Choosing A Nursing Home For Your Parents 
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| With a little more support your relative may be able to remain in their home for a while longer. Check out what is available in the form of support from your social service department. Tip Credibility: 9 (Best Tip!) |
| Your social welfare department may have a list of nursing homes in your area. They have also have a checklist to help you in your search for the best one possible for your loved one(s). Tip Credibility: 4 |
| Any nursing home that you are considering for your loved one should have a doctor available for emergencies. Tip Credibility: 4 |
| A nursing home should be light and airy with no unpleasant odours. Tip Credibility: 4 |
| A nursing home should have handrails and grip bars in the toilets and showers. Preferably there should be handrails along passageways too. Tip Credibility: 4 |
| Hallways in a nursing home should be wide enough for two wheelchairs to pass easily. Toilets should allow wheelchair access. Tip Credibility: 4 |
| Is there an outdoor area for residents? Are day trips and social excursions arranged for residents? Tip Credibility: 4 |
| Those nursing home patients who are more able need to be provided with some activities from time to time. Reading the news, bingo, crafts, playing cards - all help to pass the time. Are any of these available? Tip Credibility: 4 |
| If your relative has to move into a nursing home, keep in contact as much as you can. If you can't visit regularly, send little notes perhaps with clippings of interest. Don't let them feel deserted. Tip Credibility: 4 |
| If you can't visit regularly, send a small gift occasionally even if there is no special occasion. This way your relative won't feel forgotten and will know that you are thinking of them. Tip Credibility: 4 |
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