How To Find The Best Rates On Long Term Care Insurance In Arizona
The type of care your loved one needs will help to determine the type of facility you want. Placing someone in a nursing home who is in charge of their faculties and they are able to communicate their wishes and needs to the staff, is different than admitting a patient that for one reason or another is unable to make their needs known.
If your loved one is more vulnerable and unable to communicate, they may be unable to report neglect or abuse. This by no means suggesting that inappropriate behavior is the norm, but you want to be assured that your family member is well taken care of and safe.
Little telltale signs of abuse include and are not limited to unexplained bruises, welts, and sores. Patients with bedsores or are dirty, have an odor, improper clothing for the weather, lice, dehydration, weight loss are signs of neglect. Signs of emotional abuse are derogatory remarks, verbal harassment and threats.
Here are a few things Arizona residents should look for when evaluating a facility:
1.Residents hygiene: As you walk through the facility, how do the patients look? Make a...