You understood that hospice does not provide curative…
One way to research nursing homes in your area is to consult Medicare’s Nursing Home Compare website. Here, you can search by zip code to find facilities that are certified by Medicare and Medicaid. In October 2019, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) began…
Nursing homes employ many different people to care for residents. Doctors, nurses, aides, and others must communicate with one another and with their counterparts when shifts change to make sure that each nursing home resident is safe. Otherwise, miscommunication can cause a serious or fatal…