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  1. Starting a Boarding Home

    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).
  2. Very Unhappy With My Career

    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...
  3. indepenent nurse assessor

    I am also interested in this...
  4. Any nurses with Personal Care Homes?

    What state are you in ?
  5. Opening our own ALF's

    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...
  6. 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 ...
  7. GROUP HOME

    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...
  8. Home Health--Does this sound right

    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...
  9. 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...
  10. Independant Consultant End-Of-Life Care

    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.
  11. 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...
  12. GNP vs ANP

    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...
  13. New grads how did you land a job?

    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...
  14. How to apply knee high stocking

    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.
  15. How to apply knee high stocking

    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...
  16. Toledo Area Schools

    I'm currently a UT student in my last semester of the BSN program at UT. I'm not sure if you are aware of the fact that BG doesn't have a nursing program, instead their student come to the program at UT (but it's still thru BG). I chose to apply to U...
  17. Starting a Boarding Home

    GoLytely, I would really encourage you to find out the laws that pertain to your state regarding board and care homes. They really are different in each state. For example, comparing licensing regulation for Domiciliary Care/Family AFC Homes in MI t...
  18. Starting a Boarding Home

    The idea of building the business, keeping it for a few years, and then selling is actually a very good idea and you can make a very good profit from it. Especially if you are filled to the max capacity. A friend that's selling her business now, told...
  19. Starting a Boarding Home

    In response to your questions: You, as the owner, determine how much you want to charge the resident, (ie by how much care he/she needs, a set rate no matter what, etc). Majority that I know, have a base rate and then increase the rate as more care i...
  20. Starting a Boarding Home

    If you don't mind my asking, what part of the country do you live in? From your posts it almost sounds rural...In which case, I'd venture to say that you'll probably have to charge less (than I did) for your services. Although, you might already have...
  21. Starting a Boarding Home

    Sorry, I hit post before I finished my post. This is my first time posting on this board:)) I just wanted to mention the postive side of things too. 1. You do make a lot of money. I charged $2,500/month for my first few clients and then up to $3,500...
  22. Starting a Boarding Home

    Hi, I ran an Adult Foster Care Group (AFC) Home (the name for board and care here in MI) for a few years. You do need to be licensed and each state is different in terms of the requirements (physical property, paperwork: program statement, resident i...