Clear eyes to see things as they are AND how they can be
Caring mind to grasp the problems and help create solutions
Brave heart to take bold, sometimes unpopular stands when and where necessary
Strong voice to say (or to get others to say) what needs to be said when it needs to be said
Willing hands to lift YOUR part of the load
Courageous, Determined spirit to stick it out
Enough inanity, insanity and missing the point. I seriously cannot take it anymore. An 87-year old lady collapses in a California Independent Living Facility's dining room and a nurse determines she is not breathing properly and calls 911. The dispatcher asks the nurse to administer CPR while awaiting EMTs. Well now, the paid, talking head pundits pipe in with opinions about what happened on every major talk show-doctors, nurses, lawyers, advertising executives (I don't know what they have to offer either) and God only knows who else.
Steve Brigance, of 4OurElders, talks about care and service as being the single most important thing in long-term care.
Steve Brigance discusses how the consumer must become more educated about how nursing and assisted living homes operate and conduct their business, often to the disadvantage of their loved ones; consumers must consistently demand one non-negotiable item for their loved ones in a nursing or assisted living home: GREAT CARE AND SERVICE.
Steve recently made two presentations to University of Arkansas Medical System doctors, faculty and mid-level providers in Fort Smith. If you missed them, here are the two PowerPoint Presentations he gave in PowerPoint Show format.
Hospital Presentation Resident PresentationIf you have questions regarding Medicare, Insurance or care, service or safety questions in long-term care facilities of any type, give us a call or drop us a note and we will try to address your question at no cost and in ‘real time.’ We want to help you make the best, most affordable long-term care housing decision for yourself or a loved one and to get all you are entitled to whatever your circumstances are. Now, this is FREE service you can count on, unlike those who pretend to be on your side when all the while they are taking money from the very facilities trying to get your business. We have no such conflict of interest—our ONLY interest is your interest because a better informed, information-armed consumer is the only way we can make long-term care in this country better for us all.”
