Category: Elder Care
There are health benefits to being mentally and physically active. People seem to have no problem learning how to have fun when they are young. However, that often disappears when they enter the work force and begin living an adult life. However, when they retire, they have the time to have fun again. It is […]
Even if you don’t live close to elderly parents you can be of help. In our everchanging society, it is quite possible that children will move far away from their parents. However, that does not mean children who do not live close cannot be of service in caring for their parents, according to the Flagstaff […]
Medicaid is a possibility, if retirement money runs out. However, the program is aimed at helping the poor. When many Americans consider the possibility of long-term care in a nursing home and look to insurance, they find that insurance is often difficult to obtain and afford. Medicaid is also a possibility but that needs planning, […]
In trying to avoid probate, people can find themselves getting the opposite results. Many people do not realize that probate courts handle more things than just wills and can’t always be avoided, according to WLTX19 in “Man spends thousands in probate costs to help wife with dementia.” Consider the case of one elderly couple in […]
Assisted living facilities save Medicaid money. However, it is difficult to know what funds are spent wisely. A group of U.S. Senators asked the Government Accounting Office to look into how the government’s Medicaid money was being spent. However, the results were not good, according to The New York Times in “U.S. Pays Billions for ‘Assisted […]
A new survey reveals that Americans view nursing homes so negatively, that the majority prefer death to living in one. Nursing homes do not have a good reputation in the United States. The common perception of them is as cold, uncaring places where people go to pass away, isolated and alone. It has been known […]
How you are classified in the hospital will make a big difference in Medicare coverage. Medicare considers patients who are in the hospital “under observation” as outpatients who therefore will not be covered, no matter how long they are actually in the hospital, according to The New York Times in “Under ‘Observation’ Some Hospital Patients […]
Physician-assisted death law creates dialogue between doctors and patients. The Los Angeles Times recently reported an unexpected benefit of the physician-assisted death law in California, according to the Los Angeles Times in “There’s an unforeseen benefit to California’s physician-assisted death law.” One thing the law does is force physicians to talk to their patients about […]
If you like your home and want to stay there in retirement years, it might be wise to take a look at it now from the point of view of the elderly. Stairs, small bathrooms, and too-high cabinets and countertops are examples of homes built in the U.S. that you may own and could cause […]
“Many Americans confess that they are confused when faced with the myriad Medicare choices available to them. Others are simply not planning, nor saving enough to meet the challenge of health care costs in old age. In response, a whole new industry has sprung up nationwide.” A recent iberkshires.com post, entitled “The Independent Investor: Elder […]
