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This is tough to watch, But very real. PLEASE be sure you are using a professional and reputable Elder Care Advisor when looking for a care facility, Our company has been in business for 20 years so we know who is who in Senior Care Housing. It is not easy to see past the fancy lobby of many care facilities. Most all referral service...
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In Iowa, they credit good luck, clean living and good genes as the secret to a long life. Twenty-six of Iowa’s senior seniors recognized their 100 plus birthdays in style as the State celebrated the centarians. Centarians are increasingly common in nursing homes and in many assisted living facilities across the country. Every day, we see stories of individuals who have accomplished this coveted feat.
According...
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Seniors might get a bigger check, but they're losing out
Social Security checks will see their first increase in three years this January. The Social Security COLA, or Cost of Living Adjustment, will amount to 3.6%.
But seniors should be outraged by the Social Security increase — because it isn’t an increase at all. The fact is the government program is paying less than it has in years past,...
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Caregivers fail to understand what is important to their relatives
Caregivers, too often, fail to understand what is important to their relatives suffering with mild to moderate dementia, which results in frustration for the patient, according to a study from Penn State and the Benjamin Rose Institute on Aging.
The researchers found a difference in perception about the amount and quality of the care...
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Seniors reporting a high level of social activity about twice
as likely to remain free of a disability involving activities of daily living
Afraid of becoming disabled in old age, not being able to dress yourself, or walk up and down the stairs? Staying physically active before symptoms set-in could help. But so could going out to eat, playing bingo and taking overnight trips, according to a new study...
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Sens. Susan Collins, R-Maine,at left, and Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., listen as David Hyde Pierce speaks at a Capitol Hill meeting to focus attention on Alzheimer's Disease in June...
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Children of aging parents often find it difficult to convince them to move to a senior living facility when the circumstances demand so. For elderly parents who have been living in their homes for a long time, it becomes difficult to even think
of leaving and moving to senior homes. With changed health and housing needs, the aging parents can consider moving to a senior apartment which offers a variety...
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Few decisions are more difficult than the one to place a spouse or parent in a nursing home or alternative care setting.
Since nursing homes are seen as a last resort, the decision is generally overlaid by a sense of guilt. Most families try to care for loved ones at home for as long as (or longer than) possible, only accepting the inevitable when no other alternative is available.
The difficulty...
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The Obama administration may be on the brink of scuttling a new national long-term care insurance program that was part of the health reform law. The Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) Act, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy’s final legislative legacy, would create a modest, voluntary insurance program aimed at helping to keep the elderly and disabled out of nursing homes and off the Medicaid...
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Fall is the time for Medicare beneficiaries to explore their options regarding Part D prescription drug and Part C Medicare Advantage plans. In years past, the annual enrollment period began in mid-November and lasted to the end of the year, with any changes or choices made effective January 1st. Starting this year, that time period has been moved up. This year the Annual Coordinated Election...
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