Having the Conversation About Long Term Care

• Having the Conversation About Long Term Care
• Talk Sooner Rather Than Later
• Prepare Yourself, Prepare Your Loved One
• Choose the Right Time and Environment, Stay Positive
• Be a Good Listener, Include Others in Decision-Making
• Signals To Look For, Planning for Yourself
• Conclusion

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Family Questions: The First Thirty Days

• Emotional Issues: Introduction
• Helping Your Loved Ones Adjust
• Coping with Guilt and Resentment
• Making Your Visits Count, And Visiting By Mail
• Finding Help When You Need It
• Visiting Policies and Trips Out of the Home
• Issues Unique to Short-term Patients
• Issues Unique to Spouses of Residents

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We deeply appreciate the generosity of the Extendicare Foundation, which has produced this pamphlet and made it available.

Family Questions: The First Thirty Days is only available online; printed copies are not available.

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Living in a Nursing Facility: the Myths and Realities

Straight answers to many of the misconceptions that exist about life in a nursing facility.

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Making the Transition

• Planning Ahead; Tell The Facility About The Resident
• Paperwork; Personal Belongings; Commonly Asked Questions
• Decisionmaking; Admission Day; Initial Reaction; Getting Involved; A Final Note
  

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Having Your Say: Advance Directives

• Two type of Advance Directives, Living Will, Medical Power of Attorney
• Living Will vs. Medical Power of Attorney, Modifying an Advance Directive, Retrieving the Advance Directive
• Additional Information on Advance Directives

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Tips on Visiting Friends and Relatives

• Tips on visiting
• Who should visit; Planning for the visit
• The visit; Visits outside the nursing home

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Caring for Someone with Alzheimer's

• Caring for Someone with Alzheimer's: Introduction
• Alzheimer's Warning Signs
• Caring for Someone with Alzheimer's
• Housing and Care Options
• Paying for Care
• Help is Available
  

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