If your loved one is now – or may soon be – in an ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY, LONG-TERM CARE FACILITY or NURSING HOME, for their sake and yours, PLEASE read this document carefully.
WHY SERVING A LIFE SENTENCE IN A LONG-TERM CARE FACILITY OR NURSING HOME MAY BE A FATE WORSE THAN DEATH FOR YOUR LOVED ONE…
You are about to discover the truth about the neglect – isolation – lack of privacy – and growing sense of desperation elders suffer in assisted living & long-term care facilities – why their health deteriorates so fast in these facilities – why 80% of Medicaid’s long-stay nursing home residents are put on antipsychotic medication – and what you can do to spare your loved one this tragic fate.
WARNING: What you are about to read may shock you. It may anger you. It makes you sick to your stomach. But regardless of how you react, one thing is certain. This will forever change your mind about sending a loved one to an assisted living or long-term care facility – or leaving them alone in a facility like that without additional private help.
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Hello,
My name is Lily Carrier.
You are hearing from me today, because I know something important you need to know – something that may have a big impact on your life and on the life of a loved one.
With over 30 years of experience as a registered nurse working
in every conceivable setting from major hospitals to private homes dealing with patients and their family members…
…I know firsthand the stress, anxiety, and pain you may suffer when your loved one fails to get the attention and standard of care they need.
I know what it’s like to see a loved one who needs medication, or help to get comfortable, get cleaned up or go the bathroom, have to ‘wait their turn’ and just suffer – until an overworked aide rushes in to see what they want, only to rush back out with a promise to return fast – but doesn’t return for an hour.
I know why a shocking majority of patients confined in long-term care or assisted living facilities feel angry, cast aside, and marginalized because they can’t take care of themselves and are not able to live in their own home or with family.
And I know the heart-breaking truth of why the overwhelming majority of elderly people confined to long-term care and assisted living facilities deteriorate physically much faster than they would in a different setting. And why their mental state fails to such an extent, the majority are put on antipsychotic drugs.
You will have those answers in a minute.
But for the moment, none of these matters.
What does matter is…
If your loved one is currently in or may soon need to be in an assisted living or long-term care facility, what I am about to share with you may have a massive positive impact on their life and yours.
More specifically…
Knowing there is an alternative to institutional care that may allow your loved one to live comfortably in your home with you and your family – without interfering with your work or disrupting your schedule – may open new doors for you.
And there’s more…
If it turns out that even with special assistance it is impossible for your loved one to be in your home…
…Knowing how to upgrade the quality of care INSTANTLY and DRAMATICALLY your loved one receives in an assisted-living, long-term care facility may bring you more peace of mind than you’ve had for some time.
No doubt you would move heaven and earth to make your loved one know they are valued, loved, and appreciated.
And no doubt you do everything you can to see to it that your loved one has excellent care. And has all the attention and companionship they need to feel valued. And be comfortable. Feel secure in the environment. And be happy.
But in today’s world…
Securing that degree of EXCELLENT CARE & COMPANIONSHIP for a loved one in need of skilled nursing and/or caregiver assistance with the needs of daily living IS FAR MORE DIFFICULT THAN YOU MAY IMAGINE.
As the one responsible for your loved one’s care, you have a unique challenge.
In large part, the quality of care you can provide a loved one depends on what you believe your options are. And on what you believe about the quality of care available in assisted living and long-term care facilities.
As the one responsible for the care of your loved one, you may be shocked at what you are about to discover. But cold and hard as they may be, facts are facts.
This may forever change your view of assisted-living and long-term care facilities.
Problems The Responsible Party Seeking The
Best Care-Situation For A Loved One Face
Because of what insurance companies approve for payment – and because of the large restrictions Medicare and Medicaid have when they pay…
Out of pure financial necessity, most long-term care facilities provide an environment and a standard of care few would accept if there was any sort of viable alternative. They simply don’t have the financial freedom it takes to do better.
Assisted living facilities that accept cash have the same problems as those that accept Medicare and Medicaid. Why?
Because they adopt the same financial restrictions as Medicare and Medicaid use when money is a major concern for the family paying the bill, the facility cuts every corner possible to keep the price low.
From the ‘cash only’ facilities – to the facilities that accept Medicare, Medicaid, or other insurance – they all have the same problem – no financial freedom to support truly excellent care for the people they serve.
For example,
- Two or three patients to a room is common in a long-term care facility. This eliminates any possibility of privacy and all but guarantees your loved one will never get a good night sleep.
- Even in a private room you pay extra for, your loved one is ALONE most of every 24-hour period, with no one to talk to and nothing to do.
For most, just lying in a bed or sitting alone watching minutes of their life tick away, is a living hell.
- Because these facilities operate on a razor thin profit margin, they can’t afford to hire the best trained and most experienced caregivers.
- As such, from top to bottom, administration, staff members, caregivers are often less skilled. Less experienced. Often new to the profession. And less capable of providing excellent care, the kind of care patients deserve, recognize, and appreciate.
- The caregiver-to-patient ratio in these facilities is often as high as 16 or 17 patients to one during daytime, and 30 to one throughout the night. That means a patient may need medication or help getting to the restroom and be ignored for hours as if they didn’t exist.
This kind of treatment, which is common in understaffed facilities (and virtually all are), makes someone in a bad situation, the patient, feel neglected, cast aside, helpless, and at the mercy of a facility that just doesn’t care – put there by a family member they never dreamed would allow them to be in such a terrible place – even if it’s the best available.
Emotions aroused by a poor quality of care often lead to frustration, anger, depression, feelings of helplessness, and ultimately, a sense of hopelessness. Those destructive emotions dig the hole deeper. They accelerate decline. They make the person’s physical and mental health worse. - Another problem. The more daily activity a person gets, the more likely they are to flourish and respond favorably to treatment.
In an understaffed care facility, as virtually all are, with a 15, or 16, or 17 to one caregiver-to-patient ratio – the patient may have little if any daily activity. This lack of stimulation is harmful. It results in a profound sense of loneliness. For many, it is torture.
And because these facilities are historically understaffed, and because they pay as little as possible, staff members, nurses, care givers, EVERYONE, feel stressed out, overworked, and underpaid.
And all too often, they have an attitude to match
This is all bad enough. But there’s more.
People in long-term care facilities outside of their own home or the home of a loved one appear to deteriorate so rapidly that, according to an article published by the
Associated Press in January of 2023, “…from 2011 to 2019, 80% of Medicare’s long stay nursing home residents were put on antipsychotic medication.”
The article goes on to say a huge majority of those patients were reported as having schizophrenia without a corresponding diagnosis.
Why?
Reading between the lines, the answer is…
So, Medicare would pay for the antipsychotic medication TO CALM THE PATIENT DOWN – MAKE THEM MORE DOCILE – MORE COMPLIANT – AND LESS CAPABLE OF MAKING A FUSS OVER BEING IGNORED, POORLY CARED FOR, OR ANYTHING ELSE.
Here’s the direct quote from the AP News article…
“There was a 194% increase in the number of residents reported in the [data set] as having schizophrenia, but who lacked a corresponding schizophrenia diagnosis in their Medicare claims,” HHS researchers stated.
These statistics raised concern about whether or not schizophrenia is being over-diagnosed to allow nursing home care professionals to administer antipsychotic medications more easily.
Previous data from the Department of Health and Human Services found that 270,000 older adults in nursing homes living with dementia were put on antipsychotic drugs, regardless of the fact that these drugs are primarily recommended to treat schizophrenia.
AP News reports that according to CMS, “Evidence has mounted over decades that some facilities wrongly diagnose residents with schizophrenia or administer antipsychotic drugs to sedate them despite dangerous side effects that could include death.”
I could discuss problems seniors face in assisted living and long-term care facilities for hours. I could explain in pinpoint detail why those problems lead to rapid physical and mental deterioration.
But the point is made.
Now the only question is…
Knowing what you now know, what’s the best solution?
How do you get the BEST OUTCOME? One that works well for you, your family and your loved one.
What can you do to ensure your loved one is never a victim of neglect and indignities that may upset your loved one to such an extent, someone calls to explain that they have lost contact with reality. And for their own good, need to be put on antipsychotic medication just to keep them safe?
And what about you?
How do you continue to run your life and your business and see to it your loved one has the best care possible – care FAR SUPERIOR to what most elders receive. What are your options?
What can you do? What steps can you take?
How do you solve this problem without turning your life into a chaotic mess?
Fortunately, there is an answer.
With over thirty-plus years in nursing, I have personally witnessed every single problem shared with you in this letter.
Knowing the problems exist is bad enough.
But with the ten years of care-giving experience I had with my grandmother who I loved beyond measure, seeing how bad the problems are today in assisted living and long-term care facilities…
…And knowing the terrible effect they have on mothers and fathers and people we love and care about who reach a point in their lives where they need to be living with a family member or living in a long-term care facility, the situation breaks my heart.
Helping solve the problem for those I can help has become an all-consuming passion. And that is why I founded Curated Home Care.
The mission of Curated Home Care is to make providing excellent care for your loved one at home – possible – and easy. And alternatively, to ensure your loved one receives EXCELLENT care at the facility you choose.
Many of our clients would STRONGLY prefer for their loved one to live with them, in their home, with their family. But the reality is, no one can stop their life to become a full-time caregiver. And even if they could, most are not trained to provide the kind of skilled caregiving your loved one may need.
We solve that problem for you.
With Curated Home Care, you have CONCIERGE SERVICE. We customize service to suit your needs, with coverage from an eight-hour minimum, up to around the clock as your need dictates.
Our concierge service may make it possible for you to bring your loved one home from an assisted living or long-term care facility…
…and have excellent care right there in your home, for as many hours a day as you need up to 24/7 and 365 – with little if any disruption to your daily schedule, your business, or your life.
Obviously, our private-pay concierge service is not for everyone.
Frankly, I refuse to compromise quality by cutting corners and lowering the quality of care so everyone can use our service. It breaks my heart to say this. But I would rather provide EXCELLENT SERVICE for some, than mediocre service for all. That kind of service is easily available.
Curated Home Care gives the discerning individual who appreciates excellent service an instant alternative to the HUGELY PROBLEMATIC SCENARIO people faces when arranging care for a loved one.
Our clients have several things in common.
First, they work hard enough and are successful in their career or business to understand and earn THE VERY BEST of everything.
And without doubt, whether in their home or in an assisted living or long-term care facility, they want the best possible arrangement for their loved one.
And like EVERYONE responsible for a loved one’s care discovers…
Finding excellent care – so you rest easy at night knowing your loved one is being well taken care of – is a challenge.
And this is the problem we solve.
We provide EXCELLENT CARE – in your home – or in the facility of your choice – so you KNOW FOR A FACT your loved one is well taken care of – with no disruption to your life. If that’s what you want, we are who you have been looking for.
It simply doesn’t get any better than this. Not anywhere. And not at any price.
How Curated Home Care Solves Problems That Makes Your Loved One Receiving Excellent Care In Your Home Or In The Facility Of Your Choice Possible.
- We are a private-pay care company. We serve people who are able and happy to pay a fair price for excellent service.
As such, we can afford, and insist on having, the best-trained, most skilled, and deeply experienced nurses available.
- We provide experienced skilled nurses and professionals for in-home care – or special assignments to supplement care at an assisted living or long-term care facility.
- We customize care hours based on your needs, typically with an eight-hour minimum, and the ability to extend care incrementally around the clock as requested. We are flexible and after the eight-hour minimum, can change the schedule from week to week to suit your needs.
- We are available to provide INSTANT AND EXCELLENT CARE with no wait.
- We will provide transportation to and from the doctor with no interruption to your schedule. We will pick up medication at the pharmacy, do grocery shopping, and prepare meals.
- From bathing and eating, to providing much-needed companionship, our skilled nurses will assist your loved one with the activities of daily living.
We see to it that your loved one stays hydrated. Eats well. Takes medication as scheduled. Moves around the house or the facility as much as reasonably possible. Stays safe. And in every way imaginable, is well-cared for. - We give you the peace of mind that can only come from KNOWING FOR A FACT your loved one has excellent care and is well taken care of. And we do that with little to no interruption to your business, your schedule, or your life.
Obviously, there are many good reasons to contact us at 888-335-1186, ask your questions, and learn how we may be able to serve you.
If you want to call now, feel free. But there’s one more thing to discuss, and this is a big one.
Besides convenience, expert care you can depend on and all the other obvious benefits you get when you allow us in your life, there’s more.
The most important thing I learned in thirty years plus as a registered nurse and with ten years of direct caregiving experience with my grandmother is…
Taking care of a loved one is a privilege.
It’s like a sacred trust.
It will be the last major thing you do for someone you love.
Your decisions have a monumental impact on your loved one’s life.
And as much as you may want to be with them all the time, you can’t stop your life and handle everything personally.
With rare exceptions, you have no choice but to depend on others.
And all too often, depending on others means interruptions in your schedule. Less than excellent care for your loved one. Stress you would live better without. Worry over the situation. And a feeling of angst that lies just under the surface that is always with you and you can’t seem to shake.
With this in mind…
Here are a few more things to consider before you make the call to discuss how we can make your life easier – and provide excellent care for your loved one.
First…
You will not be angry over your loved one not receiving the quality of care, attention, and companionship you want them to have.
You will not be upset over the fact that there are few options available that make caring for your loved one a joy, instead of a chore.
We solve that problem for you. We make your life easy.
Next…
Whether you are at work all day, out of town on business, or on vacation for a week or a month, you will have the satisfaction of knowing your loved one is receiving excellent care in the most favorable setting possible.
And you will have the satisfaction of knowing your loved one will never feel alone, abandoned, discarded, or set aside because everyone is too busy to be bothered.
And finally…
You will not feel like you let your loved one down.
Years from now, you will look back at the time you were responsible for your loved one’s care, and while you still miss them, you will have fond memories.
AND YOU WILL FEEL GOOD ABOUT BRINGING US INTO YOUR LIFE AND ABOUT THE DECISIONS YOU MADE TO HELP YOUR LOVED ONE IN THEIR TIME OF GREATEST NEED.
You will always know you did everything possible for your loved one to live in your home with your family. Or alternatively, you went the extra mile and more TO PROVIDE YOUR LOVED ONE EXCELLENT CARE IN THE FACILITY YOUR CHOSE FOR THEM – FAR ABOVE AND BEYOND ANYTHING THE FACILITY COULD PROVIDE.
If this is what you want, you owe it to yourself, your family and your loved one in need of care, to contact me, Lily Carrier at 888-335-1186.
I will answer your questions about everything including price.
And if you need caregiving assistance right away, I will schedule an introductory visit at your home or office as you see fit, and care for your loved one can begin right away.
Now you stand at a crossroads.
Do nothing and nothing changes.
Alternatively, call me at 888-335-1186 and see for yourself how easy we can make you and your loved one’s life with excellent, skilled nurses and ready to assist your loved one in your home or at a facility, and dependable service.
Sincerely,
Lily Carrier RN
Curated Home Care
PS – The number again is 888-335-1186.
