In a clinical trial that could lead to treatments that prevent Alzheimer’s, people who are genetically guaranteed to develop the disease — but who do not yet have any symptoms — [...]
By Jenny Gold KHN Staff Writer APR 27, 2012 This story was produced in collaboration with COLUMBUS, OHIO – Even before the hospital bills started coming, Lori Duff and her family [...]
by: Jenna Walls, Kathleen Gifford, Catherine Rudd – Health Management Associates, Rex O’Rourke, Martha Roherty, Lindsey Copeland – National Association of States United for Aging and Disabilities, Wendy Fox-Grage – [...]
How do Seniors Pay for Assisted Living? It is important to address the issue of assisted living, in part because the Baby Boomers are arriving at an age where independent [...]
When an Aging Loved-One Needs Home Care: What Families Should Consider By LTC Expert Publications The time when a respected matriarch or patriarch must step aside from his or her [...]
Ask the Right Questions When Hiring Home Care Services By LTC Expert Publications, LLC Americans are living longer than ever before. While that is something to be celebrated in many [...]
Medicine Without Doctors By: Angie Marek Care managers When John Todd’s elderly uncle began missing bill payments and showing other troubling signs of dementia, Todd turned to Mary Kay Krokowski [...]
The sweeping health care overhaul signed into law by President Barack Obama is more than 2,000 pages long and has been dissected by analysts, politicians and pundits. It’s no wonder that some consumers are confused – and perhaps frightened – about how the law might affect them. Some concerns were raised during the congressional debate or have been swirling around the Internet.
Important changes to Medicare supplemental policies — also known as Medigap plans — took effect in June. Millions of older Americans buy the plans each year to help pay medical bills. Vicki Gottlich, an attorney at The Center for Medicare Advocacy (medicareadvocacy.org), described the new developments. Her remarks have been edited.
Putting Home Care in New York City in Perspective The Evolution of Home Care In the first century of our country’s history there was no such thing as nursing homes [...]