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Here are 10 tips for choosing an in-home caregiver:

1. Assess Home-Care Needs: Evaluate the help that is needed in the areas of health care, personal care and household care. 2. Write a Job Description: Write out a job description based on the help that is needed. 3. Develop a Contract: The job contract is based on the job description and should include: Wages, Hours of Work, Employee’s Social Security number (because you must report wages paid to the caregiver to the Internal Revenue Service), and job description. 4. Where to Find a Caregiver: Identify the pool from which you can find a caregiver. You may have neighbors or…

Caring for aging parents is a concern no matter where they live in another state or close by.

Talk with your parents. Understand their requirements, needs and try to be involved in your parents’ life.

A basic package includes about a dozen motion sensors placed strategically around a house. They can provide adult children with a stunningly detailed rundown of a parent’s day.

a growing number of startups that use monitoring technology to revolutionize elder care. These companies are also betting on a big market as the baby boomers enter old age.

What’s In A Wired Home?

In addition to camera monitoring, companies offer other kinds of services to help keep track of an elderly person’s daily activities.

As Americans live longer than ever, some will find it difficult to stay in their beloved homes: Steep stairs or a slippery shower can pose dangers, and standard houses are not wheelchair accessible.

It’s a common problem — and an expensive one. Making a home accessible can cost tens of thousands of dollars.

A “Village” in the world of the aging is an organized network of volunteers dedicated to doing what is needed for seniors to stay in their homes.

For an annual fee, these communities help seniors manage household tasks they can no longer handle and arrange transportation when they can no longer drive.

A 2009 survey found that 14.5% of the U.S. population – about one of every seven of us – is responsible for the care of a disabled person age 50 or over, up 28% since 2004.

Increasingly, the elderly disabled are paying family members to care for them in family home.

Alzheimer families and the holidays: Tips to enjoy the season (Part 2)

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Alzheimer families and the holidays: Tips to enjoy the season (Part 1)

But for families living with Alzheimer’s, the holidays can also be a difficult time.

implementation of the Affordable Care Act to end Medicaid’s long-standing bias toward funding long-term care in institutional settings such as nursing homes.

A new report from the National Senior Citizens Law Center , with support from The SCAN Foundation, calls on states to use the implementation of the Affordable Care Act to end Medicaid's long-standing bias toward funding long-term care in institutional settings such as nursing homes. This Report is worth reading Progress. To increase your monthly income, please contact us about a FREE HANDBOOK about VA Benefits, written by David Wingate, an accredited VA Attorney, of Senior Life Care Planning, LLC, go to info@seniorlcp.com or if you require additional information about VA Benefits, visit our Senior LCP's Website. We also have…

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