Residents and their loved ones may have reached a major turning point with nursing homes and other long-term care facilities, agonizing as to whether the institutions really can provide.
COVID forces families to rethink nursing home care
By Reed Abelson New York Times,Updated May 9, 2021, 4:15 a.m.
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Diane Nixon, 86, in her efficiency apartment in her daughter Heidi Dolanâs house in Oakmont, Pa., on April 20, 2021. Even with vaccines, many older people and their relatives are weighing how to manage at-home care for those who can no longer live independently.Kristian Thacker/NYT
At 86, Diane Nixon, living in an apartment at the back of a daughterâs house, no longer drives and has trouble getting around.
When her health worsened last year before the coronavirus pandemic, she and all four of her daughters talked about whether a nursing home would be the next step. She worried that she had become a burden to her children.
Covid Forces Families to Rethink Nursing Home Care
Even with vaccines, many older people and their relatives are weighing how to manage at-home care for those who can no longer live independently.
Diane Nixon, 86, lives in an efficiency apartment in her daughter Heidi Dolan’s house in suburban Pittsburgh.Credit.Kristian Thacker for The New York Times
Published May 6, 2021Updated May 8, 2021
At 86, Diane Nixon, living in an apartment at the back of a daughter’s house, no longer drives and has trouble getting around.
When her health worsened last year before the coronavirus pandemic, she and all four of her daughters talked about whether a nursing home would be the next step. She worried that she had become a burden to her children.
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Aging Life Care Association® Celebrates 10th Annual National Aging Life Care™ Month this May
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Now in its 10th year, each May, the Aging Life Care Association® celebrates this profession with a national campaign to promote Aging Life Care™ management. Aging Life Care Professionals® leads families to the actions and decisions that ensure quality care and an optimal life for those they love, thus reducing worry, stress and time off of work for family caregivers.
May is National Aging Life Care Month
“Aging Life Care Professionals stand out among others claiming to offer care management services,” commented ALCA CEO C. Taney Hamill.