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PAGE S - PLAINDEALER - WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER It. 1*3 Thii column contains answers to questions that are frequently asked at lieutenant Governor George Ryan's Senior Action Centers. Q. - My mother is in need of nursing home care. Where can I get information which can help me choose an appropriate nursing home? A. - The Illinois Department of Public Health publishes a Region 7 - Department of Additional information about Public Health, 245 W. Roosevelt Medicaid can be obtained by book titled "How to Select A Nursing Home." It serves as a reference and checklist for potential nursing home residents and their families. Copies can be obtained by contacting the Department's Regional Health Office as follows: Road, Building 5, West Chicago, 111., 60185, S12 293-6840. DuPage, Grundy, Kane, Kankakee, Kendall, Lake, McHenry and Will Counties. Nursing home complaints from this region must be filed with the Berkeley office in Regiorf 8. Region 8 is served by the Department of Public Health, 5813 Elm Avenue, Berkeley, 111., 60163 (Suburban Cook County). Q. -Is there anyfinancial help available to pay/for long term care? / A.-If you cannot afford a fac­ ility's private pay rates, there are three possible government assistance programs: Medicaid is a program administered by the state according to federal rules and regulations which helps income-eligible persons. Medicare is a health program administered by the Social Security Administration for persons age 65 and older, or disabled for at least 24 months. Supplemental Security Income (SSI) is a federal program for disabled persons with little disabled persons cash and assets. calling the Illinois Department of Public Aid toll free 1-800-252- 8635. Contact your local Social Security office about Medicare and SSI. They are listed in the white pages of your phone book under "United States Government - Health and Human Services." Q. - My father lives in a nursing home and is no longer competent to make decisions about his care. I have been told that I must get a guardian for him. Is this true? A. -The Nursing Home Reform Act used to require that a court- appointed guardian handle a resident's funds and contract with the the resident was incompetent. The law prohibited family members from managing funds and signing the care contract unless they went through the" very expensive court process to be appointed legal guardian for the resident. This law was changed in 1981 to enable members of the resident's immediate family an nanaie a ad sign a care facility when found to be I CURSIVE WRITING-Third grade grade they gradually transfer from students*, Lee and Krlsten Gilbert: Manuscript writing to cursive writing, practice their cursive writing during ' The teacher is AArs. Pliner. American Education Week. In third (spouse, parent, adult child, brother, sister, grandchild) to sign the care contract and manage those funds related to the resident's care at the facility. The Illinois Guardianship and Advocacy Commission can rovide you with more ormation about the family's legal role in managing an incompetent nursing home resident's funds, and signing general m News Youth charged for cannabis contracts for care with a long term care facility. The commission's regional offices include 596 South State, Room 245, Elgin, 111., 60120, 312 742- 2724 . Q. - If I have complaints about a long term care facility, is there any state agency which will investigage and correct the problems? A. - The Nursing Home Care Reform Act of 1979 contains provisions to protect the rights of residents in long term care facilities. If the home's administrator is not responsive to your concerns, you can report your complaints to either a regional office of the State Department of Public Health or to the State Department on Aging's Nursing Home Ombudsman program. Both agencies investigate complaints and answer questions from residents, their families and friends, employees and other citizens concerned about long term care for the elderly. The Aging Ombudsmen can be contacted at: 312 793-2914 (Metro North). Complaints can be filed with both departments in person, by letter or phone. Q. - I would like to volunteer some time to visit with people in nursing homes. Does the state have a nursing home visitor's program? A. - The Department on Aging has initiated the Nursing Home Visitors program. Volunteers are trained as visitors to offer to identify and resolve problems in nursing homes. Nursing home visitors should live near nursing homes and want to improve the quality of care. If you want to volunteer your services, contact the Illinois Department on Aging, 421 East Capital, Springfield, IL. 62706 (217-785- 3356 or 1-800-252-8966) or Room 731 Monadnock Building, 53 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, HI., 60604 (312-793- 2914). A 17-year-old McHenry youth was arrested and charged with possession of cannabis after Elice investigated a car parked it weekend. County police found an auto parked in Dutch Circle without lights and stopped to investigate. Michael Jonas, 17, 4415 N. Mayfair, McHenry, was charged wi:h possession of cannabis. McHenry Police arrested John Reimasoder, 29, 3939 W. Main St., McHenry, and charged him with speeding and driving with a suspended license. Terrance J. Malonev. 41. 865 S. '-rove. Oak Park, IL, was charged with speeding and transportation of open liquor in a motor vehicle after a traffic stop. Jai fames S. Crosbie, 23, 7406 Mason Hill Road, McHenry, was arrested for driving with a suspended license after a traffic last weekend. ounty police stopped to car parked in a lot on W. Terra Cotta, in CrystalLake, at 11 p.m. Nov. 10. Tickets for open liquor in a motor vehicle were issued to Keith Ehlert, 18; Brian Thietje, 17; Joseph Fino, 17; and Eric Beyer, 17; all of McHenry. investigate a Professional secretaries to meet Professional Secretaries International (PSI), Fox Valley Chapter, will meet Wednesday, Nov. 16, at 7 p.m. at Zukowski, Zukowski, Poper & Rogers, 50 Virginia Street, Crystal Lake. Trie program for November will feature a speaker from the local Health Department. The speaker will tell about the role of a visiting nurse to shut-ins. Fitfure meetings will have programs on home computers, wine testing seminar, new developments in com­ munications and many fresh and important new office ideas and procedures. Fox Valley Chapter meets every third Wednesday each month. 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