Patient Advocate Guide 2018: How to get good care in a nursing home and save assets. - Paperback

by James Schuster (Author)

New and updated, this book is regarded as THE reference for families seeking good care, in a good nursing home, without going broke. If your spouse or parent is in a nursing home you need to be up to speed IMMEDIATELY. This book is your personal guide to help you get the best result for your family member. Having a family member in a nursing home is one of the most traumatic events in anyone's life. It unleashes a storm of emotions anxieties. Are these the last days of Dad's life? Will he be able to return home? Will we lose our home and life savings to the nursing home? Will the government take our house? But those are the worries at the outset. Soon we are overwhelmed with the frustrating and maddening effort it takes to get even decent care. This book is your guide through the process. How do you choose the best nursing home? Does the patient/resident have rights? If so, what are those rights? How can we get our Medicaid benefits that we paid for with our taxes and avoid poverty? This book gives you the rock solid information that you need right now. You will not find it to be some vague sales piece. This book is your answer. While getting good care is priceless, you may find in dollars and cents that this book could be worth over $100,000.