AGING AND MONEY: HAVING THE TOUGH CONVERSATIONS
October 7, 2015
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Aging Life Care Professionals™ Offer Guidance to Aging Adults and Families on Handling Financial Issues A recent article on financial-planning.com focused on the need for financial advisors to have plans to address the challenges they face when clients have diminishing mental capacity. With the rising aging population and the increasing rates of dementia, financial advisors are being encouraged […]
Read The Rest →Seniors Tell Medical Students What They Need From Doctors
September 25, 2015
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By Susan Jaffe September 25, 2015 Belle Likover, a 95-year-old retired social worker, told Case Western Reserve medical students that growing old gracefully is all about being able to adapt to one’s changing life situation, including health challenges. (Photo by Lynn Ischay for Kaiser Health News) CLEVELAND – When doctors told Robert Madison his wife […]
Read The Rest →ELDER LAW ATTORNEYS AND AGING LIFE CARE PROFESSIONALS: A BENEFICIAL RELATIONSHIP
August 14, 2015
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Take a Closer Look at the Trusted Advisor Relationship Between Elder Law Attorneys and Aging Life Care Professionals™ by Bunni Dybnis, MA, MFT, CMC – Aging Life Care Association Member and Fellow of the Leadership Academy There are many reasons why the partnering of Elder Law attorneys and Aging Life Care Professionals™ is beneficial to both […]
Read The Rest →Obamacare reduces uninsured rates, improves access to care, study finds
July 29, 2015
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Laura Ungar, USAToday3:33 p.m. EDT July 28, 2015 Since the Affordable Care Act took effect, fewer Americans lack health insurance or have trouble getting the care and medicines they need, a study released Tuesday says. The research, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, says the number of Americans who reported being uninsured […]
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A STROKE UNDER OBSERVATION
July 29, 2015
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by Beverly Bernstein Joie, MS, CMC, Aging Life Care Association™ Member One Professional’s Personal Experience with Medicare Observation Status My husband, Dan, came home from work on December 23, 2014 and, as is our fashion, I asked him about his day. When he began talking, It was evident he could not find the words to […]
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DO YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO CARE FOR AN AGING PARENT?
June 25, 2015
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by Jullie Gray, MSW, LICSW, CMC, Aging Life Care Association™ Member and Fellow of the Leadership Academy This month, the National Alliance for Caregiving and AARP released a landmark study – Caregiving in the U.S. 2015 – that provides new insights into the landscape of our nation’s caregivers and the challenges they face. Are you prepared to […]
Read The Rest →Walgreens, insurers push expansion of virtual doctor visits
June 11, 2015
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BY TOM MURPHY AP Business Writer Millions of people will be able to see a doctor on their smartphones or laptops for everyday ailments once the nation’s largest drugstore chain and two major insurers expand a budding push into virtual health care. Walgreens said Wednesday that it will offer a smartphone application that links doctor and […]
Read The Rest →Survey investigates why elderly parents often reject help from their kids
May 15, 2015
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By MOSHE ARENSTEIN \ 12/14/2014 02:24 Aging parents often resist or refuse help from their adult children, showed a recent survey of elder care experts, issued by the National Association of Professional Geriatric Care Managers in the United States. Resistance to getting needed medical care is the easiest for children to overcome, while decisions about […]
Read The Rest →Convincing a Loved One With Alzheimer’s to Move to a Nursing Home
May 6, 2015
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No one wants to place their loved one with Alzheimer’s in a nursing facility. But sometimes, that’s the best (or only) alternative, especially for those in the mid to late stages of the disease. It takes a large team to care for people in these stages. They need a doctor on call 24 hours a […]
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Heart Options
March 25, 2014
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Aortic valve stenosis is the most common valvurar heart disease in the Western World. An estimated quarter of a million elders are diagnosed with it annually. It occurs when the heart’s aortic valve stiffens and narrows over a long period of time. The condition can result in heart failure and symptoms include tiredness, shortness of […]
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