Elder Care ABC

Recently it was reported that obesity was becoming the number one health problem in the USA.  With obesity comes the danger of diabetes.  If you have been diagnosed as being diabetic, Medicare Part B covers diabetic supplies and services.  Do not use your Part D Medicare benefit for these supplies. Medicare has contracted with various [...]

Welcome to the July 22, 2009 edition of eldercareabc carnival. Kaye Swain presents Senior Home Care Safety Tips posted at SandwichINK.com, saying, “Safety needs to be an important issue in senior home care. Whether our aging parents live with us or live in their own home, there are steps we can take to help them [...]

I don’t know if you are like me, but the second I have a new challenge in my life, I make a beeline to the bookstore to try to find a book that that will help me find my way. To me, finding an author is like finding a guide and trusted friend to help [...]

It is beyond my comprehension why people who care for elderly parents and others would allow anyone to say something badly about them to someone else or to their face. Senior elder care is hard work, and NO ONE deserves to be treated unkindly by anyone, at anytime. As an elder care consultant and caregiver [...]

Wow great new from the US Senate.  They passed a bill making it legal to purchase prescription drugs from Canada over the Internet here in the USA. Great news for Part D participants and not such good news for Big Pharma.  But if you are going purchase on-line from Canada – BE CAREFUL. For Medicare [...]

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. [...]

One of the reasons that it is so difficult to care for your aging parent is that they often times refuse you help. This is so frustrating! All you want to do is to help them and they act like an irrational child! Your reaction causes them to get upset which causes you to get [...]

Not to boast, but I sort of consider myself a Rock Star of “handling” uncomfortable calls on the caregiving front. I’ve raced to a city hospital on Christmas Eve when a friend was diagnosed with leukemia; I’ve aborted a vacation mid-airport when a friend’s husband died unexpectedly; I’ve made multiple 2 a.m. guest appearances in [...]