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Guide to all approved nursing homes in the United States. Also provides links to Medicare Prescription Drug Plan. Very informative and up-to-date information from the Federal Medicare Program.
Medicare Guide to Finding a Nursing Home
You have the right to make decisions now regarding your own health care in the future.
What is Advance Care Planning?
Advance Care Planning is a process for helping you understand possible future health care choices. Reflect on your own values and goals and discuss your choices with those persons closest to you. You may also put your wishes in writing in case you become unable to make your own decisions in the future.
The main question these documents address is “who controls your health care if you are not able to make decisions yourself?”
The Documents:
Kansas statutes make two legal documents available to you to make sure your wishes are followed:
Comprehensive website on benefits, programs, health, rights and more for Kansans.
Kansas Aging and Disability Resource Center
FEMA provides financial assistance for funeral expenses incurred after Jan. 20, 2020 for deaths related to coronavirus (COVID-19) to help ease some of the financial stress and burden caused by the pandemic.
As a reminder the traditional FEMA 800 number will not be utilized as the below number has been set up to handle influx of COVID-19 registrations.
COVID-19 Funeral Assistance Line Number
Applications are being taken now - no deadline for applications
Use this document (fillable form attached below) to chose the person who will carry out your health care instructions in case you are not conscious or are unable to make those decisions.
You do not have to chose a family member. If you do, make sure to give that person a notarized copy. Also share the document with other family members and give a copy to your doctor.
This document only gives powers to your chosen person while you are living. You may take away that power or change it at any time.
This form may be signed prior to a hospitalization to make clear your wishes in certain health care situations. A copy should be provided to the hospital, at admission. You may also wish to provide one to your primary doctor.
The form, attached below, is fillable.
Kansas Home Care Association provides information to the general public and health care providers about home care services and to assists them in locating home care services in Kansas. It is important to remember that a home health care agency must be licensed by the state and this site has links to the ones that are licensed.
http://www.kshomecare.org/
The Kansas Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (KHPCO) is a work group of the LIFE Project Foundation and works to enable every Kansan to access quality care at the end of life. This site has links to find a hospice program in your area.
https://khpco.wordpress.com/find-a-hospice/
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