Ungalikhetha kanjani ikhaya lasebekhulile

Ekhaya labahlengikazi, abasebenzi abanamakhono nabahlinzeki bezempilo banikeza ukunakekelwa ubusuku nemini. Amakhaya asebekhulile anganikeza ngezinsizakalo eziningi ezahlukahlukene:

• Ukunakekelwa kwezempilo okuvamile
• Ukugadwa kwamahora angama-24
• Ukunakekelwa kwabahlengikazi
• Ukuvakasha kodokotela
• Siza ngemisebenzi yansuku zonke, njengokugeza nokuzilungisa
• Ukwelashwa ngokomzimba, ukusebenza, nokukhuluma
• Zonke izidlo

Amakhaya abahlengikazi ahlinzeka ngokunakekelwa kwesikhashana nesikhathi eside, kuya ngezidingo zomhlali.

• Ungadinga ukunakekelwa kwesikhashana ngenkathi ululama ekuguleni okubi noma ukulimala ngemuva kokulaliswa esibhedlela. Uma usululame, ungabuyela ekhaya.
• Ungahle udinge ukunakekelwa nsuku zonke isikhathi eside uma unesimo esiqhubekayo sengqondo noma somzimba futhi ungabe usakwazi ukuzinakekela.

Uhlobo lokunakekelwa oludingayo kuzoba yisici kulokho okukhethayo, nokuthi ukhokhela kanjani lokho kunakekelwa.

IZINTO OZICABANGELE UMA UKHETHA INDLELA YOKUPHAKATHI

Lapho uqala ukufuna ikhaya lasebekhulile:

• Sebenza nosonhlalakahle wakho noma umhlengi wakho wokukhipha esibhedlela bese ubuza ngohlobo lokunakekelwa oludingekayo. Buza ukuthi yiziphi izikhungo abazincomayo.
• Ungacela futhi abahlinzeki bakho bokunakekelwa kwempilo, abangani, nomndeni, ngezincomo.
• Yenza uhlu lwawo wonke amakhaya asebekhulile aseduze noma aseduze nendawo yakho ahlangabezana nezidingo zakho noma zothandiweyo wakho.

Kubalulekile ukwenza kancane umsebenzi wesikole - akuzona zonke izindawo ezinikeza ukunakekelwa kwekhwalithi efanayo. Qala ngokubheka izindawo eMedicare.gov Nursing Home Compare - www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/search.html. Lokhu kukuvumela ukuthi ubone futhi uqhathanise amakhaya abahlengikazi aqinisekiswe yi-Medicare- kanye neMedicaid ngokuya ngezinyathelo ezithile zekhwalithi:

• Ukuhlolwa kwezempilo
• Ukuhlolwa kokuphepha komlilo
• Abasebenzi
• Ikhwalithi yokunakekelwa kwabahlali
• Amaphenalthi (uma akhona)

Uma ungakwazi ukuthola ikhaya lasebekhulile elibhalwe kuwebhusayithi, hlola ukuthi ingabe i-Medicare / Medicaid iqinisekisiwe yini. Izinsiza ezinalesi sitifiketi kufanele zihlangabezane namazinga athile ekhwalithi. Uma isikhungo singenaso isitifiketi, kufanele usisuse ohlwini lwakho.

Lapho usukhethe izikhungo ezimbalwa ozozihlola, shayela indawo ngayinye bese uhlola:

• Uma bethatha iziguli ezintsha. Ngabe ungathola igumbi elilodwa, noma uzodinga ukuhlanganyela ikamelo elilodwa? Amakamelo angabodwa angabiza kakhulu.
• Izinga lokunakekelwa elinikezwayo. Uma kudingeka, buza ukuthi ngabe banikeza ukunakekelwa okukhethekile, njengokuvuselelwa kwesifo sohlangothi noma ukunakekelwa kweziguli zomqondo.
• Ukuthi bayayemukela yini iMedicare neMedicaid.

Uma usunohlu lwezinsiza ezihlangabezana nezidingo zakho, yenza i-aphoyintimenti yokuvakashela ngasinye noma ucele umuntu omethembayo ukuthi akuvakashele. Nazi ezinye izinto okufanele uzicabangele ngesikhathi sokuvakasha kwakho.

• Uma kungenzeka, ikhaya lasebekhulile kufanele lisondele ukuze amalungu omndeni avakashele njalo. Kulula futhi nokubheka izinga lokunakekelwa elinikezwayo.
• Ukuphepha kunjani kulesi sakhiwo? Buza ngamahora wokuvakasha kanye nanoma imiphi imikhawulo ekuvakasheni.
• Khuluma nabasebenzi futhi ubheke ukuthi babaphatha kanjani abahlali. Ingabe ukuxhumana kunobungane, kuhloniphekile futhi kuyahlonipha? Ingabe babiza abahlali ngamagama abo?
• Ingabe kukhona abasebenzi abahlengikazi abanamalayisense atholakalayo amahora angama-24 ngosuku? Ngabe umhlengikazi obhalisiwe utholakala okungenani amahora ayisishiyagalombili nsuku zonke? Kwenzekani uma kudingeka udokotela?
• Uma kukhona umuntu osebenzayo ongasiza ngezidingo zosizo lomphakathi?
• Ingabe abahlali babonakala behlanzekile, bezilungise kahle, futhi begqoke kahle?
• Ingabe imvelo ikhanya kahle, ihlanzekile, iyaheha, futhi isezingeni lokushisa elikahle? Ingabe kunephunga elinamandla elingathandeki? Ingabe kunomsindo kakhulu ezindaweni zokudlela nasezindaweni ezivamile?
• Buza ukuthi abasebenzi baqashwa kanjani - ngabe kukhona ukuhlolwa kwangemuva? Ngabe abasebenzi babelwe izakhamuzi ezithile? Siyini isilinganiso sabasebenzi kubahlali?
• Buza mayelana nesheduli yokudla neyokudla. Ingabe kukhona ukukhetha kokudla? Bangakwazi yini ukwamukela ukudla okukhethekile? Buza ukuthi abasebenzi bayabasiza yini abahlali ngokudla uma kudingeka. Ngabe bayaqinisekisa ukuthi abahlali baphuza uketshezi olwanele? Lokhu kukalwa kanjani?
• Anjani amagumbi? Ingabe umhlali angaletha izimpahla zakhe siqu noma ifenisha? Zivikeleke kangakanani izimpahla zomuntu siqu?
• Ingabe ikhona imisebenzi etholakalayo yabahlali?

I-Medicare.gov inikeza Uhlu Lokuhlola Ikhaya Lwabahlengikazi olungasiza ongafuna ukuhamba nalo lapho ubheka izindawo ezahlukene: www.medicare.gov/NursingHomeCompare/checklist.pdf.

Zama ukuvakasha futhi ngesikhathi esihlukile sosuku nesonto. Lokhu kungakusiza uthole isithombe esigcwele sesikhungo ngasinye.

UKUKHOKHELA UKUNAKEKELA UKUNAKEKELA EKHAYA

Ukunakekelwa kwamakhaya asebekhulile kuyabiza, futhi iningi lomshuwalense wezempilo ngeke likhokhele izindleko ezigcwele. Imvamisa abantu bakhokha izindleko besebenzisa inhlanganisela yokuzikhokhela, iMedare, neMedicaid.

• Uma une-Medicare, ingakhokhela ukunakekelwa kwesikhashana ekhaya labahlengikazi ngemuva kokulaliswa esibhedlela izinsuku ezintathu. Akuhlanganisi ukunakekelwa kwesikhathi eside.
• I-Medicaid ikhokhela ukunakekelwa kwasekhaya lasebekhulile, futhi abantu abaningi abasemakhaya asebekhulile baseMedicaid. Noma kunjalo, kufanele ufaneleke ngokuya ngeholo lakho. Imvamisa abantu baqala ngokukhokha ephaketheni. Lapho sebesebenzise imali abayongile bangafaka isicelo seMedicaid - noma bengakaze babe kuyo ngaphambili. Kodwa-ke, abashadile bavikelekile ekulahlekelweni yikhaya labo ukukhokhela ukunakekelwa kwasekhaya lomlingani.
• Umshwalense wokunakekelwa kwesikhathi eside, uma unawo, ungakhokhela ukunakekelwa okwesikhashana noma kwesikhathi eside. Kunezinhlobo eziningi ezahlukene zomshuwalense wesikhathi eside; abanye bakhokhela ukunakekelwa kwamakhaya asebekhulile kuphela, abanye bakhokhela izinsizakalo ezahlukahlukene. Ungahle ungakwazi ukuthola lolu hlobo lomshuwalense uma unesimo esivele sikhona.

Kungumqondo omuhle ukuthola izeluleko zomthetho lapho ucabanga ukuthi ungakukhokhela kanjani ukunakekelwa kwabahlengikazi - ikakhulukazi ngaphambi kokusebenzisa yonke imali oyilondolozile. I-Area Agency of Aging yakho ingakwazi ukukuqondisa ezinsizakalweni zomthetho. Ungavakashela neLongTermCare.gov ukuthola eminye imininingwane.

Indawo yabahlengikazi abanamakhono - ikhaya labahlengikazi; Ukunakekelwa kwesikhathi eside - ikhaya labahlengikazi; Ukunakekelwa kwesikhashana - ikhaya labahlengikazi

Izikhungo zewebhusayithi yeMedicare neMedicaid Services. Ikhithi yamathuluzi asekhaya labahlengikazi: amakhaya asebekhulile - Umhlahlandlela wemindeni yabazuzi beMedicaid nabasizi. www.cms.gov/Medicare-Medicaid-Coordination/Fraud-Prevention/Medicaid-Integrity-Education/Downloads/nursinghome-beneficiary-booklet.pdf. Kubuyekezwe ngoNovemba 2015. Kufinyelelwe ngo-Agasti 13, 2020.

Izikhungo zewebhusayithi yeMedicare neMedicaid Services. Umhlahlandlela wakho wokukhetha ikhaya lasebekhulile noma ezinye izinsizakalo zesikhathi eside nezinsizakalo. www.medicare.gov/Pubs/pdf/02174-Nursing-Home-Other-Long-Term-Services.pdf. Kubuyekezwe u-Okthoba 2019. Kufinyelelwe ngo-Agasti 13, 2020.

I-Medicare.gov iwebhusayithi. Qhathanisa ikhaya lasebekhulile. www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/search.html. Kufinyelelwe ngo-Agasti 13, 2020.

National Institute on Aging iwebhusayithi. Ukukhetha ikhaya labahlengikazi. www.nia.nih.gov/health/choosing-nursing-home. Kubuyekezwe uMeyi 1, 2017. Kuhlolwe ngo-Agasti 13, 2020.

National Institute on Aging iwebhusayithi. Izindawo zokuhlala, izindawo zokuhlala ezisiziwe, namakhaya asebekhulile. www.nia.nih.gov/health/residential-facilities-assisted-living-and-nursing-homes. Kubuyekezwe uMeyi 1, 2017. Kufinyelelwe ngo-Agasti 13, 2020.

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