According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Seniors 65 years or older will have a 70 percent chance of requiring some type of long-term care (LTC) service and support during the remainder of their life. In the…
Anyone can be subjected to becoming either temporarily or permanently disabled. A few projections suggest that Americans in their 20s today have an estimated 30 percent chance of experiencing a disability profound enough to cause them to miss at least…
If you or someone you know has been diagnosed with dementia you may feel unprepared for future care needs, but there are four steps you can take to make life easier. Once this type of diagnosis is received, preparing for the future can no longer be avoided.
Social Security benefits, which are funded through 2 trusts, may not be available for much longer. The US Social Security Administrations funding trusts are known as the Old-Age and Survivors Insurance (OASI) Trust Fund and the Disability Insurance (DI) Trust Fund.
Your friend Rose has created a trust and would like to appoint you to be her trustee – now what? This scenario can cause a lot of stress and tension for would-be trustees unfamiliar with what responsibilities this entails. You…
All across the US, there is a new refrain spoken by Medicare home health providers, including occupational, speech, and physical therapists, social services, as well as intermittent skilled nurses: “Your husband (or whomever) is not going to get better, so…
By now, everyone in America knows something about the COVID-19 global pandemic, also known as the coronavirus. News media programming continues to broadcast information about this virus with varying degrees of accuracy, which has created some confusion, especially for seniors…
For care providers and aging seniors in the information age, the future is now. While still with some challenges, adoption of virtual care as a standard in senior living and aging services has become a fully integrated and accepted practice…