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Tips On Selecting The Right Nursing Home
The number of people over age 50 providing care for at least one living parent has soared to more than 10 million, according to the Center for Long Term Care Research and Policy at New York Medical College. This responsibility frequently comes at a time when caregivers are confronted with many other stressors, including retirement, financially supporting adult children or dealing with health concerns of their own.
Caring for aging loved ones often involves making difficult decisions about when to be-
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gin searching for a senior living facility and how to select the right one. Sue Mullaney, a geriatric nurse practitioner, knows firsthand the emotion- al, financial and physical toll these kinds of deci- sions can take. Mullaney is the National Director of Clinical Programs for Optum CarePlus, which coordinates care in thousands of nursing homes across the nation. She offers these tips to help ease the burden for people beginning the search for a nursing home:
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