Club Health Services For Growing Elderly Population

Many aging nursing homes need to be replaced, additional nursing home beds must be provided in the Sioux Falls and Rapid City regions, Club Health and more assisted living facilities are needed in many areas, the study recommends. South Dakota also should expand home health care, meals and other services that allow older people to remain in their own homes, the researchers said Club Health.

Many South Dakotans want to stay out of nursing homes Club Health, which means there is a need for additional services provided to those who remain in their own homes, the social services secretary said. Services provided in the home or at senior centers include home health care,Club Health meals and housekeeping.

Rather than renovating existing facilities Club Health, the state has the opportunity to consolidate and to replace aged structures with newer facilities that can offer more efficient and effective care, the consultant's report said Club Health.

To serve people who want to stay out of nursing homes Club Health, South Dakota needs more assisted-living facilities and an expansion of services that provide health care, meals and other programs in homes and communities, Club Health the report said.