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Nursing Home "Bad" Alert: The Nursing Homes & Rehab Centers You Probably Want to Avoid If you're searching for a nursing home or rehabilitation facility, before you head out you should download this list of "Special Focus Facilities," which will help you avoid those nursing homes with a troubled history of very poor quality as revealed by regular quality inspections by State survey agencies . . . keep reading Mom's In The Hospital Nowhere is navigating the twists and turns of the eldercare maze more exhausting, frustrating, terrifying or ultimately more rewarding than while you're supporting a helpless senior in the hospital. No one can guarantee the outcome of your vigil, but the information in these pages will give you both a fighting chance. . . . keep reading Senior Home Safety Assessment Home accidents are some of the most common reasons why seniors make trips to the hospital or need to move to an alternative living facility like assisted living or a nursing home. One of the first steps to good long-term eldercare planning is a thorough safety assessment of the older person's home. . . . keep reading Warning Signs - What to Look For Because we love them, we don't want to embarrass our seniors or put them on the spot, yet we have real concerns about their safety and ability to cope. We're looking for clues to how things are going. Having a checklist of "What To Look For" gives us a tool to start with and helps us focus. . . . keep reading The Family Funeral Guide When a loved one dies, grieving family members face the need to make dozens of decisions about funeral arrangements. Unless the family or the deceased have made advance funeral arrangements, these decisions will have to be made very quickly and while under great stress. What kind of funeral would the deceased want? What funeral provider should you use? What would your traditions suggest that you do, versus what you are legally required to do? And, as cold as it may sound, how much is it all going to cost? . . . keep reading More

Where to Scatter the Ashes My father wanted to be cremated, and we have followed his wishes. He never did say what he wanted us to do with his ashes, but we know he always wanted to go back home to the small town where he grew up. He was very claustrophobic, and we don't believe he would want to be buried or sealed up. We are thinking about scattering his ashes along the riverbank there . . . keep reading The TV Remote: A Senior's Most Important Piece of Equipment Don Whitten, who serves as maintenance manager for a large assisted living residence, says that his true title should be "television remote programmer." Every day, according to Don, he re-sets no less than 3 TVs for residents who manage to mess up the teeny, tiny buttons on their remote control units. "It's a true emergency around here," he laughs, "when Wheel of Fortune goes black." . . . keep reading When Seniors Combine Drugs and Alcohol Because the elderly in general use more medications than younger people, they are significantly more apt to experience drug side effects. When alcohol is added into the mix, the potential for adverse reactions can increase geometrically. Whether someone enjoys an occasional cocktail or drinks alcohol frequently, it's important to know how alcohol will affect both over the counter and prescription medications . . . keep reading Risks When Assisted Living Residences Take Medicaid With the help of Medicaid Ginny lived happily at her assisted living residence for 18 months. Then one day she received an official notice that her facility was withdrawing from the Medicaid program in favor of private-pay only. Ginny had 30 days to find another assisted living facility that would accept her Medicaid. Unfortunately, there were more people in her situation than there were other local subsidized openings. Ginny and many of the other Medicaid residents from her assisted living ended up with no option but to move into a nursing home . . . keep reading Osteopenia: An Early Osteoporosis Warning For You and Your Elders Osteopenia refers to a condition where the density and strength of our bones (the bone mineral density, or BMD) is lower than normal, but not low enough to be classified as full blown osteoporosis. Having osteopenia means there is a greater risk that, as time passes, someone may develop osteoporosis, which is a very low bone mineral density . . . keep reading More