Tag: Long Term Care
[Glen Campbell’s wife] Kim Campbell told The Associated Press in an email Thursday that the 78-year-old’s Alzheimer’s disease has progressed to the point that he needs access to medical care 24 hours a day. When Alzheimer’s strikes, the decision of how to care for a loved one can be increasingly challenging as the disease progresses. […]
New studies are providing more current cost estimates. “What we found was shocking,” Mandell said. “This is a huge hit on families.” The costs to care for a child with special needs is on the rise, as reported in a new study in the medical journal JAMA Pediatric. The study found that the total lifetime […]
Instead of flat out asking them to tell you about their personal information, it can work better to talk about emergency preparedness instead. When a natural disaster strikes, it can prompt many “what if” conversations. What if that were to happen to us? What if that were to happen to our family? These events be […]
Elder planning deals with protecting assets while you’re still alive and perhaps unable to make good decisions. Having someone who is suffering from Alzheimer’s and unable to make decisions is like a living death, for all parties. Much of our planning is done for the unknown. We don’t know what lies ahead, so having a […]
If you are a veteran, a veteran’s surviving spouse or a veteran’s surviving dependent in need of additional income, the Non-Service Connection Pension offered through the Department of Veterans Affairs may be just for you. Are you a surviving spouse or a dependent of a veteran, or even a veteran yourself? If you could use some extra […]
