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Planning for Your Own Long-Term Care

Planning for our own long-term care may not be pleasant, but it’s essential. In this guide, the National Institute on Aging shares how you can look after yourself and your future: You can never know for sure if you will need long-term care. Maybe you will never need it. But an unexpected accident, illness, or… Continue reading Planning for Your Own Long-Term Care

8 Helpful Downsizing Tips for Moving into a Senior Home

You’ve made the decision to move into a senior living home. You and your family have discussed the details together and you have the perfect skilled nursing facility picked out. Now that the hard part is over (phew!), it’s time to focus on the first phase of the transition: downsizing before the big move. Whether… Continue reading 8 Helpful Downsizing Tips for Moving into a Senior Home

Long-term Care: Perceptions, Experiences, and Attitudes of Americans 40 or Older

The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research announces the publication and availability on April 24th 2013 of a major survey that provides a new baseline of understanding about what Americans 40 years or older believe about their need for long-term care services, what such care would cost, and how such issues fit into their… Continue reading Long-term Care: Perceptions, Experiences, and Attitudes of Americans 40 or Older

Making Sure Your Loved Ones Age Safely “In Place”

Fact: Everyday nearly 10,000 people turn age 65 – and most people, as they age, want to stay in their homes as long as possible — instead of moving into a retirement community. This process is called “aging in place” – but for this process to fully work, any possible risks (physical or emotional) should… Continue reading Making Sure Your Loved Ones Age Safely “In Place”

There’s No Place Like Home – For Growing Old

“The stairs are getting so hard to climb.”
“Since my wife died, I just open a can of soup for dinner.”
“I’ve lived here 40 years. No other place will seem like home.”

These are common issues for older people. And, you may share the often-heard wish—“I want to stay in my own home!” The good news is that with the right help you might be able to do just that.