Almost 90 percent say they are satisfied with the long-term care in their nursing home

March 27, 2012 - As loved ones age and face challenges that prevent them from living on their own, family members often struggle with the decision to place their relatives in nursing homes. Sometimes viewed as last alternatives, long-term care facilities can have reputations as hopeless, institutionalized environments. A survey in Missouri, however, has found that…

Updated: Saturday, 28 Jan 2012, 12:01 AM EST Published : Friday, 27 Jan 2012, 5:51 PM EST

by Kevin Milliken,  FOX Toledo News reporter

 12:58 PM, Dec. 28, 2011 | Comments A A By Jennifer Hewlett, Lexington Herald-Leader  USA Today nation LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTW)

During lunchtime at Mayfair Manor, Jack Sanders makes his way around the nursing home's dining hall, placing bibs on tables or around people's necks and giving each diner a squirt of hand sanitizer. It's a daily routine for him." I think washing hands has helped keep down communicable diseases," Sanders said. If a resident in a wheelchair needs to be pushed back…

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The decision by nursing homes whether or not to treat an ill resident on-site or send them to a hospital are often linked to that person's insurance status. A new study out this month shows that on average individuals enrolled in Medicaid are 27 percent more likely to be sent to the hospital than individuals with private insurance – decisions that often result in higher costs of care and poor health outcomes.

It's an all too common scenario in U.S. nursing homes a 90-year-old resident with moderately advanced Alzheimer's disease, congestive heart failure with severe left-ventricular…

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