A SHIFT BACK TO HOME HEALTH CARE?
Image by Getty Images via @daylife I admit to being old enough to remember when doctors actually made house calls. Insurance, costs and culture pretty much ended that practice several decades ago....
View ArticleAPPLE CARE & COMPANION: CARE AT HOME SERVICES
Image by Earl-Wilkerson via flickr AN AGENCY THAT CARES FOR AND ABOUT ITS CAREGIVERS Apple Care & Companion is a non-medical homecare agency that serves Collin, Dallas, Denton, Rockwall and...
View ArticleMedicaid 5-Year Look-Back (options), Part 3
Image by Julie70 via Flickr.com Two previous posts covered the Medicaid Five-Year Look-Back Period as a high-level description and with the details everyone needs to know. This post covers some of the...
View ArticleConvert Life Insurance to Assurance Benefit (Long-Term Care)
Image by abcrumley via Flickr What is the Assurance Benefit? The Assurance Benefit is the exchange of a life insurance policy for a long-term care benefit plan at the time that long-term care needs to...
View ArticleWhat is Companion Care?
Image of JoAnn and Lida via ElderAuthority Definition of Companion Care Companion care is non medical care for people confronting long-term physical and mental challenges. Clients are people who want...
View ArticleWhat is Nightingale Syndrome?
Image by timefornurses via Flickr Nightingale Syndrome is a non-scientific, non-medical term that is applied to a variety of situations. Nightingale Syndrome has been overly romanticized and can also...
View ArticleSenior Helpers: The Virtual Assistant
Image-by-alumroot-via-Flickr Jobs and Services Virtual assistants are online helpers who work from home or through outsourcing firms. A virtual assistant is a real person who can be located anywhere....
View ArticleLong-Term Care: Statistics & Tax Deduction 2012
Image by Stuart Miles via Shutterstock Long-Term Care Statistics Most persons in need of long-term care are elderly. 13 million people were using long-term care services in 2000, when the older...
View ArticleSenior Care: Turn Up the Music
Image by thelefty via Shutterstock I woke up crabby, achy, and feeling old. Had nothing to give until these videos surfaced. As a follow-up to my last post, Jobs with Elderly: Personal Trainer, here...
View ArticleThe Childfree Life After Age 50
Patrick, Katie, David, Bentley, Madison, &Terra Childfree , also known as voluntary childlessness, is a form of childlessness. It is defined as people who are fertile and do not intend to have...
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