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 is

just 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:

Creams

Gels

Inhalations

Transdermal Gels

Oral Medications:

Capsules

Suspensions

Solutions

Sugar-Free Formulations

Dye-Free Formulations

Lactose-Free Formulations

Suppositories:

Rectal Suppositories

Vaginal Suppositories

Rectal Enemas

Vaginal 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.