Questions You Need to Ask |
A most excellent list http://www.magnet.state.ma.us/dph/qtool/spttop.htm And some other things... How are internal communications handled? How are difficult patients handled? How far into the disease can people stay? What's employee starting salary? What's the pass/fail ratio of trainees? What's the daily activities schedule like? How are complaints handled? Tour the kitchen. If it's clean and busy that says a great deal of good about a place. Get references. Talk to the families and residents who are not memory impaired. What do they have to say? Make a surprise visit or two or three. Do more research than you think you need to. |