Aging Options

Concierge Medicine: the Wave of the Future, or Back to the Past?

It always amazes us here at AgingOptions to run across people who spend countless hours (and hefty fees) to create carefully-crafted financial plans, yet overlook caring for the most important asset of all: themselves.  For that reason we were drawn to this very recent article on the website Investopedia.  Written by financial planner Robert Dalie, … Read more

Family care can reduce the risk of returning to the hospital

Informal caregivers can provide the kind of help necessary to prevent people from needing a return visit to the hospital according to a study in the October-December issue of Advances in Nursing Science.  The study looked at factors that lead to repeated hospital admissions for 1,268 elderly patients receiving home healthcare and found that patients … Read more

Role of a Care Manager

Also known as Geriatric Care Manager, Professional Geriatric Care Manager, Elder Care or Aging Care Managers, a Care Manager represents a growing trend to help full time, employed family caregivers provide care for loved ones living close by or living far away. Care managers are also particularly useful in helping caregivers at home find the … Read more

Moving Elderly Parents closer to us !

One of my client Vicky calls to ask for advice regarding her aging father living in North Dakota in a nursing home. Stepmother rarely visits Dad in the nursing home and daughter would like to bring Dad to Washington so she can help care for him. Vicki relates that in a previous conversation when she … Read more

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