All Stimulation Outlets Must be Pursued and Used….
Commitment to your population in a group home environment generally manifests itself in a number of ways. Following the established Plan of Care and varying it as resident’s needs change are among the indications that an owner is truly person-centered. However, if an owner of a residential care program is truly committed, he/she will investigate […]
Why are Licensing Bodies Leery of the Unlicensed Group Home?
Across America we house and serve a number of populations in small communities called group homes. Licensing designations and requirements vary. In Florida you have the Adult Family Care Home where the owner lives with and cares for residents. This same model in Michigan is called the Adult Foster Care Family Home. Then you have […]
Are Some States on a Crackdown Mission Against Group Homes?
Across America the number of homes that are used to house and serve the needs of the most vulnerable adults among us are being shut down. No one is questioning the right of a state government to act against a poorly managed, unlicensed or mismanaged home as they did against Latham AFC a few years […]
Care Facility Shutdowns Almost Always Avoidable….
We have all heard the stories. A nursing home or similarly licensed facility that cares for vulnerable adults is shut down due to various violations. A recent one known as Arden Courts in Livonia, Michigan, for whom one of my companies has provided training in the past is a sad example of mismanagement and inconvenience. […]
Giving Clients Choices Makes World of Difference
When you provide training products that are designed to polish people in care, the world can become a boring place very easily. Lots of training is very technical and even in online sessions they can lose their audience. Within our family we try to be different and this guides what we do. Whether we are […]
Unlicensed Works Only with Certain Priorities
Group homes continue to serve the community well. They house and provide rather specialized care for adults and children with very serious vulnerabilities. This includes the medically fragile elderly and those recovering from or managing the aftermath of serious auto accidents. In many states a license is required, including the state of my birth, Michigan. […]
Group Home Organization Advice
Growth, real prosperity and fulfillment in business is tied to proper organization. Tons of people run, run, and run and even lose sleep as they ponder ideas and new methods. Without organization and the kind of execution that organization provides, all they are accomplishing is maintaining what they might have and ruining their health. Most […]
Losing Sleep Ok, But Then You Must Execute…
Have you ever been awakened with a good idea. Comedian Jerry Seinfeld says his best jokes pop into his head at night, he wakes up and writes it down and goes back to sleep. Of course the next time he is on stage, that joke gets put to use. He executes! I can imagine him […]
Sponsorship Programs Stabilize Non-Profits in Care
Many in the business of care from adult day services to group home management are non-profits. Some pursue this business formation type as it qualifies them for certain public reimbursements and other items including participation in certain food bank programs. There can be another advantage. Every business in care, especially group living and adult day […]
Do You Know How to Sell Respite Care?
In 1998 the then Assisted Living Federation of America estimated that upward of 50% of family caregivers seeking help were too stressed to properly articulate what they really needed. In other words there may be a combination of services available that could take the pressure off the household and the one rendering care is so […]