A Step-by-Step Guide to Navigating the Senior Housing Maze With an expanding array of senior living options available to the aging U.S. population, finding the right fit for an aging family member can be daunting.
Choosing a Residential Facility For a Person With Dementia Choosing a new home for a person with dementia requires some additional research. It is important to keep in mind some basic guidelines.
Choosing a Continuing Care Retirement Community Among the wide range of housing and care options available to seniors is an option called the continuing care retirement community or CCRC. Based on the premise of aging in place, this unique residential arrangement is gaining in popularity across the nation.
Guide to Board and Care Facilities and Adult Foster Homes There are many names for elderly residential facilites: adult homes, residential care facilities, domiciliaries, rest homes, etc. These can be confusing, so focus on the type of facility you are seeking and the services offered rather than on the name.
How to Evaluate Senior Living Options The living options for seniors needing assistance grows every year: assisted living facilities, family group homes, independent senior living facilities, skilled nursing facilities, and more.
by Linda Schlenker
As an Occupational Therapist, the author is dedicated to working with seniors in nursing homes, hospitals, hospice care and in their own homes since 1989. She wrote this book in response to the helplessness and frustration she felt watching the results of our health care system deteriorating over the last 15 years. Aging in America will help seniors and those who love and serve them make more knowledgeable decisions regarding future health care choices.
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The Stages of Parkinson's Disease
Support group for death of an adult child
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For many caregivers, the resistance you get and the feeling that you are invading your relative’s privacy may leave you less than completely aware of your elder’s finances. But, if you wait until the elder becomes incapacitated to broach the subject of paperwork, locating important documents can be a much more difficult process. Read Jon Beyrer's full answer.
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