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8 Elements in an Evacuation Plan
There are eight main elements that should be highlighted in creating an emergency evacuation plan for residents and staff of an adult family home. The plan is going to need to highlight the most...
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Train Employees Regularly
Sometimes conditions that a person suffers from may require them to obtain expert care and assistance by living in a totally different home than what they are accustomed to. Such conditions include...
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Implement Successful Fire Drills
Would you like to wait until you have several claims on your neck about people injured in a fire before you conduct fire drills? If you answer is no, there are several things that you should consider...
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Prevent Elderly Dehydration
The risk of dehydration is high among the elderly because many of them are not as aware of their need to drink sufficient amounts of water and some are not as active or mobile enough to get themselves...
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Incident Reports
According to the health and safety authority, all incidents that occur in a work situation such an assisted home living should be reported. This applies regardless of whether it is a fatal incident, or...
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What Should Be Reported When an Incident Occurs?
According to the health and safety authority, all incidents that occur in a work situation such an assisted home living should be reported. This applies regardless of whether it is a fatal incident, or...
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How to Create a Disaster management plan
Disasters can be very devastating. With everybody more concerned about the global climate change, it is important to also put in place adequate measures to ensure that when these calamities strike,...
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Creating a Valuable Fire Safety plan
Running an assisted living home is no piece of cake. It is a job which curtails 24/7 vigilance. If a person staying on their own has an accident it’s their fault, but if the same person lives in a...
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5 Ways to Prevent Slips & Falls in Residents
Slip and fall prevention is very important in homes as well as in assisted living facilities. If a person slips and falls, they can be seriously injured and the extent of the injury is more if an...
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Cyber Risks for Assisted Living Facilities
Having a website might sound like a great idea and the right way to go in the quest to making your assisted living facility more identified in the modern world. This is true to some extent. You should...
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Tips & Guidelines to Properly Managing Assisted Living Employees
Assisted living employees have a very important job to do. They provide healthcare to people within their own home so that they can remain independent longer. In order to do assisted living well, there...
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How to Enjoy the Summer without the Heat
August is typically the hottest month of the year and a time to enjoy the indoors. The risk of heat stroke amongst Senior Citizens increases as the heat outdoors increases. The importance of...
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The Importance of keeping your Residents Safe from heat Exhaustion
The elderly are one of the most susceptible groups to heat-related illnesses, especially heat exhaustion they are unable to adjust to sudden temperature changes and often have chronic medical...
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What to do After a Fire
Having your property damaged by fire can be devasting. Your insurance account manager is there to help you through the process and answer any questions you might have. There are a couple things that...
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Why is Insurance Important?
“A lot of administrators and operators of adult family homes say that they are struggling to pay for professional liability insurance mandated by the state.” This is the sad part of managing this kind...
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How to Start an Adult Family Care Home in Florida
Starting an adult family care home in Florida is an honorable task. It’s not easy to care for low-income adult persons, and provide them with what they need from a meager fund that you receive. Don’t...
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Employee Smoking Policies in Assisted Living Facilities
Employee smoking policies are very important within assisted living homes. Policies are oftentimes implemented within this type of environment to enhance the safety of the workplace. Such policies...
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How Long Should You Keep Documentation?
Physicians have a number of responsibilities when it comes to retaining medical records. Various things come into play that affects the amount of time an assisted living facility needs to retain the...
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How Many Caregivers per Residents is Enough?
What is the number of caregivers required in assisted living facilities per resident? The more caregivers the assisted living facility has, the better the care will be, but this is rule of thumb and...
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Where to Search for Qualified Employees
Employment at assisted living facilities involves assisting elderly, ill and disabled people many times inside the patient’s home. Assisted living employees may need to understand therapeutic care and...
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