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20 Practical Tips for Finding the Best Residential Care for Your Relative
It's a tough and troubling decision: Is it time to move your relative to a care home? You constantly try to balance your roller-coaster emotions with objective practical information. But once you've made the decision, what do you do next?Contact us to find out 20 practical tips.
Upcoming Free Seminar – Planning for the Golden Years
Diane Hischke is guest speakerClick on image to print the flyer
Free Workshop for Caregivers on Difficult Decision Making as Your Loved One Ages
The Geriatric Care Management Network of Southeast Michigan and the Gerontology Department at Madonna University is hosting a free workshop entitled Difficult Decision Making as Your Loved One Ages: Medical, Legal,& Emotional Aspects on Saturday, March 5 from 8:45am-1pm.
Bigger is not better. It’s a personal issue.
Serving Seniors Blog: February, 2011People have a distorted view that the bigger something is, the better it is, and the more we get. When it comes to caring for the elderly, bigger is not better. In fact, quite the opposite is true. New, geriatric care management services are being started by large home care companies in many areas.
Talk to relatives about care-giving before they need it; resources that can help.
For added support, consider hiring a geriatric care manager, a professional who specializes in helping families who are caring for older relatives. "When siblings are spread across the country, this person can help you come up with a game plan before something happens,"For the entire article, cick here:https://www.
Study assisted-living options for aging parents.
"Let's give our kids everything they want anytime they ask so they won't put us in a place like this," I whispered to my husband.Click on this link for more:https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/29/AR2010052900288.html
When the Assisted-Living Bill Balloons
The MetLife Mature Market Institute recently reported that assisted-living costs climbed 5.2 percent from 2009 to 2010, to a national monthly average of $3,293.Click here for the entire article: .https://newoldage.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/12/07/when-the-assisted-living-bill-balloons/
How to decide if your family needs a geriatric-care manager
The holidays should be a joyful time of homecoming for families, but sometimes those visits also reveal that elderly parents are more frail or more forgetful than before.Click here to read the entire article:https://www.marketwatch.com/story/geriatric-care-managers-ease-family-transitions-2009-12-10?pagenumber=1
Be a Good Advocate
Serving Seniors Blog: November, 2010Healthcare in America is getting a lot of attention in today’s media. It’s a hot topic, filled with an overwhelming amount of information, which has resulted in people being thoroughly confused. When it comes to healthcare, when all of the facts, figures and opinions are tallied, did you know what really matters to consumers? It’s surprisingly simple.