Tips for Selecting an In-Home Care Provider There will come a time when your parent may no longer be safe living at home alone due to physical or emotional/social concerns. In home care can provide a solution to make everyone…
When taking into account the costs of dementias like Alzheimer’s disease, policymakers consider both indirect and direct costs. Direct costs, in this instance, are the medical and social/non-medical care costs related to dementia; on average, expenses included $273 per month…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports one out of five senior falls causes a serious injury like a broken bone or head trauma. Injuries of this sort can make life difficult for an older person to do everyday…
With the Biden Administration being set to take office in January, it is worth looking at the pledges and potential policies put forth by this administration. With a Democratic president, the House with a Democratic majority, and a closely divided…
Your senior years should not be focused on worries about finances. The stress that money problems bring not only ruins your aging experience but can also be disastrous to your health. Rising health care costs and your increased need for…
Health systems and hospitals have been coping with unprecedented challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020. There has been a need to increase and safeguard healthcare staff as well as non-COVID-19 patients, testing and treating infected patients, expanding critical care…
Many adult children in this country live a distance from their parents. Managing aging parents or in-law medical events can be a serious challenge without proper preparation and understanding of what your parents' strategy may or may not be, no…
It is hateful that criminals come out of the woodwork whenever people are vulnerable or in need. Nobody nobody needs reminding, these days, how many of us are in precisely that condition. The opportunities to exploit fear and need are…
Assume your beloved parent recently had a stroke and is returning home after a long stay in the hospital and in-patient rehabilitation. The care providers assure you that your parent will be fine returning home, but you still worry. How…
Senior home-sharing is gaining popularity among American seniors during the coronavirus pandemic. The danger of COVID-19 infection in nursing homes and other long-term care living facilities, coupled with the isolation seniors have been facing, makes the idea of two, three,…