If you must choose a nursing home for care for either yourself or someone you love, do your research. But a recent story in the New York Times suggests your research needs to go way beyond trusting Medicare’s star ratings. That’s because much of Medicare’s vaunted star rating system relies on self-reporting and that reporting … Read more
While I’ve called the Northwest my home for decades, my home town lies in the big woods of Minnesota. It’s a town small enough that Friday night mean dance night and dance nights are crowded with people from 2 to 102. The single nursing home in town also holds dances and people all over the … Read more
In grade school, our teachers teach that our five senses are smell, taste, sight, hearing and touch. Although human don’t have particular good senses taken individually when compared to other mammals, on the whole they allow us to actively engage in our world. Because of them, we can participate fully in the things around us. … Read more
When we are looking at housing options, we might not consider the profitability of a nursing home in making a determination as to whether or not it is an appropriate choice but certainly the people who stand to profit from it have done so. Beginning at the beginning of this century, private equity investors (those … Read more
When we are faced with knowledge or information that shakes up our world view and turns it upside down, we resort to a kind of denial called cognitive dissonance. It’s a natural response to avoid losing our emotional equilibrium and reduce psychological tension and distress. Admitting to memory problems can be the road to loss … Read more
A new survey shows that more than a third of all Americans (36 percent) have nothing saved for retirement. What’s more bothersome is that 14 percent of people ages 65 and older have no retirement savings and a significant portion of those who are saving aren’t saving enough. Not surprisingly, younger adults have significantly less … Read more
My dad’s in his 70s but he has had knee pain for years. It turns out that roughly 30 percent of adults report knee pain. The problem with having knee pain, aside from the pain part of it, is that having knee pain can lead to mobility issues. That’s one reason it’s so important to … Read more
How do you find a purpose in the second half of your life? Probably no other generation before the Baby Boomer generation has been so stuck on having a purpose in retirement or having a purpose-driven life or being purposeful. Those are all important sentiments because we already know that having a purpose increases the … Read more
Saving for retirement pays back with your health. At least that’s what a study out of Washington University found. Workers who save for retirement evidently feel they have a stake in staying alive to enjoy it. The result, if you’re saving for retirement, you’re probably taking better care of your health. Researchers found that if … Read more
Five percent or more of seniors in the United States are financially exploited (it’s estimated that only one in 44 victims report the crime), most often at the hands of family members. Financial exploitation is the most frequent form of elder abuse and yet it mostly escapes the examination it deserves. That’s the findings from … Read more
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