Dr. Sandy Goldberg on Assisted Living
Chicago’s NBC Channel 5’s Dr. Sandy Goldberg talks with Lisa Sneddon, founder and president of Senior Living Experts about the challenges in evaluating Assisted Living options, costs, items to consider and how to successfully plan ahead for senior care needs in this Podcast: http://www.mediafly.com/Podcasts/Episodes/Assisted_Living_For_Seniors
Moving Mom and Dad
Last week’s Newsweek column, “My Turn” features a story shared by Anne Kennedy Rickover of Lincoln, Nebraska, who recently realized it was time to move her parents from Philadelphia to Lincoln to live near her. Her parents were still living in the same house they lived in when she was a baby and now, 55 years […]
Estate Planning: Don’t be James Brown
Singer James Brown attempted to have an Estate Plan in place but it seems there were a few glitches which are now resulting in his heirs receiving nothing and a lot of lawyers (21 showed up at the last court hearing) earning a paycheck from the resulting legal battle over his estate. In August, 2000, Brown […]
Planning for Long-term Care
Have you discussed your wishes for long-term care, if the need should arise, with your loved ones? We are encouraged to save for retirement through a retirement plan such as a 401K or IRA and financial planners and advisors have an arsenal of charts and graphs to help you determine just how much money you will […]
Background Checks for Caregivers: Just the First Step
This past weekend, I was at a backyard BBQ and the hostess was telling about their move into their current home. As her husband had been transfered to a few different cities for business, she was experienced at managing a move. They had decided to stay in a hotel for a couple weeks in order […]
Costs of Senior Home Care
How much does senior home care cost? Senior Home Care Agencies charge an hourly fee and a daily fee for caregiving services. The hourly fees may be discounted when more weekly hours are booked. Usually the hourly fee is from $16 to $25 per hour and the daily fee for live-in care is from $150 […]
Senior Care Agencies offer Added Protection for Caregiving
Yesterday’s Chicago Tribune reported a Caregiver was sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison for stealing jewelry from the 61-year-old paraplegic client she was caring for as an independently hired Caregiver. One huge advantage of hiring a Senior Home Care Agency to manage in-home care needs is that the agency, as a business, employees the Caregivers and provides Worker’s Compensation […]
Paying for Senior Care: Medicare, Medicaid or ?
How do you pay for long-term care as a retired senior when your monthly income consists of your Social Security check and your savings? It seems few of us want to think about long-term elder care, hoping that perhaps it will be something we just won’t need. However, the reality is that Americans are living […]
Alzheimer’s Disease Care in Assisted Living
Alzheimer’s Disease prevents challenges which some other age-related diseases do not, simply because the personality of the senior can change, along with the memory loss. As is often said, Alzheimer’s Disease is the “long goodbye” to a loved one. And it can be even more confusing to family members because the senior can have a good […]
How to Choose a Senior Home Care Agency
Caregiverlist has organized a checklist to assist in making sure you have the right information at hand when you begin the search for a Senior Home Care agency for elder care needs. Sometimes family members are not aware of all the various care needs which an agency may be addressing in order to provide a […]
Nursing Home vs. Other Care Options
As Medicare only pays for a short nursing home stay, after a major medical incident, seniors and their loved ones must evaluate if they want to private pay to stay in a nursing home or seek an alternative for their nursing care. Alternative senior care choices include a Senior Home Care Agency providing a Caregiver and Care […]
Elder Abuse
Monday’s Wall Street Journal featured a story on elder abuse and reported that in many states there are no laws regulating Background Checks for senior home care. While it is true that there may not be formal laws in place, any professional Senior Home Care Agency which carries professional liability insurance and covers Caregivers through Worker’s Compensation insurance […]
