Archive for the ‘Assisted Living’

  • Critical Retirement Advice for Seniors
    Retirement PlanningBy Janet Shapan: The most recognizable fact of becoming a senior citizen is realizing our bodies just won’t perform they way they did in the past. Health conditions that have never surfaced in our lives begin to emerge in our 50s and demand all kinds of monitoring and management. As our growing list of needs and services increase, the good retirement ...
    May 14th, 2010 at 09:05 pm
  • Retirement Communities: Critical Questions You Should Ask Before You Buy
    Purchasing A Home in A Retirement Community By Karl Edmunds :: Too many seniors regret rushing into their first purchase in a retirement community. Some retirement communities are staffed with highly effective sales people whose stated objective is to get a decision or financial deposit quickly, if not on the first visit. And they know just the buttons to push to achieve ...
    March 13th, 2010 at 12:03 pm
  • The Senior Retirement Dilemma…Now What?
    Senior Retirement Planning by Karl Edmunds :: For many seniors, the door to retirement is not all it is cracked up to be. Some have lots of time but no money and can’t figure out what to do. Others have money but can’t get out of the work mode and claim no time to relax and look at alternative activities. What drives most of the uncertainty is the unrelenting fear ...
    March 8th, 2010 at 11:03 pm
  • Home Care For Seniors – 10 Tips For Family Care Givers
    Home Care for Seniorsby Joan Van De Moortel :: More than 50 million people provide home care for a senior, chronically ill, or disabled family member or friend during any given year. According to the National Family Caregivers Association, 25 % of all U.S. households are already involved in care giving. Caregiving is no longer predominantly a women’s issue. Men ...
    March 3rd, 2010 at 12:03 am
  • Entertaining Easter Ideas for Assisted Living Facilities
    Activites for Easter by Melissa Peterman :: There are a lot of different circumstances that must be taken into consideration when it comes to activities within nursing homes and assisted living facilities. Meaning, your activity must be able to appeal to almost every person within a nursing home- meaning, people with disabilities, age level and religious, ethical and political ...
    March 2nd, 2010 at 11:03 am
  • New Hybrid Long Term Care Insurance Programs are Better Solutions for Seniors
    Long Term Care Insurance :: by Julian Lind :: As Baby Boomers get older, healthcare becomes more of an issue. Today, a growing number of people have been thrust in the position of caring for aging seniors or loved ones. If you are fifty-five years or older, chances are you have considered some sort of Long Term Care (LTC) insurance. With approximately 30% of people ...
    February 22nd, 2010 at 05:02 pm
  • How to Make Effective Decisions about Assisted Living
    Assisted Living - A New Life by Karl Edmunds As many of us engage the aging process, we move through it with little or no thought until, we or our loved ones, hit our senior years. Then, playing the aging game can surprise us with all kinds of issues that may spring up suddenly and without warning. One of those subtle surprises occurs when you or an aging parents or relative ...
    January 13th, 2010 at 01:01 am
  • Hunting for florida assisted living and nursing homes
    Assisted Living Choices by Alice Brooks When you hear about Florida assisted living and Florida nursing homes being described as distinct from each other, you would wonder how they differ from each other. This is one of the common questions that a lot of people would want to know the answer to before finally deciding where to place an elderly family member or a loved one. ...
    January 10th, 2010 at 01:01 pm
  • The Benefits of Assisted Living and Home Care
    Assisted Living Assisted living communities accommodate a large percentage of the elderly population. Similar to individual residences, these communities provide various accommodations for those who need specialized assistance when it comes to Activities of Daily Living.  There are six basic activities generally classified as Activities of Daily Living, also known as ...
    January 10th, 2010 at 01:01 pm
  • Senior Caregivers | The Stress Caring for a Seniors
    Caring for Seniors by Grace Enderlein : Most Americans will be informal caregivers at some point during their lives. Each year more than 44 million Americans (21% of the adult population) provide unpaid care to an elderly or disabled person who are 18 years or older. This is significant! It represents 80 percent of all long-term care in the United States. Most caregivers ...
    December 31st, 2009 at 02:12 pm
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