Consumer Publications
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All prices listed include shipping costs.
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$12 each
If You Think You Need a Nursing Home,
Preplacement Packet (2008)
Contains: A Consumer’s Guide to Financial Considerations & Medi–Cal Eligibility, Facility List and select Nursing
Home Fact Sheets, including Making Care Plans Work.
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$10
A Consumer’s Guide to Financial Considerations and Medi-Cal Eligibility
(Current as of Dec. 2009)
Outlines requirements for Medi-Cal. Includes discussion of protection of assets, including the home, when a
spouse enters a nursing home. Booklets available in English, Spanish and Chinese.
Bulk Prices Available.
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New!
Free Download (pdf)
Toxic Medicine: What You Should Know to Fight the Misuse of Psychoactive Drugs in Nursing Homes.
This new guidebook covers the basics regarding psychoactive drugs in nursing homes, from a description of their uses and side effects to an examination of the applicable laws. Releasing the guide is just the first stage of CANHR's 2010 Campaign to End Inappropriate Drugging of California Nursing Home Residents. Click here to Read more...
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$15
A Small Claims Guide for RCFE Residents with CD (2009)
This guide is designed to assist RCFE (Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly) residents in protecting their rights, helping them resolve violations of their rights and, if applicable, receiving compensation for an RCFE’s bad conduct through small claims court.
Bulk Prices Available.
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$15
A Small Claims Guide for Nursing Home Residents with CD (2008)
This guide is designed to assist nursing home residents to protect their rights, help them resolve violations of their rights and, if applicable, receive compensation for the nursing home’s bad conduct through small claims court.
Bulk Prices Available.
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New!
$10
Continuing Care Retirement Communities: Is One Right for You? (2009)
This consumer’s guide provides essential information to make an informed decision regarding whether a Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC) is right for you. Includes a personal questionnaire, Points to Consider for CCRC Consumers, to aid you in your decision.
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Free Download (pdf)
Organizing Family Councils in Long Term Care Facilities (2009)
Includes guidelines, relevant law and sample forms.
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Free
DVD: Organizing Family Councils (2003)
Instructional DVD for the establishment and functioning of family councils; includes a booklet with guidelines relevant law and sample forms.
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Factsheets are available for free from our site.
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March 10, 2010
