Rest Assured: Making Use Of Respite And Companion Care
August 14, 2019
Anyone with caregiving responsibilities knows that it takes tremendous energy and commitment to ensure that loved ones are safe and cared for as best as possible. But most mere mortals have a breaking point- they’ll need…
An Arm And A Leg: The High Costs Of Long Term Care
July 31, 2019
The data suggest that few of us will escape the problem: It seems that more than ⅓ of us will spend time in a nursing home at some point in our lives, and 4 out of…
Beyond Caring: Finding Help And Support As A Caregiver
July 24, 2019
For most of us, as we get older, we’re either in need of caregiving or performing caregiving tasks ourselves- and sometimes both. As we profiled back in April, AARP recently issued a report that stated there…
Medicare Mess Up: Thousands Of Recipients Have Unpaid Premiums Due To A “Processing” Error
June 12, 2019
For some of us, it’s our worst nightmare; somehow forgetting to pay an important bill and then suffering the consequences as a result. For over 200,000 Medicare recipients, their premium bills went unpaid for several months…
Taking Care: Artificial Intelligence And Robots In The Caregiving Arena
June 5, 2019
As in almost all aspects of our lives, artificial intelligence (AI) is seeping into the health care arena, including long term care for older people, either at home or in facilities. In hospitals, you’re beginning to…
On Your Way Out: Advice About Hospital Discharge Into A Rehab Facility
May 22, 2019
If you or a loved one has been hospitalized in recent years, you’ve probably had this experience: You’ve barely put on the hospital gown when a “discharge planner” starts the conversation about where you’ll go once…
