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 Topic: Financial fraud among the elder worse than ever |
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 Forum: Assisted Living Financial Issues Posted: Mon May 20, 2013 6:03 pm Subject: Financial fraud among the elder worse than ever |
| The Silver Planet just published a helpful article about the "age-old" business of ripping off our elders financially. Seems like it is worse than ever, but these practical tips can help pre ... | |
| Topic: Aging in Place |
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Forum: General Assisted Living Advice Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2012 3:04 pm Subject: Cohousing and retirement villages |
| Thought our visitors would like to know about these 3 great articles on the retirement village movement as well as cohousing:
- It Takes a Village to Stay in Your Home http://www.topretirements.com ... |
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| Topic: 5 Myths about living in a Retirement Home |
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Forum: General Assisted Living Advice Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2012 9:22 pm Subject: Assisted Living Regulatory Roundup |
| There is a really helpful roundup of recent assisted living facility regulations that came out recently from the National Center for Assisted Living.
Find it at http://www.ahcancal.org/ncal/resources ... |
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| Topic: 5 Myths about living in a Retirement Home |
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Forum: General Assisted Living Advice Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2012 4:40 pm Subject: 5 Myths about living in a Retirement Home |
| Time Magazine has put out an amazingly insightful short article on the 5 top myths about retirement homes (including Independent and Assisted Living). They are spot on, and it could (and should) chang ... | |
| Topic: Greenhouse Movement Aims to Make Nursing Homes More Intimate |
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Forum: General Assisted Living Advice Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2011 3:38 pm Subject: Greenhouse Movement Aims to Make Nursing Homes More Intimate |
| Shrinking the Nursing home to make it more like a home setting is the passion of Toni Davis, head of the Green Hill Retirement Community in West Orange, NJ. Her passion for smaller led her to build so ... | |
| Topic: Is your advisor getting paid a commission |
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Forum: General Assisted Living Advice Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2011 12:18 pm Subject: Is your advisor getting paid a commission |
| Several eldercare websites have come under fire in a recent NY Times article for possibly crossing an ethical line. The article, http://newoldage.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/02/a-helping-hand-paid-on-co ... | |
| Topic: Caring for Elders Taking a Very High Toll on Caregivers |
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Forum: General Assisted Living Advice Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2011 11:15 am Subject: Reuters story on cost of elder care |
| Reuters did a nice followup on the AARP study with some interesting personal examples.
http://blogs.reuters.com/reuters-money/2011/07/25/as-cost-of-care-rises-families-bear-the-burden/ |
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| Topic: Caring for Elders Taking a Very High Toll on Caregivers |
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Forum: General Assisted Living Advice Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2011 2:28 pm Subject: Caring for Elders Taking a Very High Toll on Caregivers |
| The AARP just did a study which found, not surprisingly, that family members who take care of their elders at home do that at a very high cost to themselves. We see that personally with friends, some ... | |
| Topic: Make a Long Term Care Plan |
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Forum: General Assisted Living Advice Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2011 5:47 pm Subject: Don't put your retirement on hold |
| A lot of people are frozen in time. They should be in a CCRC or assisted living facility, but won't because they can't sell their home. Here is another very helpful article about what to do. http://ww ... | |
| Topic: Best and Worst States for Growing Old |
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Forum: General Assisted Living Advice Posted: Thu May 19, 2011 6:23 pm Subject: Best and Worst States for Growing Old |
| WSJ MarketWatch just ran a fantastic article about the cost of nursing homes, home healthcare, and assisted living in various states. Alaska, for example, is 5 times more costly than Texas for a semi- ... | |
| Topic: Extra care in an Assisted Living |
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Forum: Assisted Living Financial Issues Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2010 3:30 pm Subject: When Assisted Living Bill Balloons |
| Great article in the NY Times - "When the Assisted Living Bill Balloons". I have seen this happen, and it can get very costly! http://newoldage.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/12/07/when-the-assist ... | |
| Topic: Medicare rules about paying for nursing home |
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Forum: Assisted Living Financial Issues Posted: Tue May 06, 2008 2:04 pm Subject: Medicare rules about paying for nursing home |
| I hear lots of different versions about what medicare will pay for when it comes to nursing home care. My parent is old enough to be on medicare, will it pay for the nursing home? | |
| Topic: Looking for suggestions |
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Forum: General Assisted Living Advice Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 5:01 pm Subject: Looking for suggestions |
| My father is about to move into an assisted living facility. He is very concerned about the transition and we want to do everything we can to make it easer | |
| Topic: Eldercare facility in Tallahassee |
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Forum: FLORIDA Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 4:44 pm Subject: Eldercare facility in Tallahassee |
| Does anyone know a good facility in Tallahassee? My father in law has dementia and needs to move here to be near relatives. His mind is quite sharp most of the time, it is his body that is not keeping ... | |
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