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10 Ways to Pay for Assisted Living

Are you wondering how to pay for assisted living? Read our tips on eight common ways that families pay for assisted living care.

Department of Labor Issues Guide for Employing Home Care Workers

If you employ a home care worker who provides services for a family member with disabilities, you may have to deal with the very strict wage and hour...

Big Raises For Many Home Care Workers Won’t Necessarily Help Senior Citizens

A $15 minimum wage will almost double what many home care workers are paid but won’t solve other problems.

How to Recognize Signs It's Time for Assisted Living

Caring for a elderly parents takes a toll on families. When is the right time to move to assisted living? We ask a psychologist for signs.

The 6 Signs You Should Eat More Protein

Experts say most people over 50 fall short of their protein requirements. Here's how you can tell if you need to eat more.

Is It Indigestion or A Heart Attack?

The holiday season can sometimes lead to unhealthy behaviors. We indulge at holiday buffets, enjoy an extra cocktail, skip our regular exercise and stress about everything that needs to be done. Perhaps that’s why there’s an increase in heart-related deaths during the holiday season. After analyzing 25 years of data and 53-million U.S. death certificates, researchers discovered the correlation, with heart-breaking numbers peaking on Christmas, the…

Is Your Senior Care Plan Overlooking Anything?

Have you talked to your parents about a senior care plan? You might not have thought much about it. If your mom or dad has a stroke or is diagnosed with Alzheimer's or another form of dementia, what happens next?<br>Chronic conditions and illnesses include things like arthritis, diabetes, dementia,

Are You Traveling Without A Road Map? Advance Care Planning Essentials

Advance care planning is like planning a road trip to an unfamiliar destination. People approach mapping their route in different ways, but your trip can be made more comfortable by planning ahead.…

Ready for Your Biggest Challenge? Elder Care Planning Will Change Your Life.

You know your parents are getting older, but are you prepared to step into a decision-making role if a sudden health emergency were to happen? Do you know where your parents keep important documents? What are your parents’ care preferences and do they have the money to pay for their care? Do you kn

The importance of making your wishes known: Advance care planning

Long-Term Care Planning: 5 First Steps

Acknowledging that an aging loved one needs additional support, either physically or with simple tasks of daily living, is a significant step for a family. However, it is the next step that can be the most challenging: What do I do now?

Start talking about advance care plan

It's time to have tough conversation about advance care planning

Decreased Intracranial Adaptive Capacity Care Plan Writing Services

Decreased Intracranial Adaptive Capacity Care Plan Writing Services Intracranial refers to something concerning the skull. Decreased Intracranial Adaptive Capacity Care Plan Writing Services is app…

9 Steps to Building a Self-Care Plan in Recovery

Essentially, recovery is finding a lifestyle and a pattern of thinking that’s conducive to sobriety, health and living a fulfilling life. For many, it’s also life-long process<br>Building a Recovery Plan<br>Although most treatment programs provide aftercare services, such as referrals to community resources, individuals in recovery are ultimately responsible for their own lives. Support is important, but self-care is essential. In the end, we are…

Elder Care Planning: Is It Time to Start?

The truth is, we all will think about retirement planning – we all want to retire someday to enjoy the fruits of our working life labor. We plan for where we will live, what we will do with all of our free time, and how we will pay for all of those things as we enjoy our non-working years. What w

Senior wellness: Advance Care Planning

With Elder Care Planning, Start Early To Avoid Conflicts And Crises

Tell Me More's parenting panel discusses the challenges of caring for an elderly parent or loved one, especially when it comes to needing guardianship.

When You Can't Keep Your Health Care Plan

UPS dropping health coverage for spouses is just the latest Obamacare impact on health care plans.

What Is A Life Care Plan? Breaking Down The Definition, Part 1

In testimony, life care planners are often asked, “what is a life care plan? According to the International Academy of Life Care Planners, a life care plan is...