Author: Cobus Best

Support Our Caregivers!

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Oregon Health Plan (OHP) is proposing to amend the Medicaid State Plan to add a 10% enhanced wage add-on for Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) providers, and nursing facilities whose base rate for caregivers is above $15.00/hour. Adult Foster Homes are currently excluded from this proposed amendment!
Please help us support our caregivers!
The State has set aside COVID relief money specifically designed to support home and community based care providers (like our homes) to pay higher starting wages.
Rather than including adult foster homes, the state has yet again left us behind and is instead prioritizing larger facilities.
The state must hear from us that this critical money should include homes like ours!
Your support could see The State enabling us to compete with larger facilities’ starting wages.

If you are a caregiver, family member of a resident, or resident in an adult foster home:
I support AFHs

If you are a foster home provider:
I am a provider

Senior Care Crisis in Hawaiʻi

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The truth of the crisis is real; if an aging adult is in need of care, chances are good that the family ends up being burdened with the responsibility of caregiving, whether physically or financially. And the toll is high.

Providing care in a home-like environment, adult foster homes (AFH’s) provide peace of mind and support to families in such a way that families can become family members again and step away from the role as caregiver. The benefit is not only to the new resident of the AFH.

 

Many families are unable to afford the high cost of senior care, so the burden often falls on unpaid family caregivers, some of whom give up jobs to care for loved ones. Meanwhile, some of those who might be able to afford professional care might have a harder time finding it because Hawai‘i isn’t meeting the demand for long-term care workers such as certified nursing assistants, registered nurses, home health aides, case managers and drivers.

Click here to view original article www.hawaiibusiness.com

Senior Dating and Sex

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Many nursing-home workers simply don’t look at the elderly as mature adults, but as children who must be policed out of fear of legal or medical repercussion. Most facilities do not train their staff to see residents as sexual beings. Older adults are much more forthcoming than you might think. Keep in mind that the love of children and grandchildren can’t satisfy a person’s needs for love, romance and companionship.There are all kinds of implications with this, of course…

Click here to view original article wtop.com

Chronic miscommunication: Finding a cure for neglected doctor-patient discussions

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So many times, either as part of the natural aging process, early onset dementia or just plain not understanding, seniors visiting doctors come away with incomplete comprehension of their treatment plans, or worse yet, not being adequately treated for the primary reason to their health care professional to begin with. This is a great initiative. While not many foster homes are able to tap into this level of resources, we have been able to retain or commission longstanding caregivers who have been with us for many years to do much the same as what this group does.

 

Out of concern that her clients aren’t being heard by their doctors, Eugene-based Senior Resource Advisors sends them to appointments with nurses who will advocate for them.

Click here to view original article www.registerguard.com

Oregon Care Partners Announces Webinars Jan-Mar 2020

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Oregon Care Partners announced webinars for February through March 2020. We have frequently advised family on looking to Oregon Care Partners for answers and guidance, as they remain one of the best resources for caregiving in the industry.

 

Check out the live webinars from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm on the following Tuesdays:

 

Click here to view original web page at oregoncarepartners.com

Signs of Dying in the Elderly with Dementia

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Dementia is a general term for a chronic or persistent decline in mental processes including memory loss, impaired reasoning, and personality changes. Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia, accounting for 60-80% of all cases of dementia. It is also the 6 th leading cause of death […]

Click here to view original web page at www.crossroadshospice.com

Learn About Oregon State Licensed Foster Homes

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Do you want to know what an Adult Foster Home (AFH) is and how they are regulated by the State of Oregon?

Adult foster homes are single family residences that offer care in a homelike setting. Adult foster homes in Oregon are inspected and licensed. … In adult foster homes, medical and personal care are provided to you in a manner that encourages maximum independence and enhances the quality of your life.

Click here to view original web page at www.oregon.gov