If you or your spouse is in or is entering a nursing facility, read this important message! You or your spouse do not have to use all your resources, such as savings, before Medi-Cal might help pay for all or some of the costs of a nursing facility. You should be aware of the followingContinue reading “Notice Regarding Standards For Medi-Cal Eligibility, Save A Senior”
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senior care, when your love one should be in a care facility
An update: Senior Care: Should my mom go to a carehome, nursing home or need a 24-hr live-in caregiver? Written by Connie Dello Buono motherhealth@gmail.com http://www.clubalthea.com Yes, with working adults and aging partners, it is taxing to care for another love one. In some cases, the aging partner who had a stroke or the olderContinue reading “senior care, when your love one should be in a care facility”
Long term care costs
What isn’t covered by Original Medicare: Deductibles Co-payments Long-term care outside of a nursing home, or care at home, unless it’s provided by a professional nurse or therapist Care for daily living such as walking, dressing, bathing, shopping, eating and taking medicine More than 100 days of Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) care following a hospitalContinue reading “Long term care costs”
Suicide Rates Are High Among the Elderly by Paula Span
In hindsight, Greacian Goeke can see that there were warnings. Her father, Joseph, had never fully recovered from surgery to repair a heart valve and feared he would soon need a wheelchair, as his own father had. He had developed cataracts and had to stop driving. Along with his increasing physical disability, he had aContinue reading “Suicide Rates Are High Among the Elderly by Paula Span”