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Caring for a parent or a loved one is a difficult job. Your duties as a caregiver become increasingly difficult as the miles increase between... Read More It was right about this time, 19 years ago. My wife and I were sitting in the very last Lamaze birthing class, soon to be... Read More Medicare recognizes this need and, therefore reimburses your residents to receive advanced behavioral health services? making them free to your facility!Psychologists provide a wide variety... Read More Severe degradation of short-term memory means that my father, an Alzheimer's elder, is seldom interested in movies or books. And, although music used to be... Read More It's not a surprise that thousands of families across the nation are facing the challlenges of an aging population. The "sandwich" generation, those who are... Read More Finding the best nursing home is easier than you might think. That is assuming there is more than one nursing home in your area so... Read More We will all grow old; this is a given. We will all have health issues as we grow older, this also is a given. Many... Read MoreCaregiving Across The Miles?Tips for Successful Long Distance Caregiving
Just Give Them a Lot of Love and You?ll be Fine
What Most Long Term Care Professionals Don?t Know
Short Trips Can Stimulate Alzheimers Patients
Paying For Elder Care Just Got Easier
Compare Nursing Homes
Long Term-Care; 70 Million Americans Will Be Over 65 by 2003
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The Golden Years
1) What does Adrian Mitchell say we do to people when their working lives are over?Adrian says that "when a man's too ill to work... Read More
Retiring Abroad and Leaving the Grey Skies of the UK
Retiring abroad needs careful planning. Not all countries have the same entitlement to benefits as the UK and your tax liability may be affected. UK... Read More
Marketing, Selling, and Serving the Older Adult, Senior Citizens, Family Caregivers
Are your clients pleased by the fine quality service that you provide? Validating your clients' endorsement of you through Certification as a Senior Approved Service... Read More
The Dryer Ate Your Underwear!
Q: My mom is in the early stages of dementia and she is also incontinent we have tried to get her to stop wearing her... Read More
Caring for Aging Relatives
It happens somewhat slowly in the beginning, maybe with a small cough that gets worse as time goes on. It might simply begin with absent... Read More
Alzheimers Care Giving While Maintaining Your Own Health
Just for a moment I want you to imagine that you are coming out of a very deep sleep. If you have ever had surgery... Read More
Compare Nursing Homes
Finding the best nursing home is easier than you might think. That is assuming there is more than one nursing home in your area so... Read More
Who Wants to End Up in a Nursing Home? NO ONE!
As a long-term care consultant for seniors and their families I have visited many different types of facilities. But my favorite type of facility to... Read More
Caregiving Across The Miles?Tips for Successful Long Distance Caregiving
Caring for a parent or a loved one is a difficult job. Your duties as a caregiver become increasingly difficult as the miles increase between... Read More
Long Term-Care; 70 Million Americans Will Be Over 65 by 2003
We will all grow old; this is a given. We will all have health issues as we grow older, this also is a given. Many... Read More
The Right Wheelchair Accessories Will Ease Your Life and Your Journeys on Wheels
Wheelchairs come in every shape and size with sufficient options that you can find the wheels you like to take you where you want to... Read More
Stair Lifts - Straight and Curved Rails
There are two types of stairlift. Straight and curved. The first is designed for straight stairs. The footrest of the lift will normally stop level... Read More
Scaling Down (almost) Painlessly
Moving to a smaller house or apartment in a retirement community almost always involves a certain degree of trauma, both for the elder who's moving... Read More
Strategies on Paying for Nursing Home Care and Medicaid
The decision to place your loved one into a nursing home is an extremely difficult decision, often causing much guilt for the caregiver. It is... Read More