neglect personal safety, hygiene, and nutrition. Older people with dementia
were once called senile, and it was thought that becoming senile was just
part of getting old. But dementia is not a normal part of aging. It is
important to find out the cause of a person's dementia. Some causes of
dementia can be treated and reversed. Others are due to irreversible changes
in the brain and cannot be cured.
Funeral Rule
This rule requires funeral
homes to give consumers accurate, itemized price information and various
other disclosures about funeral goods and services. The Federal Trade
Commission's Funeral Rule applies to pre-need and at-need funeral
arrangements. The key to the FTC Funeral Rule is the "General Price List."
The General Price List should be printed or typewritten, and must contain
the following identifying information:
The name, address, and telephone number of
the funeral providers place of business,
including (where relevant) the address and telephone number for each
branch;
The caption: "General Price List;" and
The effective date of the price list
The following three disclosures must appear on the Statement. They should be
set out, word-for word, exactly as the Rule prescribes. They are 1)
Legal Requirements, 2) Embalming; and 3) Cash Advance Items.
The Funeral Rule prohibits specific misrepresentations in six areas:
embalming, Casket for Direct Cremation, Outer Burial Container, Legal and
Cemetery Requirements, Preservative and Protective Value Claims and Cash
Advance Items.
Geriatric Care Manager [GCM]
Generally, a geriatric care manager is a person
who
develops and implements a plan for all aspects of long-term care to assist
an elderly person and, indirectly, the person's family members upon whose
shoulders this task would otherwise fall. Although not required, a
geriatric care manager will have some form of graduate degree, social work
and nursing seem to be the most common, and may be (although not required)
certified or licensed by a professional organization or by state statute or
regulations.
Guardianship
The legal relationship
between a ward and a guardian wards are usually persons who have been
declared incompetent by the courts to make particular decisions on their own
behalf. Court appointed guardians act as surrogate decision makers for the
ward.
Home Care
Services provided in the
home to promote, maintain and restore health or to minimize the effects of
illness and disability. Home care can be for short-term purposes, such as
rehabilitative care after a hospital discharge or care for the terminally
ill or for long-term purposes, such as assistance with activities of daily
living for person with chronic disabilities.
Home Health Benefits
If an individual is
homebound and requires skilled services on an intermittent basis, Medicare
will cover up to 35 hours per week of home health aide and skilled nursing
services. Skilled-nursing services include the administration of medication,
IV therapy, tube feedings, catheter changes, and wound care. Intermittent
usually means less than five days per week, but certain people may receive
services seven days per week.
Hospice Care
A hospice is a public agency or private organization that is primarily
engaged in providing pain relief, symptom management, and supportive
services to terminally individuals. Hospice care includes both home and
inpatient care. Under the
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