What is Assisted Living and Residential Care?

Assisted living is a managed residential care facility or adult foster care home that provides various types of services and living arrangements including activities, personal care, meals, medication help, bathing help, dressing and transportation. Services can be customized to meet the residents needs.

Other keywords for assisted living are residential care facility, senior living community, senior housing, assisted living communities, skilled nursing homes.

As an award winning senior care provider, Sweet Bye N Bye offers two residential care communities, and local adult foster care homes in the Salem, Oregon area.

Types of Assisted Living

There are basically two types of housing and senior care available outside of ones own home depending on the level of care needed - Adult Foster Homes, Residential Care Facility (RCF) and In-Home Care.

Adult Foster Homes

Adult foster care homes are located in residential neighborhoods in Salem and provide an intimate setting for assisted living and excellent care. The goal is to create an atmosphere where where residents will feel like part of a family, and be treated with dignity and respect allowing them to retain their individuality and independence while receiving all the care they require at a fraction of the price of the larger facilities. View information about Adult Foster Home in the Salem area > Sweet Bye N Bye

Residential Care Facility

These will vary in the level of services provided. However, a common feature of RCF's are a multiple bed / private room full service residence for seniors that need assisted living in an community atmosphere managed by a professional staff.
View information about our two residential care facilities in the Salem area

 The Importance of State Inspections

 As an award winning senior living provider who has had a zero deficiency inspection, we know the importance of State inspections of senior care facilities.

One of the important things to know when evaluating a residential care facility is that the State report is available for public viewing and needs to be posted by the provider.

This allows a prospective resident's family to have a third party reference to the quality of care that they can expect. If there are deficiencies in the report, it is important to understand what they are and whether this affects the quality of care. For example, there may have been a slight oversight in minor paperwork that was resolved and did not have any impact on the quality of care.

During our FREE RN ASSESSMENT we will be glad to discuss our State inspection report with you. This assessment involves an R.N. performing a full assessment in the privacy of your own home and allows us to develop a personalized care plan for your loved one, and discuss fees for service with no obligation. We are committed to your privacy. We do not give out information to advertisers or unrelated third parties. Call us or send in your request below. 503.362.5885

The Importance of Local Ownership

As an award winning senior living provider who has strong references and connections in the local community, we know the importance of local ownership of a residential care facility for your loved one.

On Site Management and Control
We speak only from our experience as local owners and managers in that on-site management and control of quality care is important for us to maintain high standards. We have seen out of state owners set up a facility locally and try to compete with local owners who are already established and have strong references in the community from hospitals and other organizations.

The Importance of Local Authority and Reputation

In Salem, both Angela Estrada, R.N., and Robert Estrada, R.N. are recognized as experts in senior care, managers and owners of two residential care facilities, and five adult foster care homes. Angela Estrada is also recognized as a leader in the industry, both locally and in winning a Silver Crown Award.

Angela Estrada Wins Honorable Mention for Dorland Health Silver Crown Awards

The Silver Crown Awards seek to honor industry-leading organizations like assisted living facilities and home health agencies, as well as individual practitioners across a range of disciplines like geriatric care managers, facility directors and hospice and palliative care professionals.

The Silver Crown Awards also recognize the best in adult and senior-specific programs, such as Alzheimer’s care, and coverage entities like those that provide Medicare Advantage or pharmacy benefits.

Dorland Health, the publisher of the Case Management Resource Guide, the National Directory of Adult and Senior Services, the Senior Services Report, Case In Point Magazine and other resources for those in medical management, has provided information and development tools for those who care for adults and seniors for over two decades.

The Silver Crown Awards also recognize the best in adult and senior-specific programs.

Exceptional Care at Sweet Bye N Bye

"Hi, I'm Angela Estrada, RN, BSN, owner and operator of the award winning Sweet Bye N Bye residential care communities. My husband Robert and I have a combined 32 years of RN experience and over twenty years of combined experience owning/operating adult foster homes and residential care facilities. Our goals are to provide excellent care in an intimate setting where residents will feel like part of a family.

At The Sweet Bye N Bye, your loved one will be treated with dignity and respect allowing them to retain their individuality and independence while receiving all the care they require at a fraction of the price of the larger facilities."

As owners of Sweet ByeNBye, we are also dedicated to volunteer work and completed a mission to Peru to help with boys and girls orphanages, and various clinics.

Sweet ByeNBye provides assisted living with two options - a  residential care facility and adult foster care homes. Our services have won awards and have recently received a zero deficiency report from the State of Oregon. Located in Salem, Oregon , 2480 Coral Ave NE, Salem, OR 97305 » Map (503) 362-5885

Status of Healthcare - A Nurse's Perspective

We have all been hearing about the healthcare reform that is needed in our country, and it has been the subject of much debate between our Democratic and Republican leaders. It is true that healthcare costs have risen dramatically, and in its current state, our healthcare costs will bring our country to its knees if left unchanged. I do not intend to discuss how that should be done, but rather how you the consumer, and my patient should plan for success in the unsettled times ahead.

What do we know?
Physicians: We know that beginning with this decade, there will be a large number of physicians retiring, and according to a recent Dartmouth College study, it will result in a future physician workforce will be smaller and younger. This shortage will create strain on our current systems, and will require physicians to change practice models in order to keep up with the increased demands.
Nurses: According to the American Nurses Association, there is currently a national shortage of approximately 120,000 RN’s. This number is expected to grow to 1.5 million by the year 2015, and peak in 2020. This will require hospitals, and medical practices to do more with less RN support.
Hospitals/Nursing Homes: Both hospitals and nursing homes are facing significant Medicare cuts, and will need to change their operational models, and reduce expenses in order to remain viable. One major way for these institutions to reduce costs is to shorten length of hospitalizations/admissions to the shortest possible time, while still ensuring safe care.

What does this mean to you?
Our healthcare model as we know it will need to change. The physician to patient, and RN to patient ratio’s will worsen, and you will have less time with the professionals that can best manage your care. Hospitals and nursing homes will, as a necessity to survive, look to minimize their costs, and will shorten your hospitalization/admission times if possible. You will have to assume more responsibility for managing your health/recovery in the outpatient or home setting.

What can you do?
While these above mentioned scenarios are ominous, I believe if you are prepared, and educated, you can make good decisions, and help your medical providers continue to provide you with excellent care.
1. Be prepared when you see your doctor: Understand that their time is limited, and they can best manage your care if you have pertinent data with you at your visit. Medication lists, blood glucose readings, weights, or blood pressure readings are some examples of things that you should have when you see your doctor. This will help them best manage your care.
2. Know the hospitals/nursing homes in your area. Understand that Medicare is now basing their payments to these organizations based on their quality, and knowing which facilities are best can be critical to your recovery. Some web resources:
www.healthgrades.com or www.medicare.gov/nhcompare
3. Plan for handling some of your rehabilitation in your home and know the ranges of services that can be provided. Understand how Home Health, In Home Care and Hospice work, and how they can help you in your home.