Elder Care ABC

As an elder care advocate, I want to live in a world that never gives up on elderly people who are diagnosed and living with Alzheimer’s disease. I also envision living long enough to meet thousands of people who have Alzheimer’s and who have proven over and over that they are quite capable of a [...]

Are you a Panini Too? As I drove away from my mother’s independent living facility the other day, I started to cry. I felt overwhelmed, scared and deflated. My father died last fall, and the passing months have been the cruelest I have ever seen for my mom. During the three years she stood by [...]

Everyone likes to watch birds at a feeder. Who can resist the sight of a black and white chickadee extracting the kernel from a sunflower seed? Or the delicate beauty of a bright yellow goldfinch perching at the feeder? But there is one group of bird watchers who particularly enjoy watching life at the feeder. [...]

Geriatric care management is such a system that assists elder adults and their relatives to deal with age-related conditions. It is also called Elder Care. There are some other care system options available in the United States for elder people including helping living, nursing home, elder day care, elder societies, and old adult home care. [...]

“How far you go in life depends on you being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and the strong. Because someday in life you will have been all of these.” – George Washington Carver I must confess that when it comes to providing parent [...]

Your careful planning can make for a smooth transition from your parents paying their care costs to using Medicaid.  Medicaid begins paying long term care costs when your parent has “spent down” his own money to the Medicaid asset caps. It can be hard to face that money is running out.  Caregiving is so time [...]

Several years ago I became involved with Medicare as a result of my husband’s disability and I had to learn which Medicare benefit and hopefully a Medigap plan were right for us. I spent many hours at http://medicare.gov to make the best decision for his healthcare and how much this was going to cost.

Welcome to the June 17, 2009 edition of EldercareABC carnival! Eldergadget presents A Car for the Ages — Your Ages posted at Comments on: A Car for the Ages — Your Ages. Kaye Swain presents Flying Practice for Baby Boomer Generation and Senior Citizens posted at SandwichINK. The Smarter Wallet presents Fixed Annuities: Pros and [...]