Ukukhetha indawo yabahlengikazi abanamakhono nokuvuselela

Lapho ungasadingi inani lokunakekelwa okunikezwa esibhedlela, isibhedlela sizoqala inqubo ukukukhipha.

Iningi labantu linethemba lokuthi lizoqonda ngqo ekhaya lisuka esibhedlela ngemuva kokuhlinzwa noma ligula. Kepha noma ngabe wena nomhlinzeki wakho wezokunakekelwa kwempilo nihlelele ukuthi niye ekhaya, ukululama kwakho kungahle kuhamba kancane kunokulindelekile. Ngakho-ke, kungadingeka ukuthi uye esikhungweni sabahlengikazi abanamakhono noma esikhungweni sokuvuselela.

Izikhungo zabahlengikazi ezinamakhono zinakekela abantu abangakakwazi ukuzinakekela ekhaya. Ngemuva kokuhlala kwakho esikhungweni, ungakwazi ukubuyela ekhaya uzinakekele.

Uma ukuhlinzwa kwakho kuhlelwe, xoxa ngamalungiselelo wokukhipha nabahlinzeki bakho emavikini angaphambi kwalokho. Bangakutshela ukuthi ukuya ngqo ekhaya kuzokulungela yini.

Uma ukuhlala kwakho esibhedlela bekungahlelwanga, wena noma umndeni wakho kufanele nixoxe ngamalungiselelo okuphuma nomhlinzeki wakho ngokushesha ngangokunokwenzeka ngesikhathi usesibhedlela. Izibhedlela eziningi zinabasebenzi abaxhumanisa ukuhlela ukukhishwa.

Ukuhlela phambili kusiza ukuqinisekisa ukuthi ungaya endaweni enikeza ukunakekelwa kwekhwalithi ephezulu futhi lapho ungathanda ukuthi ibe khona. Bese ukhumbula:

• Kufanele ube nokukhetha okungaphezu kokukodwa. Uma ungekho umbhede otholakala esikhungweni esinamakhono ongakhetha kuqala kuso, isibhedlela sizodinga ukukudlulisela kwesinye isikhungo esifanelekayo.
• Qiniseka ukuthi abasebenzi basesibhedlela bayazi ngezindawo ozikhethile.
• Yiba nomuntu ozohlola ukuthi ngabe umshuwalense wakho wezempilo uzokukhokhela yini ukuhlala kwakho esikhungweni.

Kuhlale kungumqondo omuhle ukubheka izindawo ezahlukene zabahlengikazi ezinamakhono. Vakashela izindawo ezimbili noma ezintathu bese ukhetha indawo engaphezu kweyodwa lapho ungakhululeka khona.

Izinto okufanele uzicabangele lapho ukhetha indawo:

• Lapho isikhungo sikhona
• Ihlotshiswe kahle futhi inakekelwa kahle kanjani
• Ukudla kunjani

Thola izimpendulo zemibuzo efana nale:

• Ngabe banakekela abantu abaningi abanenkinga yakho yezokwelapha? Isibonelo, uma ngabe ubuyiselwe esikhundleni se-hip noma unhlangothi, bangaki abantu abanenkinga yakho abaye babanakekela? Isikhungo esihle kufanele sikwazi ukukunikeza idatha ekhombisa ukuthi banikeza ukunakekelwa kwekhwalithi okuhle.
• Ngabe banendlela, noma inqubo, yokunakekela abantu abanesimo sempilo yakho?
• Ngabe banabo abelapha ngokomzimba abasebenza kulesi sikhungo?
• Ngabe uzobona umelaphi oyedwa noma ababili izinsuku eziningi?
• Ngabe banikeza ukwelashwa nsuku zonke, kufaka phakathi uMgqibelo neSonto?
• Izikhathi zokwelashwa zihlala isikhathi esingakanani?
• Uma umhlinzeki wakho wokunakekela oyinhloko noma udokotela ohlinzayo engavakasheli isikhungo, ngabe kuzoba khona umhlinzeki ophethe ukunakekelwa kwakho?
• Ngabe abasebenzi bazothatha isikhathi ukuqeqesha wena nomndeni wakho noma abanakekeli mayelana nokunakekelwa okuzodinga ekhaya?
• Ngabe umshuwalense wakho wezempilo uzozikhokhela zonke izindleko zakho? Uma kungenjalo, yini ezokwembozwa futhi engeke imbozwe?

SNF; SAR; Ukuvuselelwa okuncane

Izikhungo zewebhusayithi yeMedicare neMedicaid Services. Ukunakekelwa kwendawo yabahlengikazi (SNF). www.medicare.gov/coverage/skilled-nursing-facility-snf-care. Kubuyekezwe uJanuwari 2015. Kufinyelelwe ngoJulayi 23, 2019.

IGadbois EA, iTyler DA, uMor V. Ukukhetha indawo yabahlengikazi abanamakhono okunakekelwa kwangemuva kwesikhashana: imibono yomuntu neyomndeni. UJ Am Geriatr Soc. 2017; 65 (11): 2459-2465. I-PMID: 28682444 www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28682444.

Skilled Nursing Facilities.org iwebhusayithi. Funda ngezikhungo zabahlengikazi ezinamakhono. www.smeitalia.lcom. Kufinyelelwe ngoMeyi 31, 2019.

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