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KEEPING OUR
ELDERS CLOSE
TO HOME
Nursing Home
Long Term Care History
Project started in November 2001
Tribal Gathering showed ongoing high priority
Market Study
Looked at layout Options
Obtained ALL of the capital funding ($16M)
Senator Lyman Hoffman and Representative Mary
Nelson & Bob Herron assisted with obtaining capital
funding
Nursing Home
Studied financial figures
Financial loss of $1.5M annually
New Medicaid Payment Regulations – Eff. 3/2011
Reduced loss from $1.5M to $1.1 M
Considered the level of care needs for future residents
Final Decision: Nursing Home
Nursing Home
A home for people who require constant
nursing care and need help with activities
of daily living.
Helps frail and cognitively impaired
Elders and people with disabilities
maintain independence and dignity.
Design Considerations
Meeting a higher level of care
Patient lifts in all rooms
Wider doors for bariatric chairs and hospital beds
Rooms allow for home-like use
Changes to allow for exercise area
Hospice Care
Bedroom Layout
Kitchenette Layout
Nursing Home Opening: Spring 2013
Challenges
Find/hire local workforce: NH administrator, Certified Nursing Assistants, etc.
Working through Federal NH standards that don’t accommodate for rural/remote services
Education Re: Medicaid requirement for NH placement
Next Steps
Looking to work with Prestige Nursing Home
Establish operations
Resident admission qualifications: Will consider current placement needs, level of care requirements and return to home
Future
Consider further expansion to meet ongoing Elder Care needs – Assisted Living Home, Alzheimers/Dementia, etc.
Tribal Members Help
Continue ongoing support
Look at continuing needs: Alzheimer’s/Dementia, Assisted Living Home, etc.
Tribal Gathering
Contact Information
Elizabeth Lee, Director
Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corporation
Home Care Services
P.O. Box 528
Bethel, Alaska 99559
907-543-6123
liz_lee@ykhc.org
www.ykhc.org
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