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- Step 4: Take action providing for possible long term care needs
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- AARP Online Groups on Caregiving and Aging - Resources for concerned children and spouses
- Alzheimer’s Association - Information and resources for families coping with Alzheimer’s and dimentia
- Caring For Your Parents Handbook - Handbook published by the Public Broadcasting System
- Conn. Partnership for Long Term Care - News and resources from joint state government and private industry program.
- Family Caregiver Alliance - Information, Advice and Support for Caregiving
- National Alliance for Caregiving - Provides support for family caregivers
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Jul
30
New Medical Research Shows Mixed Findings in Alzheimer Patients
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At a recent medical conference in Chicago, research shows some good news and some bad news.
Nearly one million older Americans show a decline from normal memory into mild cognitive impairment each year. This information is alarming because it is in addition to the nearly half million people diagnosed with Alzheimers or other forms of dementia.
On [...]
Jul
28
Continuing Care Retirement Communities Becoming a Popular Long Term Care Alternative
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There is growing popularity across the country, and here in Connecticut, for an alternative to the traditional means of providing access to long term care services.
Continuing-care retirment facilities are becoming popular. People initially move into independent living apartments when they are healthy, and as they grow older and need more care the services are provided with minimal costs. These [...]
Jul
25
US Representative from Connecticut Introduces Long Term Care Legislation
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United States Representative Joe Courtney (D-CT) recently introduced H.R. 6237. His bill would provide a “tax credit for the purchase of a qualified long term care insurance policy as well as a caregiver tax credit for those individuals caring for people who need assistance with at least three activities of daily living”.
Statistics show that only [...]
Jul
23
Connecticut Takes Steps to Create More Efficiency on Long Term Care Issues
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Fifteen years after being eliminated due to budget cuts, Gov. Jodi Rell has revived a state agency focused on Connecticuts senior citizens.
Gov. Rell and State Senator Edith Prague-Columbia, announced that the newly revived state Department on Aging will be one of only 20 states in the nation that have an agency or cabinet-level entity that [...]
Jul
21
A research project conducted in Finland studied 141,000 Finnish adults over age 65 who recently lost their spouses. The research found that the risk for the surviving spouse needing long term care was more than three times higher during the first month following the spouses death. Causes for the increase in the need for institutionalization range from the grief, anxiety and depression to [...]
Jul
18
One of the most challenging issues facing baby boomers today is the concern about outliving retirement savings. In order to maintain a certain lifesytle people are planning and saving for a certain income for their life in retirement. This pre-supposes that they intend to live a long life in retirement. A funny thing happens [...]
Jul
16
Today’s Wall Street Journal article Cases of Abuse by Home Aides Draw Scrutiny states that nonmedical aides providing long term care help in Connecticut are not regulated. Having experience qualifying and hiring employees is helpful when you bring someone into your home to help with aid and daily chores. here are some tips:
When hiring through [...]
Jul
14
Things Can Change So Quickly
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How quickly things can change.
My family was spending some time in Rhode Island recently with some friends. Preparing to go to the beach on what was forecast to be a beautiful day. All the kids were excited and as parents we were looking forward to a relaxing day while the kids played on the beach.
The [...]
Jul
11
Gas Prices Affecting Volunteers and Agencies That Provide Long Term Care Services to Elderly Living at Home
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When people who are elderly get sick the one place they want to stay is their own home. The familiar surroundings are a great comfort. At that point families mobilize to help care for their ailing family member. In order to make the job of care easier agencies that provide home care, nursing care and [...]
Jul
9
Connecticut Medicaid Increases Monthly Personal Needs Allowance for Residents Receiving Long Term Care Benefits
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On July 1, 2008 a Connecticut Medicaid beneficiary, who resides in a nursing home, is now allowed to keep $65.00 per month in income. The rest of the income they receive is applied to the cost of care, unless income is needed for a spouse living at home. This is an increase of 5% over [...]