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Consumer Resources Order Form

CONSUMER RESOURCES – ORDER FORM

Office of Ombudsman for Older Minnesotans

121 E. 7th Place, Suite 410, St. Paul, MN 55010

(651) 296-0382 or 1-800-657-3591 FAX: (651) 297-5654

Please check the resource you are ordering. One copy will be mailed per order.

 IN-HOME AND COMMUNITY SERVICES
 Alternative Care brochure**
  Elderly Waiver brochure**
  Assisted Living/Housing With Services Tip Sheets
 Caregiver/Respite brochures**
 Choosing Hospice-A Consumer’s Guide (MN Hospice Organization)
 Consumer Rights: Home Care Bill of Rights: state___or state & federal___
 Consumer Support Grant brochure
 Consumer Tips for Choosing a Home Care Provider
 Durable Medical Equipment Overview (CMS)
 Factors to Consider about Home Care
 Home Care Paraprofessional Services
 Home Care Service Agreement
 Home Sharing Program (Share-A-Home) brochure
 Hospice Care & Medicare Hospice Care
 Long Term Care Consultation Services – Home Care or Nursing Home Care
 Medicare Home Care
 Medicare and Home Health Care (CMS)
 Minnesota Home Care Hospice Licensure & Medicare Certification
 Your Guide to Selecting an Adult Day Center (MN Adult Day Services Association)
  
 HOSPITAL CARE/MEDICARE/MEDICAL ASSISTANCE
 Are You Aware of Your Medicare Rights? Call the Stratis Health Medicare Helpline
 Consumer Rights in hospitals: Patient Bill of Rights
 Health Insurance Appeal Rights
 Hospital Discharge Requirements__Hospital Discharge:Your Medicare Rights
 HMO & Traditional Health Care
 Medical Assistance for Nursing Home Services Tip Sheet
 Medical Assistance for Persons Entering or Residing in a LTC Facility**
 Medical Assistance for Qualified Individuals/Medicare Enrollees____MA for Qualified Medicare Beneficiaries____MA for Service Limited Medicare Beneficiaries**
 Medicare Coverage of Skilled Nursing Facility Care (CMS)
 Medicare Hospice Benefits (CMS)
 Medicare + Choice Plans
 Medicare Supplemental Insurance (Medigap) Policies & Protections (CMS)
 Medicare & You handbook (CMS)
 Minnesota Health Care Choices 2002 (Minnesota Senior Federation)
 Your Medicare HMO Check-In: For Hospitals, Nursing Homes & Home Care
  
 NURSING HOME
 Care Planning/Care Conferences in Nursing Homes
 Case Mix – How your nursing home rates are determined (Changing 10/1/02)
Resident Bill of Rights
 Consumer Tips for Choosing a Nursing Home
 Consumer Tips to Nursing Home Admission Contracts
 Consumer Tips to Nursing Home Charges
 Consumer Tips for Nursing Home Transfers & Discharges
 Culture change in nursing homes: Meeting of Pioneers in NH Culture Change
 Individualized Care
 Malnutrition in Nursing Home Residents
 Nursing Facility Level of Care-Recording the Basis….of Need**
 Nursing Homes: getting good care there (order form for this book)
 Nursing Home Care Plans: Getting Good Care (video loan from regional ombudsman)
 Nursing Home Rates
 Resident Rights During Nursing Home Closure
 Resolving a Nursing Home Billing Problem
 Theft Prevention
 Will Medicare Pay My Nursing Home Bill?
  
 OTHER RESOURCES
 Advance directives: Minnesota Health Care Directive form
 Hard Choice for Loving People (CPR, Artificial Feeding, Comfort Measures) Order Form
 Maltreatment of Vulnerable Adults**
 Office of Health Facility Complaints/Minnesota Department of Health brochure
 Office of Ombudsman for Older Minnesotans brochure & poster (circle choice)
 Ombudsman Outlook (Office of Ombudsman newsletter) – send us your email address
 Planning Ahead – Who Will Make Decisions for You?
 Prescription Drug Program**
 Senior Linkage Line flyer
 Selecting A Conservator-MN Association for Guardianship & Conservatorship
 The Ombuds Who? Minnesota State Ombudsman Offices

(CMS: Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services, a federal agency)

** Multiple copies of this resource may be ordered from the Minnesota Department of Human Services, (651) 296-9116.

Please print your name, address & telephone number below:

Name_______________________________________

Address_____________________________________

              _____________________________________

Phone_________________________

Email address for Ombudsman

Outlook: ____________________________________

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