With more Americans living longer lives, there’s new interest in purchasing long-term care insurance to cover costs generally associated with aging.
Currently, 8.2 million Americans have purchased long-term care insurance that pays for home care, for assisted living or for care in a nursing home.
Such long-term health care costs are not usually covered by medical insurance, ...
Caregiver ArticlesPlanning For Your Future CareThe Benefits Of Advanced Funeral Planning
A growing number of people are finding both emotional and financial security in something that is also an important part of estate planning. They are preplanning their funeral.
Many are also finding that taking advantage of what preplanning has to offer may be easier if they do their homework about what they may want and the ...
Don’t Let Falls Trip You Up: Tips On Avoiding Falls
An activity as simple as falling down can have a number of serious consequences for an older person.
For example, some say a fear of falling can be a very real factor when it comes to a loss of mobility in the elderly.
Fractures of the hip or forearm are also common results of falling among the ...
Helping The Elderly Avoid Prescription Drug Problems
According to the National Alliance for Caregiving, there are over 33 million people in the U.S. who care for an aging relative or friend. Caregivers need to be aware that drug errors can happen and may be serious, but often are preventable.
The problem stems largely from the multiple drugs seniors are prescribed and the complex ...
Care For Caregivers
If you’re caring for an aging parent or facing the challenges of assisting a loved one or friend who is chronically ill, disabled or elderly, you are not alone. You are one of the 22 million Americans who care for an older adult. Caregivers provide 80 percent of in-home care, but unlike nurses and home ...
The Greatest Loss of Them All
Perhaps the hardest task you will ever be faced with is to help one of your parents cope with the loss of their spouse. Naturally, this is going to be a traumatic time for the whole family because as much as mom lost her husband and the father of her children, you have lost your ...
Helpful Gadgets for the Elderly
The elderly need a lot of help around the house, but it is not often that each and every member of the family will be around to help. A typical household will not have a hired nurse, and so it becomes the duty of the homeowner to assist their aged parents or grandparents. Assistance may ...
Going to a Better Place
There are some momentous events in the life of a senior citizen. And few can compare in terms of the tremendous change of lifestyle to the moment when your aging parent moves out of their home and into an assisted living facility. It’s a very emotional decision. If your mom and dad have been living ...
Caregivers and the Work Place
More and more businesses are facing a challenge and some decisions to be made. As the baby boom generation moves into retirement years and becomes elderly, the workers that make your business function so efficiently are going to have the additional demands placed on them of becoming the primary caregiver for an aging parent.
It’s easy ...
Senior Citizens Bill of Rights
Sometimes when you and your elderly parent are partnering for their care, it seems like an “us against the world” situation. But since the senior citizen you are caring for has little fight left in them, it seems it’s up to you to make sure that your elderly mom or dad get all they have ...
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