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- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Before Your Mother Enters The Nursing Home
- Chapter 2: The First Day
- Chapter 3: Your Mother's Room and Her Property
- Chapter 4: Making the Most of Visits
- Chapter 5: What Should Happen in the First Weeks
- Chapter 6: Planning Your Mother's Care
- Chapter 7: The Care Plan Conference
- Chapter 8: Working With a Hospice
- Chapter 9: Activities
- Chapter 10: Paying For Nursing Home Care
- Chapter 11: If the Nursing Home Wants to Discharge Your Mother
- Chapter 12: Dealing With Problems Yourself
- Chapter 13: Getting Help With Problems
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- What is a Family Council?
- Why are Family Councils Important?
- Benefits of a Family Council
- What Do Family Councils Do?
- The Rights of Family Councils
- How to Start a Family Council
- Why Smart Nursing Homes Want Family Councils
- Tips to Nursing Home Staff for Starting a Family Council
- Where Can I Find a Family Council?
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How to Choose a Nursing Home in Illinois
How to Choose a Nursing Home in Illinois is the guide ICBC wrote to walk you step by step through the process of choosing a nursing home, including using internet resources in an informed way. It includes pictures of the website pages you can use, along with advice about how to use them efficiently.
The document will be most helpful to you if you have a computer with internet access. If that is not possible, or if you need more help, of course you can call us at 312-663-5120.
I wish I'd known that...
the nursing home did have to let my mom stay there after her Medicare days ran out.
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