Home vs Facility Placement for Elders
There’s Really Only ONE Reason to Relocate Someone Many of us have or are wrestling with the care of our health compromised aging parents, physical and/or …
How to Care for Someone Who Does Not Want to Be Cared For
Health care is full of counterintuitive and often perplexing obstacles, and this is especially true when caring for an honored elder. Here is an example: what …
The Politics (and Economics) Of Real-World Elder Care
I read a stunning article last month, by Laura Katz Olson, author of The Politics of Medicaid. This is a woman who has been studying the field of elder care …
Sex-ism in Elder Care: The Old Never Bothered Me, Anyway
Americans have a lot of interesting cultural quirks regarding the elderly; not the least of which is a tendency to write and think about ‘the …
Is the Future of Elder Care Filled with…Robots?
PALM SPRINGS, CA: At the beginning of last month, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos was being strapped into a Genworth R70i, and if that sounds like some sort of …
Why is Elder Care Cost So High?
Another year has gone by, and with it, the cost of health care has made its usual exponential rise. This is particularly true in the elder care cost market; …
Home Care Needs Of The Elderly With Autism
Defining Autism Autism is a cognitive impairment of the brain. Symptoms include deficiencies in social interaction, communicative abilities, and/or creativity …