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How to Find The Best Adult Family Home Care for Your Elderly Parent: Geriatric nurse insider shows you where to start, the best questions to ask, and what to look out for.

How to Find The Best Adult Family Home Care for Your Elderly Parent: Geriatric nurse insider shows you where to start, the best questions to ask, and what to look out for.

          
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Understandably, most of us are worried about placing our loved one in a care facility, especially if they are frail and vulnerable. We worry about abuse, neglect, cost, and other undesirable issues the media tends to churn out as front-page news. In this book, author Joseph Spada, LPN, offers you insider's guidance into long-term care, explains what your options are, and the pros and cons of each. He shows you how to find and select the best facility for your needs, and most importantly, what traps to watch-out for. Joseph introduces you to the growing trend of Adult Family Homes; often overlooked, their small size and highly personalized care make them a very attractive choice for both aging seniors and their adult children, and a worthwhile alternative to larger institutional settings. But as with any important endeavor, you need expert guidance before venturing into unknown territory - this book is your roadmap. Packed with invaluable insights and practical tips, you'll be able to make clear and informed decisions when dealing with any frail, elderly person. As a geriatric nurse with more than 25 years' caring for hundreds of seniors and operating Adult Family Homes, Joseph is in a unique position to compare and contrast your choices in a straightforward manner. Highlights of What You'll Learn: - How to determine the safety risks in your current situation - Aging-in-place: myths vs. reality - How to avoid costly mistakes and unsafe situations - Working with Senior Referral Agents; key facts to know - The MUST-ASK questions of any long-term care facility - before signing a contract! - Top 10 items to look for when visiting any care facility - How to monitor care and address concerns, like a pro! - And much more! "Most of the time, people have no clue what they're getting into. They just get in trouble after the fact. I think your book is a great help to them and should be required reading!" Gale Wald, RN, consulting geriatric nurse. NOTE: The book is most relevant to Washington State, but a majority of the information applies regardless of which state you live in. The book is NOT intended to help you start a residential care home business.
About the Author: Joseph Spada is a Licensed Nurse and Certified Geriatric Care Provider and owner of Spada Homes, Inc. senior care. He has in-depth knowledge of Washington State's long-term care industry, particularly adult family homes. Blending high quality care standards learned from living and working at the University Hospital in Geneva, Switzerland, family values from his Italian origin and upbringing, and nursing skills acquired in the USA, Joseph left the hospital and nursing home world in 1991 after realizing he wanted to de-institutionalize long-term care by delivering highly personalized, competent, and loving nursing care in small residential homes. His senior care homes have since improved and enriched the lives of hundreds of seniors, and their families, by delivering outstanding personal care. Joseph is a faculty instructor at Seattle Community College teaching adult family home providers the State-required AFH Administrator certification course, covering licensing and compliance, business operation, staff management, resident care and rights, health assessments, care planning and marketing. Joseph served as a board member and past president of the Snohomish-King County Association of Adult Family Home Providers. In the early 1990s, he helped form the statewide association of Adult Family Homes in Washington State. Joseph is tri-lingual, fully fluent in French, Italian and English. He lives in Seattle with his wife and three [grown] daughters. He loves playing acoustic guitar and bakes outrageously delicious - so he's been told - Sicilian-style pizzas.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781499195736
  • Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Publisher Imprint: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 122
  • Series Title: English
  • Sub Title: Geriatric nurse insider shows you where to start, the best questions to ask, and what to look out for.
  • Width: 152 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1499195737
  • Publisher Date: 17 Apr 2014
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 7 mm
  • Weight: 172 gr


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