Making long-term care feel like home can be challenging. This is especially true, since often times a person is moving from an environment where they’ve lived and felt in control for many years. By choosing the right type and location, with the features and amenities a person would like, it can help tremendously. Also, helping […]
elderly care
Parent Care Solutions Address Seniors Living Alone at Home
Mark Hager & Denise Yarmlak of SafeinHome.com discuss several issues & how families are coping with finances, stress & quality care for seniors living alone.
Behind Closed Doors Elderly Care Exposed – Elder Abuse on the BBC
Behind Closed Doors Elderly Care Exposed Panorama documentary on the BBC shows undercover video from elder abuse in care homes. See the full video here!
What is Long Term Care?
There is no way to know what your long term care needs will be. Being prepared may ease the burden on you & your family. Learn more so you can be prepared.
Elderly Parents Get Financial Assistance … From Their Adult Children
It would be interesting to see some statistics for the United States. What about you? Do you have parents aging in place or in a managed care environment that you are contributing financially to? Post a comment below and let us know. Here’s an interesting article from Your Money about the financial impact being felt […]
Caregivers: There is a “U” in Caregiving.
I know if you read this elderly caregiver article over at the New York Times and you are caring for an elderly parent or loved one, you’re probably going to shake your head in agreement that all of it sounds good. You’re going to secretly think, “Wouldn’t it be nice…?” You might even tell a […]
World Update: China’s National Organization Focuses on Care for the Elderly
A national organization on aging is striving to meet the overwhelming needs of the country’s older population. Focused on issues such as building community centers for the elderly, programs to relieve the stress of being alone, elderly legal assistance, elder rights and raising public awareness. For anyone who has had to help an older person […]
New iShoe Could Prevent Falls
From the “This is why we paid for our kids to go to college” department comes a story about the iShoe that can help seniors aging in place. This incredible new piece of equipment could help physicians discover problems with balance before a fall actually happens. The model the MIT Team is working with now […]