The Ten Commandments of Care

The All-American Care Centers want nothing less than the absolute best for our aging population.To help achieve that goal, we have prepared this list of the ten most critical and fundamental elements of care for any patient in any nursing home. We invite you to use this list as a test to determine the best facility for you or a loved one. The facility should:

• Be close to home to make visitation easy, and should offer what we call the four “R's”:  
  • Recuperative services to medically treat patients recovering from recent illnesses with plans to eventually discharge them back to the community, or to our restorative programming.
  • Rehabilitation services to initiate and carry out a therapy treatment plan that will eventually discharge patients to a lower level of dependency, either in our facility, back home or to an assisted living facility
  • Restoration services to improve patients with chronic diseases who need to be more functional and independent
  • Reintegration services to assist recovering or rehabilitated patients to adjust to returning home or to lower levels of care

2. Give you a care plan, upon inquiry, that will describe the following:

• Diagnostics on the medical cause of the problems
• A list of the problems to be addressed
• A list of the treatment programs that will be carried out with a schedule of compliance
• A complete list of the tasks to be completed for each program and the expected professional staff type to implement each task
• A schedule for carrying out each task and the duration of the interventions
• An approximate cost of the care for the estimated duration of the episode

For more information on the selection process, including information on how to rate the prospects and choose the right facility, see:

How to Choose a Nursing Home for Your Loved One: Selection Process and After Admission

This guide assists families in the selection process, including information on how to rate the prospects and choose the right facility. Published by Caregiver Management Systems, Inc.

For more information on selecting a nursing home and sources on choosing a facility for your loved one, visit the Dorotha C. White Foundation Web site.

If you have found another facility that meets these crucial requirements, congratulations!

You have taken an important first step on the road to recovery. If you have not found a facility that meets these important standards, then visit an All-American Care Center, or give us a call at (800) 789-4836.

These are our standards and we believe they are the best. They enable us to live our promise to all our patients.  

Our success is measured by our patients' quality of life!