When families in Texas seek quality long-term care for their aging loved ones, they often encounter financial, regulatory, and staffing challenges that make the process difficult. The Long-Term Care Facilities Council has recently provided a set of recommendations to the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) to address these issues. [Read more…]
In the realm of elder care, understanding and effectively managing behaviors exhibited by seniors is a crucial aspect of providing quality support and assistance. Recently, Senior Living Specialists had the honor of featuring one of their esteemed team members, Matthew Grider, on the Manchester Living Podcast. [Read more…]
There was a bill recently introduced to the Texas Legislature that will have a direct effect on the rights an aging loved one has within their assisted living facility that you should know about. The bill is S.B. 1629 and is for those receiving residential long-term care services on Medicaid for Texans over the age of 65. [Read more…]
A recent bill has been introduced for Texas Legislature consideration. The S.B. 611 bill was created in a response to the recent story of Billy Chemirmir that worked in independent facilities around the Dallas-Fort Worth area for roughly two years. [Read more…]
The Early Warning System (EWS) was created back in 2003 and utilized s statistical analysis of different factors that the state of Texas gathered on long-term care facilities (LTCFs). The predictive modeling would look at factors like: [Read more…]