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Advocate Fact Sheets

This section contains fact sheets for advocates. Click on one of the topics below to view the available fact sheets.

Selecting a Nursing Home
Getting Quality Care
Residents' Rights
Family Involvement

Selecting a Nursing Home

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Getting Quality Care

Abuse and Neglect
Assessment and Care Planning
Basics of Individualized Quality Care
Culture Change in Nursing Homes
Encouraging Comfort Care: A Guide for Families of People with Dementia Living in Care Facilities - produced by the Alzheimer’s Association-Greater Illinois Chapter, provides information to families and staff about Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias, particularly care issues related to the late and final stages
A Guide to Bed Safety from the Food and Drug Administration
Individualized Assessment with Behavioral Symptoms
My Personal Directions for Quality Living (Blank Form) - a Consumer Voice tool for person-direct care
My Personal Directions for Quality Living (Sample) - a Consumer Voice tool for person-direct care
Malnutrition and Dehydration
Physical Restraint Free Care

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Residents' Rights

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Family Involvement

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