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How to Choose A Long-Term Care Option That’s Right for You
Choose the Long-Term Care Provider That’s Right for You As the people we love age, the care they need will fluctuate. Depending on mobility, physical health, and mental capacity, there are multiple options to provide the right level of care. Physical disability, chronic illness, or severe cognitive decline will typically require round-the-clock medical monitoring as often seen in nursing-home patients. Long-term care offers more flexible options for older adults who are reasonably healthy and capable, yet need some assistance to maintain a good quality of life. Long-term care supplements quality of life by providing support for activities of daily living…
What Do People REALLY Know About Long-Term Care?
A survey finds that many Americans seem to know very little about long-term care costs.
Why Women Need to Plan for Long Term Senior Care
Women live longer, which means women will have more years of retirement to pay for — in many cases, living alone or in long term senior care.
Caring for grandchildren linked with surprising health benefit
Older adults who look after their grandchildren might also be doing themselves a favor, new research suggests
Big Raises For Many Home Care Workers Won’t Necessarily Help Senior Citizens
A $15 minimum wage will almost double what many home care workers are paid but won’t solve other problems.
Why You’re Still Protected if Your Long-Term-Care Insurer Goes Bust
Patients much likelier to choose hospital that employs their doctor
When patients have to go to the hospital, they're likely to choose a facility that employs their doctor, a new study suggests. The study, which finds that patients of independent doctors often choose low-cost and high-quality hospitals, hints that not all organizations are successfully integrating care.
Why the Arts Are Key to Dementia Care
The arts are a form of communication that can engage the intuition and imagination of someone with dementia.
What Are We Doing to Support our Valuable Family Caregivers?
About 40 million people in America care for a family member, neighbor or friend who has limitations in everyday activities. We call these people “family caregivers.” Most of them juggle work and family caregiving responsibilities, which can seriously affect their physical and emotional health. Together, this invisible workforce provides 37 billion hours of care, which the AARP Public Policy Institute values at $470 billion. That’s 470…
How to Build a Successful Acute/Post-Acute Care Continuum
Hospitals are forming networks with post-acute care and continuing care partners to ensure quality across the continuum.
How In-Home Care Providers Can Prevent Hypothermia in Seniors
Visiting Angels has put together a short guide that in-home care providers can use to spot signs of and prevent hypothermia in seniors.
Your elderly parent is home from the hospital. What happens next?
Many families step up to give care, but the demands on them get little attention.
Why We Need to Pour Creativity Into Elder Care
The arts are a powerful tool to improve the quality of life of older adults
The Benefits of Choosing a Family-Owned Home Care Service
In-home care is a service designed to provide elderly individuals with the support they need to remain comfortably in their homes. While there are a number of in-home senior caregivers to choose from, selecting the right agency for your aging loved one is not always an easy task. Read on to learn more about the…
3 Tips for Personal Finances and Long Term Care
People pondering their retirement years often conjure images of spending more time on a favorite pastime or traveling around the country or the world. Health concerns can intrude on those idyllic scenes, though, not only affecting enjoyment of life...
What You Must Know About Medicaid and Long-Term Care
Medicaid pays for nursing-home care for those with little to no income and assets.
Adult Foster Homes: A Good Long-Term Care Option?
They offer a less expensive, more home-like atmosphere than larger facilities
Senior Living: Knowing your long-term care options is crucial
Planning for future health challenges is understandably depressing because many of us are in denial that we’re aging at all.
When In-Home Care is the Superior Option to Nursing Homes
Just a generation or two ago, a nursing home was a common destination for our senior loved ones when they needed greater support than what family can provide.
What’s Long Term Care About?
Many people are scared about the prospect of needing help in a long-term care setting, and they are right to be worried.
6 important questions to ask when choosing a long-term care provider
Medical services and recreation are two of many things to ask a potential long-term care provider about.
