Category Archives: Special Needs

Strategies to Help Reduce Re-Admissions in LTC

How can you open the doors to deeper and more meaningful information that efficiently and accurately reveals what a resident really wants? How do you clarify for the care team how to employ individualized approaches that are most closely aligned … Continue reading

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Required Emergency Preparedness Basic Surveyor Training Course

CMS’ New Emergency Preparedness Regulation   CMS’ Emergency Preparedness Rule goes into effect November 16, 2017. This will be the first time home health agencies will be required to have an emergency preparedness plan in place. Emergency Preparedness Training: The Centers … Continue reading

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Ideas for Loving Up an Elder on Valentine’s Day

Whether you love them with all your heart or kinda just like them, you can make St. Valentine’s Day special for the elder in your care. You do not have to be crafty or clever (or have deep pockets) to … Continue reading

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Growing Need for Senior Care Auditing Providers

Many Americans find themselves providing care for elderly loved ones. It seems never anticipated problems endlessly arise, such as maintaining quality of care and juggling long distance caregiving. On top of that, most people do not know how to thoroughly evaluate or efficiently … Continue reading

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40 Fresh FAQs about the Senior Care Auditing Career

1) WHAT IS A SENIOR CARE AUDITOR? A Senior Care Auditor is a person who provides senior care audits. This person has learned how to evaluate a seniors environment for safety issues, elder abuse and neglect fact finding, and many … Continue reading

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What is Senior Care Auditing?

Senior Care Auditing is a new service expected to grow substantially over the next 30 years as the population of seniors sharply increases. U.S. Department of Commerce Economics and Statistics Administration reports that “In 2050, the number of Americans aged 65 and … Continue reading

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How to become a happier caregiver

If you are a caregiver chances are you love taking care of people. You love/like frail elders or adults with special needs.  You love knowing that your work produces immediate tangible and worthwhile results by making a difference to someone. … Continue reading

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Caregiver? How to get respect

How to become a respected, confident and happier caregiver If you are a primary caregiver chances are you love taking care of people. You love/like frail elders or adults with special needs.  You love knowing that your work produces immediate … Continue reading

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Caregiving Pro? How to get better jobs…

If you are a professional caregiver/direct care worker/personal care aide/carer  you provide personal care services to clients in exchange for money.  Whether you work for yourself, a home care or home health care agency, or any type of long term … Continue reading

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Unjustifiable Reductions in Home Care Hours

Medicaid Matters and the New York chapter of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys released a report analyzing six months of fair hearing decisions related to reductions in hours for New York home care clients. The evidence suggests that some … Continue reading

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