A lot of families are spread out over the country. Your parents might live in one state, you’re located somewhere else, and your children are on the other side of the country. If this is the case, then arranging senior care for your elderly … [Read more...]
Finding Help with Long Term Care Costs
For those that are involved in the industry, it’s been obvious for quite a while that policies need to change when it comes to insurance and paying for senior care. Even though there has been very little progress when it comes to federal … [Read more...]
Changes in New Jersey Law Have Benefits
The presence of untrained or insufficiently trained caregivers is an often overlooked danger, but a very real one nonetheless. For example, if you have an elderly loved one that suffers from dementia, having an in-home care worker in the … [Read more...]
The Cost of Care Can be Unpredictable at Times
The cost of care can sometimes be very difficult to predict. Take what is happening in New Jersey right now as an example of this. Non-medical home care, what is often just referred to as in-home care, is a protected service under the New … [Read more...]
High Quality Care is a Cornerstone of Senior Health
Senior care has been a delicate topic over the last several decades. Some individuals believe that this should be something that should be left completely to families, while others believe that the government should play a more decisive … [Read more...]
Senior Care Costs Drive Decisions
Even though it shouldn’t be, cost is often one of the most important factors when it comes to determining the type of senior care that your elderly loved one receives. The cost of senior care is an important factor, but it is not the most … [Read more...]
NJ’s In-Home Care Growing Pains
It’s been over seven months since senior care became a part of New Jersey’s Medicaid jurisdiction, but there are still many problems that need to be ironed out. The biggest is the fact that there are long delays in getting approved for … [Read more...]
New Jersey to Enact In-Home Care Program
New Jersey has become the latest state to allow Medicaid coverage to pick up in-home care costs for senior citizens. By now, it has become widely recognized that nursing homes are extremely expensive, and not always the best choice for … [Read more...]