Persons with Alzheimer’s disease and their families face special legal and financial needs. Controlling the high costs of caring for a loved one with Alzheimer’s, and navigating the emotionally and physically demanding … [Read more...]
Virginia’s New Long-Term Care Insurance Partnership
Virginia's new Long-Term Care Insurance Partnership Program, effective September 1, 2007, will allow consumers to obtain Long-Term Care Insurance as part of a Medicaid Asset Protection Plan. Virginia's Partnership Program allows … [Read more...]
What is Long-Term Care?
When a person requires someone else to help with physical or emotional needs over an extended period of time, this is long-term care. This help may be required for many of the activities or needs that healthy, active people take … [Read more...]
The Benefits of Hospice Care
It is unfortunate that many people who die in a hospital emergency room or who receive heroic treatments to prolong life in a hospital or nursing home may have had the alternative of dying at home in familiar surroundings, with … [Read more...]
Using a Professional Geriatric Care Manager
Utilizing the services of a professional geriatric care manager should be something that every family considers, but in reality very few families know about care managers or use them. Geriatric care managers can go a long ways … [Read more...]
Cost of Home Health Care vs. Other LTC Options
When it comes to long-term care, which type of care is cheaper? A common misperception among the media and the public is that receiving care at home is less expensive than receiving care at an assisted living facility or a nursing … [Read more...]
Medicare Premiums May Increase By Record Amount
Medicare Part B premiums are forecast to increase by $15.90 in 2008, the largest single-year hike in the history of the program, according to a new analysis by the Senior Citizens League. The 17 percent increase would bring the … [Read more...]
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