Archive for October 2017

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Senior scams can cost older adults everything from their life savings, to their homes, to even their lives.

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More at… https://thecaregiverspace.org/8-tips-for-gentle-decision-making-for-your-aging-elders-care/ Caregiving is a relentlessly shifting landscape, predictable only in its unpredictability. Each change requires new research and new decisions. Caregiving is rife with decisions, and at times, some might have the potential for sadness or disagreements. You may be in a position of being required to m… Read More

More at… https://thecaregiverspace.org/some-tax-exempt-hospitals-are-lax-at-providing-charity-care-and-accountability/ Garnishing wages. Turning over accounts to collection agents. Withholding services until an individual’s ability to pay is proven. These might seem like the practices of a big bank in the news for financial scandals. Instead, these tactics have surfaced at unexpected places: some of the countr… Read More

More at… https://thecaregiverspace.org/drug-prices-high-curious/ This much is clear: The public is angry about the skyrocketing cost of prescription drugs. Surveys have shown that high drug prices rank near the top of consumers’ health care concerns. What’s not as clear is exactly why prices have been rising, and who is to blame. For the last four months, The… Read More

More at… http://thecaregiversvoice.com/tips-caregivers/caregiver-ask-for-help-before-its-too-late/ Caregiver, ask for HELP before it’s too late. Oftentimes, caregiving families (including mine) dive into crisis mode before they know what they’re getting into. As they dive deeper and deeper, they lose sight of the shoreline. Soon, they come up and gasp for air. Looking around, there&#… Read More

More at… https://thecaregiverspace.org/what-do-you-wish-other-people-understood-about-caregiving/ I hear it all the time: only another caregiver can understand. I asked members of our community for some of the things they wished people who’ve never been a caregiver could understand about the experience. Omg…people have NO idea what it’s like to be a caregiver unless you have be… Read More