KEEPING OUR

ELDERS CLOSE

TO HOME

Nursing Home

Long Term Care History

Project started in November 2001

Tribal Gathering showed ongoing high priority

Market Study

Looked at layout Options

Obtained ALL of the capital funding ($16M)

Senator Lyman Hoffman and Representative Mary

Nelson & Bob Herron assisted with obtaining capital

funding

Nursing Home

Studied financial figures

Financial loss of $1.5M annually

New Medicaid Payment Regulations – Eff. 3/2011

Reduced loss from $1.5M to $1.1 M

Considered the level of care needs for future residents

Final Decision: Nursing Home

Nursing Home

A home for people who require constant

nursing care and need help with activities

of daily living.

Helps frail and cognitively impaired

Elders and people with disabilities

maintain independence and dignity.

Design Considerations

Meeting a higher level of care

Patient lifts in all rooms

Wider doors for bariatric chairs and hospital beds

Rooms allow for home-like use

Changes to allow for exercise area

Hospice Care

Bedroom Layout

Kitchenette Layout

Nursing Home Opening: Spring 2013

Challenges

Find/hire local workforce: NH administrator, Certified Nursing Assistants, etc.

Working through Federal NH standards that don’t accommodate for rural/remote services

Education Re: Medicaid requirement for NH placement

Next Steps

Looking to work with Prestige Nursing Home

Establish operations

Resident admission qualifications: Will consider current placement needs, level of care requirements and return to home

Future

Consider further expansion to meet ongoing Elder Care needs – Assisted Living Home, Alzheimers/Dementia, etc.

Tribal Members Help

Continue ongoing support

Look at continuing needs: Alzheimer’s/Dementia, Assisted Living Home, etc.

Tribal Gathering

Contact Information

Elizabeth Lee, Director

Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corporation

Home Care Services

P.O. Box 528

Bethel, Alaska 99559

907-543-6123

liz_lee@ykhc.org

www.ykhc.org