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Finding a nursing home that fits all of your loved one’s needs can be a challenge. Nobody wants to leave someone they care about in a place that can’t or chooses not to properly care for them. Luckily, there are a few steps you can take to ensure you make the right choice. RESEARCH Deciding on a nursing home should not be a last-minute decision but oftentimes is. Every day, people are discharged directly from a hospital to one of the 227 nursing homes in Alabama. This is not a situation you want to find yourself or a loved one in. The best time to do your research is before there is a real need. Search online and check many different resources. Medicare’s website ranks every nursing home on a scale of 1–5 stars and is the best place to start your research. Be wary of sites that are not run by a government agency or nonprofit. Those sites often show bias and do not accurately describe the nursing home. IN-PERSON VISITS Doing research online is a great start but you will never get the true feeling for a nursing home until you visit. Not only will this prove whether an individual is compatible with the home, but it will also give you a chance to check out the amenities. You’ll be able to see if they offer healthy food options and how social the staff and residents are. During your in-person visit, you should pay attention to both the residents’ hygiene and the staff themselves. Poor grooming and bad hygiene show signs that the staff is not properly taking care of their residents. Also, note how the staff interacts with the residents. This is their home and could be your future loved ones’ home; there should be no signs of abuse or disrespect. CLOSE TO HOME This is much easier said than done. Not everyone is going to have a quality nursing home close to their residence. Close proximity provides an opportunity for you to visit your loved one more frequently and to reduce their stress while moving to a new home. It also allows you the chance to drop in and check on the conditions of the home, depending on the nursing home’s visitor policy. Finding the Best Nursing Home ENSURING SAFETY FOR YOUR LOVED ONE
You don’t become America’s national pastime without learning how to adapt — and Major League Baseball (MLB) made the ultimate pivot. Baseball’s Former Commissioner and Streaming TV This October, MLB’s biggest stars and teams with the most wins all-time will take the field for the 2021 playoffs. The winners will be crowned champions of the world, but the league these champs call home already owns an equally prestigious title: the founders of streaming services. Their legendary reign started back in the early 2000s, when former MLB commissioner Bud Selig asked every team in the league to contribute $4 million for the creation of Baseball Advanced Media (BAM). At that time, the dot-com bubble had yet to burst, and Selig wanted America’s once favorite sport to “keep up with the times,” so to speak. BAM created a website for each team, but it soon took on other qualities that gave it an edge. The Hustle reports that BAM offered online video, multidevice watching services, and a large data and broadband structure before other major platforms even existed. BAM became such a smashing success that it soon became BAMTech and started creating platforms for other popular sports leagues like World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and the National Hockey League (NHL). (It even assisted HBO!) In 2017, one of the biggest players in movies, Disney, invested in BAMTech, claiming a majority stake, and began its transition into streaming services. Soon after, as The Hustle reported in July 2021, Disney announced Disney+, a streaming platform whose features were similar to that of Netflix and BAM. In March 2021, Disney+ hit more than 100 million users, making it a powerhouse in streaming — all created because of BAMTech. Today, BAM and BAMTech are credited with being on the forefront of streaming services and continue to hold a power position over streaming and within entertainment companies. “Media companies are not good at tech and really struggle with large scale,” says investment analyst Rich Greenfield in The Verge. “They don’t trust companies like Google or Amazon, who want to displace them. BAM is seen as friendly.” Thanks, Bud!
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