{"id":132,"date":"2016-04-06T20:48:08","date_gmt":"2016-04-06T20:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kokuacare.com\/forms\/?page_id=132"},"modified":"2016-04-06T20:48:08","modified_gmt":"2016-04-06T20:48:08","slug":"determine","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/kokuacare.com\/forms\/determine\/","title":{"rendered":"Determine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kokuacare.com\/~kokuacar\/images\/determining.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"419\" height=\"36\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>How to Determine When Assistance is Needed<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Has s\/he stopped attending church or social activities?<\/li>\n<li>Is routine household cleaning not being done?<\/li>\n<li>Are there signs of burnt pans on the stove or in the cupboards?<\/li>\n<li>Are there scorch marks on the pot holders or dish towels?<\/li>\n<li>Are there burns on his\/her skin from cooking (from being unsteady or shaky)?<\/li>\n<li>Does s\/he talk less or participate less in conversations?<\/li>\n<li>Is s\/he content to just sit in a chair, not reading or returning phone calls?<\/li>\n<li>Is s\/he lonely?<\/li>\n<li>Is s\/he afraid to be alone?<\/li>\n<li>Are his or her clothes dirty or rumpled?<\/li>\n<li>Are dirty clothes put back in the closet without being washed?<\/li>\n<li>Is s\/he unable to do grocery shopping and errands alone?<\/li>\n<li>If s\/he smokes, are there burn marks on the carpet or furniture?<\/li>\n<li>Are there stacks of mail (including unpaid bills) laying around?<\/li>\n<li>Are medications not being taken properly? Pills left over or running out to soon?<\/li>\n<li>Is his\/her hearing or vision affecting the ability to function?<\/li>\n<li>Is s\/he having difficulty with or lost interest in eating?<\/li>\n<li>Is s\/he eating poorly or having trouble making nutritious meals?<\/li>\n<li>Has there been recent weight loss?<\/li>\n<li>Does s\/he have problems sleeping?<\/li>\n<li>Is s\/he at risk of falling on the stairs? Have there been recent falls?<\/li>\n<li>Are there signs of bruises on the arms from bumping into things?<\/li>\n<li>Has memory loss made it difficult for him\/her to be left alone?<\/li>\n<li>Have s\/he become verbally or physically abusive?<\/li>\n<li>Does s\/he need assistance getting out of bed or a chair?<\/li>\n<li>Does s\/he need help walking?<\/li>\n<li>Does s\/he need help getting to and from the bathroom?<\/li>\n<li>Does s\/he bathe less often or not want to bathe at all?<\/li>\n<li>Does s\/he need help with bathing, dressing or grooming?<\/li>\n<li>Are there signs of alcohol or drug abuse (including prescription drugs)?<\/li>\n<li>Has s\/he been diagnosed with any chronic diseases\u2013 diabetes, high blood pressure, arthritis, etc?<\/li>\n<li>Has s\/he undergone a recent emotional or medical crisis?<\/li>\n<li>Has a recent injury or surgery temporarily impaired his\/her ability to take care of him\/herself?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to Determine When Assistance is Needed Has s\/he stopped attending church or social activities? Is routine household cleaning not being done? Are there signs of burnt pans on the stove or in the cupboards? Are there scorch marks on the pot holders or dish towels? Are there burns on his\/her skin from cooking (from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-132","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry","override"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kokuacare.com\/forms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/132","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/kokuacare.com\/forms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/kokuacare.com\/forms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kokuacare.com\/forms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kokuacare.com\/forms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/kokuacare.com\/forms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/132\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":133,"href":"http:\/\/kokuacare.com\/forms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/132\/revisions\/133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kokuacare.com\/forms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}