National Family Caregivers Month, Long-Term Care Insurance stuggles, 19-year-old diagnosed with Alzheimer's, living alone with dementia, lucidity before death.[...]
Revisiting the need for Long-Term Care Insurance—will you need it? Should you get it? How many years on average do people need to pay for care? The details.[...]
Today, there are fewer caregivers for people with dementia in nursing homes leading to a little known and reported source of abuse—between residents.[...]
Guest author for the National Notary Association offers caregivers for people with dementia tips on notarization of long-term care and financial documents.[...]
Choose the Long-Term Care Provider That’s Right for You As the people we love age, the care they need will fluctuate. Depending on mobility, physical health, and mental capac[...]
Signs It’s Time to Move Your Loved One into a Care Facility Guest article by Ashley Uhler Many caregivers for people with dementia want to care for their loved one at home. H[...]
A New Font that Boosts Your Memory Stephen Banham and his team created a new font to help people remember. Based at RMIT, a research university in Melbourne, the team named their f[...]
The Caregiver’s Voice features five curated-article excerpts this month, including tips for caregivers, declining assisted living numbers, women’s finances in retiremen[...]
Attention-spans are declining – mine too! When I lose focus after intense periods of concentration, I start flitting from one thing to the next. Sometimes, Facebook offers momentar[...]
Healthcare Lessons from Both Sides of the World While we address healthcare coverage here in the US, there are a few lessons we can learn from two families – one along the ea[...]
About 30% of older adults have established a formal long-term care plan. One part of the planning process is to identify and understand the risks when an elder decides to move. Eve[...]
