Part I: The Cost of Long-Term Care and How it’s Paid ForLong-term care services, whether provided in institutions or in the community, are essential to the well-being of many elderly and non-elderly people with limitations … [Read more...]
Print This PageCritter Corner: Should I Get Long-Term Care Insurance?
June 9, 2016 by
Dear Baxter,My neighbor is an insurance agent who keeps bothering me about long-term care insurance. I try to avoid her, but lately it hasn’t been working. To help me make an educated decision, can you provide some reasons I … [Read more...]
Print This PageVirtual Reality for Seniors: Traveling Through Time and Reducing Pain
June 1, 2016 by
Helen, 83, loved recounting “the good old days” with friends at her assisted living facility. She would talk about her old neighborhood in Roanoke, the neighbors across the street, riding her bicycle with her friends, and swinging … [Read more...]
Print This PageHow Caregivers Can Collect Social Security Benefits and Reduce Work Hours
April 8, 2016 by
Q. My mother had a stroke and really needs my help until we can find other arrangements. I’m afraid I’ll lose my job and wind up unemployed if I take time off work to care for her. Do you know if I have any rights under the Family … [Read more...]
Print This PageAlzheimer’s Lost Memories May Be Recoverable
March 22, 2016 by
Jennifer was 42 years-old when she was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s. She was heartbroken at first, wondering if she would remember the details of her first love, her child's wobbly first steps, her overseas travels, or … [Read more...]
Print This PageLong-Term Care Insurance: Yes or No?
March 17, 2016 by
Q. Long-term care is a subject we’ve been avoiding for years, but as we are getting older and less able to do things for ourselves due to physical ailments, my wife and I finally sat down to talk about it. At first, long-term care … [Read more...]
Print This PageHer Hospital Bracelet Said She Was “Admitted.” But We Found Out After Her Discharge That She Wasn’t.
February 26, 2016 by
This question was sent in by J.R., in response to my article about observation status in the March 2016 Golden Gazette. See also our recent blog posting on this topic: … [Read more...]
Print This PageA New Era of Human Longevity
January 26, 2016 by
Happy Birthday Irene Ciuffoletti!Irene Ciuffoletti, a nursing home resident in Pennsylvania, celebrated her 113th birthday last week with other residents, enjoying cake and music. A widow for more than half a century, … [Read more...]
Print This PageIs it the End for Observation Status?
January 22, 2016 by
Q. Late last year, you answered a question about a woman who spent a week in the hospital and was seen by doctors and nurses, given every kind of test imaginable, operated on, transferred to another room for … [Read more...]
Print This PageIs Gray Divorce Necessary to Qualify for Medicaid?
January 19, 2016 by
In the mid-1980s, young Jennifer was shocked when her grandparents divorced after 60 years of marriage, around the same time her grandfather became sick with ALS. She was convinced that her grandparents' love was enduring, which … [Read more...]
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