#elder care assisted living

[thashining]

Caretakers

[schaettchen]

It’s depressing how much we as a society neglect the elderly. I worked in patient transport and took a lot of people from hospitals to care facilities. I saw dozens of them across my state and in neighboring states. There were (at most) 3-4 that I would be willing to put a relative in.

Genuinely I think the most impactful change an individual can make is to visit assisted living facilities and skilled nursing facilities. The people there are often bored and depressed. They can’t engage with their hobbies: not physically capable anymore, no access to materials, or forgetting how. They don’t generally understand current technology so they can’t find entertainment or community online. Many facilities provide a tv in their room and they may or may not know how to change the channel. If they got visitors, that could make their week.

Additionally, care facility staff are pretty universally burned out. They can be very slow to respond or rude when they do show up. Visitors make this way better. The staff tend to shape up when they are observed and they aren’t needed for every little thing so they aren’t pulled in as many directions. (Also true for hospitals. If you can, bring someone with you that will stay as long as they can.)

I’m not saying this will fix the system. What I am saying is that you personally can make a huge difference for a couple people by going to see them and talking to them.

This can be really hard. I hate these facilities and visiting relatives there has never been fun. Dementia is awful. Losing ability is also awful. But it’s much worse to be in a facility and feel that everyone outside it has abandoned you.

You might have community groups that go in and meet with or perform for local care facilities. Volunteering with these groups is a great way to help and start seeing how to get involved.

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[waderockett]

Back in the 80s my friend Tamara was a cool, funny, and sweet rock 'n' roll chick at my high school in Las Vegas. Now she's a disabled caregiver facing homelessness for herself and her elderly mom, who has dementia. If you can donate or share the link, anything helps.

[jenniemnhi]

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[meilas]

I have been saying this for nearly ten years now, since I first worked in a nursing/assisted living home.

I worked at two different places, and the differences between them was insane. The first place was bigger, had a dining room for residents that could rival a small restaurant, and had a waitstaff and cooks. The assisted living, rehab, and and more intensive cate floors each had their own smaller dining rooms. I worked in dining services on the assisted living floor, which meant I brought a cart of food from the kitchen and served it to the 20 residents on the AL floor. (The memory care unit was split in two, and the nurses there would serve the food.) The IL (independent living) apartments had their own housekeeping staff. The entire facility had a gardening staff and regular bus runs. (My mom is currently a bus driver there. The residents love her.) This facility is pretty fancy, but not not as fancy as its counterpart campus on the other side of the city.

The second place I worked did not require a college degree to be part of the activities’ staff, which was my department. I was with the residents (about 20-30) for the majority of the day, and I would usually leave well after my shift ended because we the residents could not be left alone unless they were in their rooms. A lot of them were fall risks. There weren’t enough nurses to bring the residents back to their rooms so that I could actually leave on time. (During covid, I had to sit with one resident who had tested positive and make sure that she stayed in her room because she would wander otherwise, and there was no one else available to watch her, and I was the “safest” to watch her because I had just returned shortly before from having covid myself and I’d just received the first dose of the vaccine. (My mother was immunocompromised at the time because of chemo, so yeah this was not a good time for us.))

The pay was awful at both places, but I stayed because I liked my residents. I would occasionally stay after my shift (to help out at the second facility) or come in on my days off to visit with the residents (first facility.) I sometimes ended up playing waiter at resident parties (first facility) because 1. the activities’ staff could use the extra help with all the residents and 2. my residents (and my grandmother) got a kick out of me dashing around offering drinks and snacks to everyone. I don’t know that any of my coworkers did that. They had lives and second jobs and school. They couldn’t afford to spend their free time doing extra.

Good, quality care is stupidly expensive. My grandmother is lucky (and we’re fairly privileged enough) that she could afford to go to a decent place, and it’s near where we live so we can visit her! She has one of the smaller apartments at this facility (she’s independent) but it’s still a really nice apartment.

I had some residents who barely saw their families because they lived so far away and weren’t quite as close with their family.

At the second facility, which was much, much lower quality but still really expensive, all of the residents needed more care than the facility was able (or even supposed to be able) to provide. All of the residents came from much poorer backgrounds, and everyone was white.

Which brings me to another point. Nonwhite POC are less privileged and thus less able to access care. Nevermind quality care, I mean actual elder care. (There was one POC woman from the first nursing home but she was there for health rehab. I spent an evening talking with her about music. Her son is a singer in Las Vegas. But my point is that there was exactly one POC resident that I knew about!)

We need accessible elder care for all.

It feels taboo as a childfree person to admit this but I actually do have concerns about who is going to take care of me when I'm old. The elder care system in our nation relies A LOT on the unpaid care labor of adult children. I just don't think that's a good reason to have kids.

"But you'll have more money!" does not completely put this to rest for me. Neither does "Buy care insurance!" Even if I can afford direct personal care, who is going to advocate for me to get it? Who is going to navigate bureaucracy for me when I'm 80?

"If you do have kids, there's no GUARANTEE that they'll take care of you when your old!" That's true, but doesn't solve my problem.

I think childfree people get very defensive about this question because its used as a kind of "gotcha!" against us, but I actually do not feel we can afford to be in denial about this reality. Based on current trends of more people in their 30s stating they intend to be permanently childfree, we are going to see a huge wave of childfree adults hitting the eldercare system at once in a few decades. Childfree people in their 30s should be advocating around eldercare NOW.

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Wisconsin’s long-term care crisis: Staffing troubles, low Medicaid rates prompt closures

Low state reimbursement rates through Medicaid have depressed provider revenue and worker pay, causing some facilities to oust residents who rely on Medicaid or even close.

by Addie Costello / Wisconsin Watch and WPR, Wisconsin Watch September 5, 2024 Click here to read highlights from the story Assisted living has grown in popularity across Wisconsin and the country, offering aging residents and people with disabilities more independence in less institutionalized settings than traditional nursing homes. Low state reimbursement rates through Medicaid have…

[theseniorcare]

Why Reviewing ADL Reports Are Important

ADL or Activities of Daily Living refers to the practices or the methods that we adopt to streamline the treatment towards better care for our residents. It is imperative to document and visit the ADL at regular intervals to see the progress of your mom with the assigned team of skilled medical practitioners. During such sessions, we also include family members as and when needed. This helps in maintaining transparency and at the end of the day everybody is on the same page concerning the development of your mom. 

We understand that at old age and with a certain memory loss people tend to show different signs at different stages but with a regular reviewing of ADL reports, we get to understand a pattern of each patient. This makes it easier for us to plan a personal care chart for our lovely ladies. As we keep reiterating our first and foremost aim remains to give each one of them unique and undivided attention. 

Documenting the reports and studying them along with doctors also help us to identify medical complications if any and thus prepare the medication accordingly. We also arrange the dietary plan as per the physical and clinical records to keep our ladies fit. 

We also include grooming; proper hygiene habits and see to it that everything is followed properly to avoid any chances of bedsores. We encourage our ladies to socialize and participate in their favorite tasks. This helps them connect with the external world and keeps them happy and cheerful from within. 

All these activities when properly documented, monitored, and evaluated by a panel of experts and shared with the family the growth story becomes evident. The families can also share their feedback at each step and help us improve with our services and make our mothers smile and cherish their stay with us.