Best bet is to hire several live-in staff and they can alternate their days off; much cheaper. Also, you will have to consider if you need two staff per shift or one (depends on residents' level of care needs, including if two person transfer etc).
I wonder if people are realizing that this post is 4 yrs old; some people are still answering the post/giving advice as if it was posted recently. Also wonder what happened to the op and if he found another job or what...he never posted after the ori...
GeriatrxRN replied to radrook's topic in Entrepreneurs
I used to own one a few yrs ago. Few things to consider prior to opening it: 1. Referral source 2. Competition (from other small group homes like yourself and larger ALF) 3. Location (nice suburbs preferably) 4. Good staff (they make all the differ...
GeriatrxRN replied to rachel33138's topic in Entrepreneurs
In michigan medicaid recently approved a program that supplements what a person with low income can afford to pay ( ie using their ssi check). Check what programs your state has. I work as an RN assessor for Area Agency on Aging which is why i know t...
It sounds kind of low to me. I'm a home care RN, and I get paid $55 for revisits (the one unit you were talking about) and $85 for initial visits (the 2 units). No milage reinbursment though, but no oncall either. But don't forget , when they pay you...
GeriatrxRN replied to tvdvmv's topic in Entrepreneurs
I'm also interested in becoming a geriatric case manager and was wondering if you knew if insurances or other modes of payment (other than private pay) would pay for this type of service. Also, if you don't mind , what type of rates were you thinking...
GeriatrxRN replied to donna63's topic in Entrepreneurs
I work in home care, not hospice, but was wondering where/how you would generate your clients, since you would be competing with medicare, a free service.
I've read several posts where RN's want to bill medicare for home visits but can't since you would need to have an established home care agency. It's something that has interested me as well, so I was wondering if it wouldn't be easier to just open a...
How much do home care agencies get paid by medicare for RN visits? I noticed on the medicare website that for 2009 skilled nursing visits were listed as $109 and for 1010 as $111. Is this just a base rate and increases as patient complexity/increase ...
Hi, I recently graduated with my BSN degree and love working in the geriatrics field (have been doing it for the past 10 years). My question is: Should I go for the GNP or , as so many have recommended, go for the ANP? My dilemma is that I would like...
GeriatrxRN replied to beachbutterfly's topic in General Nursing
I'm sure a lot of us new grads would like to know what city you live in. LOL. I'm in Troy, Michigan (northern suburb of Detroit) and I've been told by a hospital nurse recruiter that although there's a nursing shortage she said that there is a hiring...
GeriatrxRN replied to crystalomly's topic in General Nursing
Just FYI, this is the way I found it to work for me...I'm not sure what they would consider it to be the "correct" way to put on stockings for your CNA skills. You might want to ask your instructor.
GeriatrxRN replied to crystalomly's topic in General Nursing
I usually start by laying the stocking on the bed normal (not inside out) then folding it in half so that it is inside out half way...and then put it on like you would a normal stocking. Keep it folded in half while you are putting it on, and as seam...