Award-winning Virtual Video Caregiver Summit – Caregiver Smile Summit 2 – Announces Full Agenda Virtual, On Demand Caregiver Summit – The second annual Caregiver Smile Summit recently announced their speaker lineup and agenda at www.caregiversummit.org. The Virtual, On Demand Summit, which you can access on your schedule, will feature video...
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Choosing Senior Care – Assisted Living – Smilecast 101
Choosing Assisted Living In this episode, taken from our appearance on the Charlotte Today Show, we talk about the differences in long-term care living. Used to be what people called the home was a skilled nursing facility. Now when making the reference, it is more likely to be an assisted...
Charlotte Today – Assisted Living versus Nursing Homes
Charlotte Today – Assisted Living versus Nursing Homes
How to Know When Your Loved One is Ready for a Facility
The following is a guest post from Sandra Harris. No one really wants to get old and reach the point where they can no longer care for themselves. But, as hard as it is on the older person, itäó»s just as hard on his or her family and loved ones...
Cost of Assisted Living May Be Tax Deductible
The cost of assisted living may be deductible on Federal income tax returns. The IRS has certain guidelines to determine eligibility. The cost of housing and meals and certain personal care services may be deductible; the determining factor is generally the inability to perform at least two activities of daily...
Seniors May Benefit from Moving into a Community
Atria Senior Living and the International Longevity Center (ILC-USA) recently published the results of a six-month survey looking at satisfaction of seniors living in independent and assisted living communities. The study suggests that seniors in congregate living situations can experience greater subjective well-being in this type of setting. Keep in...
Videoconferencing Enriches Nursing Home Residents’ Lives
Using Internet-based communication tools from SKYPE or MSN, researchers in Taiwan helped 34 residents at 10 nursing homes communicate with family members via videoconferencing. All 18 women and 16 men reported that the experience enriched their lives. Each resident used the videoconferencing differently, with 12% of family äóìvisitsäó taking place...
Health Reform, Steve Jobs and Owning More of the Aging Service Pie
Read our guest blog in McKnight’s.
SAGE Awarded Grant for National Resource Center
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and the Administration on Aging have awarded Services & Advocacy for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender Elders (SAGE) a three-year, $900,000 grant to create the nationÛªs only national resource center on LGBT aging. The National Technical Assistance Resource Center for LGBT Elders will...
Why Steve Jobs Should Run Healthcare!
New terms are being bantered about in healthcare. One is the accountable care organization. The idea is that a group of providers – primary care physicians, specialists, hospitals – would come together and be responsible for the cost and quality of care for a given population. In theory, and in...