How do we all, as onlookers, family, caretakers and friends, manage the symptoms and improve the quality of life for those enduring this terrible malady? We are presented with so many puzzles presented to us who are bearing witness. We want to solve these puzzles and improve life for all those touched by this disease. … Read More »
Posts Categorized: Elder Care
Purpose Prize Winners
For the last 10 years Encore.org (formerly Civic Ventures) has honored hundreds of people from around the world for their work in second careers. Encore, which is based in San Francisco and New York, is dedicated to encouraging, promoting and, in some cases, financing what it calls, “seconds acts for the greater good.” They focus… Read More »
Long-Term Care Awareness Month Exposed Some Problems
November was Long-Term Care Awareness Month, and America’s media dutifully featured more long-term care coverage than we’d normally see in a given month. (Still, we dare say it’s far less coverage than you’d expect for a country in which 1 out of 4 people are providing unpaid long-term care to a loved one, and nearly… Read More »
Nursing Homes Are Getting Better But Still Need Improvement
There is a new generation of nursing homes in America, but they are only slowly changing the tide. For many decades now, the American nursing home has been regarded as a dismal place. But, according to a new story out of U.S. News & World Report, things are changing. Among the hallmarks of the next-generation… Read More »
Most Federal Employees Aren’t Prepared for Long-Term Care Costs
Even though most senior citizens will eventually need some kind of extended care, only 3 out of every 10 federal employees have considered a plan for covering long-term care costs. This according to a new study conducted by Government Executive magazine. In fact, a full quarter of federal employees over 45 say they would currently… Read More »
Elder Law & Estate Planning: Separate But Intertwined
Lawyers tend to talk about elder law and estate planning as two separate areas of law. After all, that’s how most law firms divide up their practice areas. Some focus on the former, some on the latter, others on both. But the distinction isn’t always so tidy. Brad Reid, a scholar at the Dean Institute… Read More »
Forbes: Most Americans Don’t Understand Long-Term Care Realities
Forbes reports on a new study that shows that most Americans don’t know much about long-term care insurance and are simply ignoring the realities of what long-term care will cost them should they ever need it. View image | gettyimages.com “A newly-released survey shows just how conflicted Americans are about long-term care insurance,” Forbes says…. Read More »
A Basic Breakdown of Medicaid for Massachusetts
We talk a lot about elder law, elder care, and Medicaid on this website, and for many of our readers, those terms are part of everyday life. What if you’re a newcomer to the world of Medicaid, though? Or maybe you’re a family member trying to learn a little more so you can help an… Read More »
Seniors’ Advice Needs Are Changing: Less Recreation, More Care
We recently came across an interesting article written specifically for financial advisors. It’s an industry article that encourages those professionals to brace themselves for a major change in their trade. Investment News magazine reports that most of the advisors they talk to are primarily interested in the IRA rollover market these days. Their clients are… Read More »
Applying For Medicaid Can Be Tough
Medicaid is an essential part of healthcare and life planning for America’s elderly, but getting signed up is vastly more complicated than most first-timers anticipate. That’s true whether you’re applying for yourself or for an aging parent. View image | gettyimages.com Of course, those who’ve dealt with government applications in the past are probably unsurprised… Read More »