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- About Us
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- Our Book
- 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
- Fact Sheets
- Minimum Staffing
- Our Book
- Family Councils
- 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?
- Resources for Your Family Council
- Looking for a Nursing Home
- Getting Help
- Advocacy
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- Contact Us
Community Education
ICBC staff and board do presentations to educate the public on nursing home reform and other long- term care issues.
Contact us if you would like us to speak to your community group, organization, event or family council.
Our speakers can talk about :
1. How to choose a nursing home in Illinois, and alternatives to nursing home care
2. The nursing home care-planning process
3. Requirements for taking care of nursing home and assisted living residents with dementia
4. What is good dementia care
5. End-of-life planning and care
6. Legal requirements about privacy and sharing of resident health care information
7. Residents' rights
8. The status of nursing home reform in Illinois
9. Advocating for long-term-care residents with your legislator