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What kind of homes are there for the elderly, not a nursing home?
Like homes that have ppl check up on elderly people. Cause my great grandmother fractured her neck and fell on her face today. This is not the first time she has fell. She broke her hip before. And she lives in a different town from most of her relatives. We live 30-45 minutes away from her city and she lives by herself. I think nurisng homes are bad and I've seen some people in there. My great grandma is 95 yrs old and she has problems with remembering things too. Is there homes that can have people check up on her?
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Depending on how badly your grandmother fractured her neck there may be no choice as to where she lives in the future. Once she is ready to leave the hospital she may be discharged to a rehabilitation hospital and from their to a nursing home. This will depend on what level of disability and care the fracturing of her neck has caused he to need.
In the best of circumstances after a short stay in the rehab hospital she may be able to return to her own home. To move your grandmother into an assisted living center, which is what you are looking for, may not be what she wants. Elderly people do not function well when forced to move out of surroundings they are comfortable in. It is proven that even in nursing homes, if a patient is moved to a new nursing home after they have been in one for any period of time, is devastating to them. So much so it is actually sort of life threatening as it has been proven that it shortens their life expectancy.
My advice is that if your grandmother is adamant that she stay in her own home then if at all possible you arrange to do that. Fix the house up to be as accessible for her as possible. Arrange for visiting nurses and if needed a live in care giver. Meals on wheels is also something that should be looked at as the delivery person is yet another person who is responsible to check on your grandmother during the delivery of her daily meals.
Speak with neighbors to see if they will look in on her on the weekends and at on holidays when the other services may not be available. If you do these things which will allow your grandmother to be at home where she is comfortable she will be with you for as long as she is destined to be with you.
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In-home caregivers may be a better option. Given your grandmother's advanced age, she'd probably qualify for 24 hour care. Many people find this preferable to nursing homes or other assisted living facilities because your loved one gets to stay in their own home and they can control who cares for them. If they don't like one caregiver, they simply request a new one from the agency.
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Dear Questioner.
When looking at homes for elderly you need to keep some things in mind.
Firstly,
your great grandmothers wishes, she may not want to leave her house in which she grew up in. Its her natural environment. Alot of problems can arise from people actually being removed from there ordinary environment (their home) and into hospital or a home.
So an easy midway point for this issue could be carers visiting her once a day, maybe three times a week to check she is eating, that she hasnt fallen over and so on.
Im guessing your grandmother will be in hospital at this current point so maybe the hospital can sort out a package of care to acheive this.
Also does your great grandmother have any friends or neighbours who can just pop in occcaisionally just to see how she is?
Secondly, there are all sorts of nursing homes.
You say you have had expirience with some of these. I must truely enphisise the importance of researching the good and the bad. Some nursing homes have excellent care, you just need to research them right. Although generally speaking the better care homes are the smaller ones with only a few residents or ones with higher fees. A thing to ask is what is the routine for someone in (nursing home A), how many residents are there to one nurse and so on.
There are also resisdential homes, again you will have to do your research.
Feel free to message me for any more Qs but I must disclose that I like in the UK and not the US so I may not be able to help in detail.
vikkikimberly
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