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3 Questions to Ask Before Choosing Senior Care in Northeast Ohio

When families in Northeast Ohio start looking for senior care, the experience can often be quite overwhelming. The population of those aged 65 and older in Ohio is projected to rise by 33.4%, ultimately making up a quarter of the state’s population by 2030. As a result, the need for securing quality care has never been more pressing. The essence of making a well-informed decision hinges on asking the right questions that tell you about the quality of healthcare service you’re likely to receive in retirement communities.

Ask About the Level of Personalized Attention

The key to high quality care for the elderly is comprehensive evaluation and customized care planning. Residential care homes, under Ohio law, are required to conduct extensive health evaluations within 48 hours of intake, including the person’s physical as well as mental condition, medication needs, functional abilities, behavioral health requirements and socialization needs.

It’s an important process as it helps identify whether or not a facility will be able to meet your loved ones’ current and future needs. A good way to approach care planning is exemplified by facilities that offer a complete range of services. 

For instance, if you’re looking for Healthcare and Retirement Communities with an enhanced focus on offering thorough care assessments, you may want to try Heritage Health and Retirement Community. It’s quite interesting to see how these facilities create personalized care plans and change them as a patient’s needs change. 

You must avoid care facilities where they only do cursory checks, don’t check on people regularly, or appear as if they’re not equipped to deal with more demanding care situations. If a senior care facility doesn’t describe the way that they evaluate things or treat everyone in the same way, it indicates they don’t really have the skills to offer truly personalized retirement community healthcare service.

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Want to Avoid the Nursing Home?

If you don't want to wind up in a nursing home, take every precaution to avoid falling. Over three-fourths of those living in a long-term care facility (nursing home) are there because of a fall that required a hospital stay and rehabilitation but did not result in full recovery. Most of these falls are related to problems with medications. ...
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Big-City Amenities, Down-Home Charm in Cuyahoga Falls

Tidy, affordable neighborhoods. Check. Upscale condos and apartments. Check. Interesting restaurants. Check. To be sure, Northeast Ohio has a lot of communities that can boast the same things. What makes Cuyahoga Falls different is its proximity to so many amenities that make it an attractive place to live for people over 50.  ...
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FREE Community Event for Summit County Senior Citizens

The 13th Annual Summit Senior Expo, sponsored by AultCare’s PrimeTime Health Plan, will be held on Friday, October 1 from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Summit Mall. Admission and parking are free. The event will feature a variety of free activities, including a prize wheel, welcome bags, health screenings and the ever-popular Bingo and Price is Right game shows. The free expo will also feature more than 40 exhibits. Attendees will receive a free Northeast Ohio Boomer & Beyond magazine and the first 200 attendees will receive a free welcome bag. ...
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Grand Opening: Westlake Community Services Center

There will be a Grand Opening Ceremony and ribbon-cutting at the new Westlake Community Services Center on Tuesday, July 13, from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. The event will include self- guided tours, music, refreshments, an ice cream truck, a raffle, health screenings and food cooked by St. John Medical Center’s personal chef. ...
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Medicaid & Nursing Home Care Basics

Most of us know that Medicaid and nursing home care expenses are intertwined, but exactly how? If you're exploring ways to pay for a nursing home for a loved one, it's good to understand the basics and how they can vary, state by state. ...
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Worth Noting: Goodbye, Michael; Used Bikes; Centennial Celebrations

A Shot in the Arm
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r a Long Shot?
If you’ve been scrambling to find a Covid-19 vaccination, you’re in good company. With limited supplies and clunky websites, it’s been an exercise in frustration for many of us. Whether we’re helping older family members or trying to score a vaccination for ourselves, the process has proven to be time-consuming and confusing. Ugh!

One place to start is the state website — vaccine.coronavirus.ohio.gov/ — which lists vaccine providers by county and zip code. Supplies should be increasing throughout the spring as production ramps up and new vaccines get emergency approval. The end, at last, is in sight.

 

A Generation’s Touchstone  
Goodbye, Michael Stanley
Cleveland rock-n-roll singer and songwriter Michael Stanley was part of our lives throughout the ‘70s and ‘80s. His death earlier this month was bittersweet.

Stanley stayed here and played here, but the Michael Stanley Band didn’t. We packed up our MSB albums in milk crates and carted them off to dorm rooms and first apartments, where Stanley’s lyrics and rhythms time-stamped our memories. Stanley reminded us of our younger years and hometowns in all the very best ways. 

That’s a great way to be remembered. 

 

Clothes Call
Local Company Simplifies Dressing

If you’ve ever tried to help an older loved one (or yourself, for that matter) put together an outfit and struggled to keep everything together in one easy-to-assemble spot, then you’ll appreciate this creative solution from Brecksville’s Erin Naso: The Hanger Valet.

Launched last year, The Hanger Valet is a daily outfit organizer that simplifies getting dressed, a task that can be especially frustrating for people who are trying to maintain independence and the people who help them. But honestly, who couldn’t benefit from an organizer with pockets that drape over a clothes hanger? Think about it: socks, shoes, undergarments, jewelry and anything else necessary, all in one, handy spot.

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Memorabilia Management: What to Keep, What to Sell, What to Pitch

Thousands of people are wading through stuff accumulated over a lifetime… their own or their parents’.  If you’re among them, help is here to keep you from drowning in it. Starting small ensures early victories that will keep you motivated to continue the process and see you through to putting your house on the market and making a happy transition to your retirement property. ...
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