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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

Offering Assisted Living and Nursing Home Residents Pain Medication "As Needed" (PRN) Is the assisted living residence or nursing home encouraging your senior to ask for pain relief "as needed" because that's how the doctor prescribed pain medications? This could actually be a significant contributor to an elderly resident's decline . . . keep reading VA Benefits After 50 Years Would my mother be eligible for any type of benefits from my father's military service even after this length of time has passed (50 years)? If she indeed is eligible for benefits, would the only surviving child then receive those benefits or are those strictly for the surviving spouse? . . . keep reading Chandeliers Don't Care One of our favorite sayings is, "Chandeliers don't care." Chandeliers may add beauty to your loved one's environment, but it's the people in the trenches who make life worth living in an assisted living residence or nursing facility. All the chandeliers in the world won't bring a smile to your loved one's face, or change soiled clothing with grace and humor . . . keep reading My Elderly Mother is Never Happy No matter what I do I can't seem to make my mother happy. I manage to get just about everything I do for her wrong. There was something wrong with all her Christmas gifts. If I take her out she is too cold, too hot, the food isn't cooked right, the car is uncomfortable and everything is too crowded. I'm too fat. My kids are lazy - they are 3 and 7! She calls every day to complain about how sick she is (she's perfectly healthy) and how no one ever comes to see her. She has no friends. I'm getting stomach pains when I hear the phone ring . . . keep reading Deducting Home Improvements and Equipment The IRS may actually be your friend when it comes to some of the costs of providing elder care at home. Most people know about deducting direct medical expenses not covered by insurance. Many don't know that if you itemize, you may also be able to deduct quite a few home modifications and equipment purchases that on the surface might not immedidiately appear to be "medical." . . . keep reading More