by: Julie Northcutt Seniors who choose to hire a private senior care agency or caregiver to provide for their care services can benefit from a professional plan of care. A senior care plan will guide the caregiver to maintain a consistent routine and include all the necessary activities for healthy aging.
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Good Home Health – Is Your Home Safe?
Is your home safe? More than half of senior Americans that injure themselves falling do so at home. To reduce the risk of falling in your home you should make sure you have done every thing you can to make your home as safe as possible. To make this task easier, it will help to…
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Tougher Penalties for Medicare Scammers
By Mary Jane Stern During July 2010 Attorney General Eric Holder and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Seblius made South Florida their first stop of a seven city itinerary for Regional Healthcare Fraud Prevention Summits as part of the Obama Administration's effort to crack down on health care fraud. A recent study reported South…
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Medicare Requirements for a Skilled Nursing Facility
By Mary Jane Stern Someday it could happen and you need the services of a Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF). Whether you are enrolled in Original Medicare or an Advantage Plan you should have a basic understanding of the requirements, because these facilities can become quite expensive and might become your financial responsibility.
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Aging Parents – The Real Change of Life
By Terry Stanfield Almost everyone will reach the point in their lives where they have aging parents who will need special care as they age. Depending their individual needs, this could mean nothing more than driving them to the grocery store once a week or hiring someone to help them clean their homes. In severe…
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What Caregivers Should Know About Medicare and Alzheimer’s
by Mary Jane Stern When my husband and I were living in New England we met a wonderful couple, Morley and Ruthie. At that time, Morley was 94 and Ruthie was 78, a second marriage for both. Morley was a dedicated husband and took wonderful care of Ruthie who had Alzheimer’s disease. Of course both…
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Lets Put an End To Sitting Home Alone
Joy Loverde You know the type. No senior care for these older adults. Elderly people who are busy and active maintaining friendships, participating in hobbies and sports, and having no problem at all getting around on their own. They’re on the go and engaged in life, hanging out at senior centers, signing up for classes…
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Which Medicare Benefit Is Right For You?
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.
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Finding In-Home Elderly Assistance
My widowed aunt was living alone and as she was getting older we began to see some telltale signs that she might need some type of senior assistance. Her home wasn't as clean as it once was, she seemed to be eating less and less, and she was becoming a bit unsteady on her feet.…
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5 Scientifically-Backed Sleep Truths for the Over 50s
By Helen You might be tempted to assume that poor sleep is a reality of reaching old age. However, most up-to-date sleep research indicates the elderly might not be sleeping so bad after all. Encouraged by these findings we set out to find more positives about sleep after 50. Here’s what we found out: 1.…
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