Long Term Care

Tru Care Pharmacy

What is Long Term Care?

Long term care is care that you need if you can no longer perform everyday tasks (activities of daily living) by yourself due to a chronic illness, injury, disability or the aging process. Long term care also includes the supervision you might need due to a severe cognitive impairment (such as Alzheimer's disease).

This type of care is not intended to cure you. It is chronic care that you might need for the rest of your life. You can receive long term care in your own home, a nursing home or another long term care facility, such as an assisted living facility.

Characteristics of Long Term Care

Physical or mental, temporary or permanent Need based on functional disabilities Promotes or maintains health and independence in functional

abilities and quality of life To enable us to die peacefully and with dignity Multiple services and multiple professions spanning broad

spectrum Multifaceted Designed around unique needs of the individual Service can change over time

Who needs Long Term Care

Chronic – permanent or indefinite period of time Impaired – a decrease in or loss of ability to perform Disabled – short or long term; varies by age group Functional ability – person’s ability to perform the

basic activities of daily living

Committed To Providing Extraordinary Service and Quality

TruCare Pharmacy provides quality pharmaceuticals to skilled nursing homes, hospice programs and assisted living homes.

TruCare works with each of our customers individually, streamlining the communication process to ensure that resident care is working as accurately and as efficiently as it should be. Empower Long-Term Care patients with the quality of care they truly deserve with TruCare Pharmacy.

Experts in Long Term Care and Hospice Services TruCare provides a wide variety of services and products to Long Term

Care facilities and senior populations living independently, thus saving the patient money, optimizing resident care and increasing overall efficiency.

Individualized Service

With our staff of highly trained and qualified pharmacists and technicians, no one is able to provide more personalized and efficient service than TruCare. Our personalized service offering isjust part of our commitment to ensure that you are always able to quickly speak to a real person who is qualified and capable to assist you on each and every call.

Innovative Healthcare Education

TruCare’s talented staff has a wealth of knowledge to share. We help educate and certify your staff with in-service training at your convenience.

Our education programs help nurses and staff to develop insight and practical knowledge that promotes well-being within facilities and to ensure that med room documents are in order and medication distribution is done correctly.

Providers of Long Term Care

Hospitals Nursing homes (average costs $4,500 per

month) Home health agencies Hospices Adult day service programs Housing organizations

Types of LT Care Services

  Help with activities

of daily living Help with additional

services Help with care

needs Range of costs

Community-Based Services

Yes Yes No Low to medium

Home Health Care Yes Yes Yes Low to high

In-Law Apartments Yes Yes Yes Low to high

Housing for Aging and Disabled Individuals

Yes Yes No Low to high

Board and Care Homes

Yes Yes Yes Low to high

Assisted Living Yes Yes Yes Medium to high

Continuing Care Retirement Communities

Yes Yes Yes High

Nursing Homes Yes Yes Yes High

Compounding Services

What Is Compounding?

Pharmacy compounding is the art and science of preparing personalized medications for unique people, just like you.

Compounded medications are “made from scratch” – individual ingredients are mixed together in the exact

strength and dosage form required specifically by you. This method allows the compounding pharmacist to work with the patient and the prescriber to customize a medication to

meet your own specific needs.

TruCare is on a mission to improve lives in both human and veterinary markets through the science and art of compounding; all while maintaining our passion for quality pharmaceuticals and complete customer satisfaction.

Our compounding services are administered by skilled pharmacists who specialize in the support of injectable and intravenous medications and dedicate themselves to 24 hour accessibility.

Have you been searching for a unique solution to a patients’ unique medication needs? Look no further

Ever Have Trouble Taking Your Medication? At TruCare Pharmacy, we realize that people are unique and

don’t always fit into a standard mold. Everyone is different, and as such, many people will not respond properly to mass-produced drugs. Compounding offers your doctor the option to prescribe compounded drugs that are personalized to your unique needs.

Ever Have These Problems When Taking Medication? Upset stomach when taking Oral Medications Reluctance to take the medication due to it’s taste Issues with route of administration, such as difficulty

swallowing pills Requiring a different dose of medication than that which is

available from a manufacturer Difficulty keeping track of multiple medications Keeping Track

Of Multiple Medications People who don’t want to take medication at all (children,

pets..etc)

Compounded Medications Include:

Injectable Medications:

Intravenous Drugs (I.V.)Intramuscular Drugs (I.M.)Subcutaneous (S.C. or S.Q.)

Preservative-Free Formulations

Topical Medications:

CreamsGels

InhalationsTransdermal Gels

Oral Medications:

CapsulesSuspensions

SolutionsSugar-Free FormulationsDye-Free Formulations

Lactose-Free Formulations

Suppositories:

Rectal SuppositoriesVaginal Suppositories

Rectal EnemasVaginal Creams

Common Reasons For Patient Non-Compliance May Include: Stomach upset when taking oral medication Reluctance to take the medication due to its taste Issues with the route of administration, such as

difficulty swallowing pills Requiring a different dose of medication than that

which is available from a manufacturer Difficulty keeping track of multiple medications Patients who don’t want to take medication at all,

especially children or pets

Order Medication That Is Difficult To Find Or Has Been Discontinued:

Sometimes a large pharmaceutical manufacturer discontinues a specific medication. Often times this happens when there are not enough patients taking the drug and it has become unprofitable to

keep mass-producing it. But what about the patients who still require that drug? Hundreds or even thousands of patients may be left

without the medication they direly need.On your command, a TruCare Compounding Pharmacist, can create the medication your patient needs via Compounding. So even if your patient is the only person in the entire world that needs that specific

medication, they can still have it thanks to Compounding.