If it is time to consider a nursing home for your mom or dad, you want only the best. Considering the high costs of care, you need to find a facility that meets your parent’s requirements as well as your own comfort level. Here are four tips to get you started. 1....
How can Medicare’s five-star nursing home rating help in selecting a facility?
Few mid-life decisions are more important than choosing the right nursing home for an elderly loved one. After all, while there may be a budget to consider, you also want to find a facility that provides top-level care for those who mean the most to you. Regrettably,...
How much does long-term care cost?
Long-term care is the assistance you receive as you age and can no longer take care of all your needs on your own. Not everyone will need long-term care. You may be independent and healthy enough to avoid it as you age. However, most people will need it at one time...
Understanding the different types of care facilities
When discussing care facilities, people often use the terms “nursing home,” “retirement home,” “senior housing” and “assisted living” interchangeably, which can make choosing a community more confusing. In fact, each of these terms refers to a specific type of housing...
What are the options for long-term care funding?
Long-term care may not want to be something about which you want to think, but it is one of those things for which it is better to prepare than to ignore. This type of care can be expensive. While you do not know what type of care you may need, it is helpful to...
Steps to take when a loved one shows signs of dementia
When you suspect a parent has Alzheimer's disease or dementia, you may fear having your worries confirmed by a doctor's diagnosis. However, getting care early when a person shows memory loss and other symptoms can sometimes help preserve brain function and slow the...
Parkinson’s Disease: What you should know
When you have a parent, loved one or close friend who suffers from Parkinson’s disease, you want to ensure you make the best decisions possible regarding their care. Understanding how Parkinson’s disease affects people and those around them may guide you in your...
How can you bring up nursing home care to your parents?
It is not easy to bring up the topic of assisted living care with your parents. As your parents age, they may have several health problems and health risks. Over time, it can become necessary for them to have access to 24-hour care. How can you have this...
How much does long-term care cost in Pennsylvania?
Why consider long-term care planning? As people age, there are many expenses that they and their family can be facing. This includes the costs related to long-term care. How much such care will cost is very much dependent on family circumstances. It is affected by a...
Millennials face brunt of long-term care costs
Why is long-term care planning needed? Millennials taking care of their parents may think they are the only ones trudging across the city to check on their parents or moving across the country to live near family members who need them, so it might come as a surprise...
