Category Archives: Elder Care
Law Helps Provide Patients With Proper After-Care
It made little sense: Treating people in the hospital for serious health problems, only to discharge them without making certain some form of after-care was in place. Now in Virginia and several other states, laws are in place that seek to prevent this revolving-door situation from continuing to exist. The Virginia General Assembly earlier… Read More »
Article Predicts Technology May Change How People Age
Technology can’t halt the aging process, but a Huffington Post piece points out that it may change the way people grow older. “Technology is changing everything, including how we will age and the quality of our senior years,” begins the story by Ann Brenoff ” Mobile devices, wearable gadgets and Internet-based technologies will help… Read More »
For Retirees, Deciding Where To Live Takes On Major Importance
One of the heady joys, or possibly one of the headaches, of retirement is deciding where to live. Once work no longer dictates location, people embarking on the next phase of their lives are free to choose another locale. “Choosing where to live could be the single most important and difficult decision retirees will… Read More »
Devices Make It Easier To Monitor Mom And Dad’s Activities
When adult children live far from their older parents, they’re likely worried about how active mom or dad is being. As the saying increasingly goes, there’s an app for that. “Technology is making it easier for us to monitor our loved ones,” according to a recent story in The Washington Post by Matt McFarland…. Read More »
Caregiving: Stress, Yes, But Also ‘Joy And Enrichment’
There are two sides to the coin of becoming a caregiver for an aging parent, something more and more people are discovering. http://gty.im/138345651 On the one hand, almost everyone would expect this to be enormously stressful, both physically and emotionally. But on the other hand, as pointed out in a recent article on the… Read More »
Medicare And Veterans Administration Benefits Don’t Work Together
Veterans trying to decide between using their VA benefits or Medicare can use both, but only to a limited extent, according to the website Medicareinteractive.org. http://gty.im/200559688-001 “You can have both Medicare and Veterans Affairs benefits,” the site states. “However, Medicare and VA benefits do not work together. Medicare does not pay for any care… Read More »
Improvements On The Way For Nursing Home Rating System
The Obama administration recently announced efforts to improve the quality of care in the nation’s nursing homes and strengthen the reporting system by which consumers obtain information about them. http://gty.im/467305389 Through executives actions and the president signing into law the bipartisan Improving Medicare Post Acute Care Transformation Act of 2014, the administration is seeking… Read More »
Advice On Making Right Choice For Help With Elderly Care
The cost of hiring someone to help care for an elderly relative has remained fairly steady in recent years, according to a recent item in The New York Times. http://gty.im/173807843 It’s still about $19 an hour for a hired homemaker, someone takes care of things like cooking and cleaning. A home health aide, who… Read More »
Ethical Guidelines For Helping Older Clients Offered By ABA
For attorneys who focus all or part of their practice on the needs of older clients, the American Bar Association advises adhering to the “Four C’s of Elder Law Ethics.” They are: Client identification Conflicts of interest Confidentiality Competence “First, all lawyers have an ethical obligation to make it very clear who their client… Read More »