IN THIS ISSUE:

- Need for nursing care may arise suddenly

- Research, visit, consult. Repeat. And take all the time you can.

- Make a decision, then make sure to stay engaged.

- Care giving at home: It's a tough option

- Get these documents in order

- Excerpt from Need for nursing care may arise suddenly:

Disasters prove that now is the time to research good nursing home care -

The hurricane scenes are burned in our minds:

- Nursing home residents in Houston sitting in rising flood waters and desperately waiting for rescue,

- A Hollywood, Fla., nursing home where 12 residents died from the heat after storm damage cut off power to their building’s cooling systems,

- In Puerto Rico, a frantic nursing home operator making an unforgettable plea for help.