If you are considering adult day services for your elder family member, it is important to remember there are three models of care: medical/health model, social model, and specialized models. ...
Nursing homes are facilities that provide patients a private or semi-private room, all meals, personal (non-nursing) care, nursing care and a variety of medical and therapy services. Most typically, nursing ...
As the Baby Boomers continue to age, many adults today have parents that are walking the fine line between being able to live independently and needing long-term care planning. We ...
Let’s face it, not many people think about how they will pay for care for a confused, elderly mother or father. In general, people avoid thinking about death at all ...
Beginning in 2002, the MetLife Mature Market Institute began publishing a yearly report that details the cost of caring for the nation’s aging population. The report gives an in depth ...
Nearly seven years after the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, the inspector general’s office of the Health and Human Services Department identifies major gaps in emergency preparedness and response of nursing ...
This June 15th, in Prague will mark the 7th annual World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, and the International Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse is excited to report that ...
You may wonder what is the best approach for visiting your loved one who you’ve recently placed in a nursing home or assisted living facility. Such consideration is very important, ...
If managing your loved one in the evening becomes overwhelming and neither of you can find a moment’s respite, then you should know that you have multiple options. For one, ...
Many family members of those living with Alzheimer’s disease or dementia will want to make sure they spend plenty of time researching assisted living facilities before settling one a place ...