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A nursing home or skilled nursing facility (SNF) is a place of residence for people who require constant nursing care and have significant Activity of Daily Living (ADL) deficiencies. Residents include the elderly and younger adults with physical disabilities. Adults 18 or older can stay in a skilled nursing facility to receive physical, occupational, and other rehabilitative therapies following an accident or illness. In the US, nursing homes are required to have a licensed nurse on duty 24 hours a day, and during at least one shift each day, one of those nurses must be a Registered Nurse. In April, 2005 there were a total of 16,094 nursing homes in the United States, down from 16,516 in December, 2002. Some states have nursing homes that are called nursing facilities (NF), which do not have beds certified for Medicare patients, but can only treat patients whose payments source is Private Pay or Medicaid.
Government/Regulatory Oversight
For United States homes, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has a website which allows users to see how well facilities perform in certain metrics (see Nursing Home Compare in the link below). Homes in England are regulated by the Commission for Social Care Inspection.
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@justinsearcy1 Picking up all the PRN these days too, just started another job with a Nursing home, 49/hour PRN. GOD is Great!
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Getting back 4m my grandmother's. Its interesting 2 watch a person grow old, 2 the point they r in a nursing home.
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Getting back 4m my grandmother's. Its interesting 2 watch a person grow old, 2 the point they r in a nursing home.
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@MindySays: Oh man. Dude. Nursing home ukelele win.
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Aged Care Crisis - Independent advocacy organization focusing on abuse and neglect in Australian facilities. Includes a list of sanctions, research articles, guides, checklists and statistics.
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California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform - History of past citations, complaints and deficiencies related to elder abuse and neglect for all California nursing homes. Also providing legal updates and attorney referrals.
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Kansas Advocates for Better Care (KABC) - This non-profit organization dedicated to the prevention of elder abuse and neglect in nursing homes offers comprehensive information for professionals and consumers.
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