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Poll: Aging U.S. in Denial About Long-Term Care Need

Posted on 04/24/2013 by | General News | Comments

Bulletin Today | Caregiving | Personal HealthBy Jennifer Agiesta and Lauran Neergaard, The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — We’re in denial: Americans underestimate their chances of needing long-term care as they get older — and are taking few steps to get ready. A new poll examined how people 40 and over are preparing for this difficult and often pricey reality of aging and found two-thirds say they’ve done little to no planning. In fact, 3 in 10 would rather not think about getting older at all. …

News Flash: Multiple Chronic Conditions Are a Common Event

Posted on 04/19/2013 by | Caregiving | Comments

Caregiving | Home & Family | Personal Health | Your Life  Medical researchers are beginning to recognize what anyone who’s cared for an older loved one learns in the first or second doctor’s appointment: older folks often deal with multiple chronic conditions.  This can make medical care very complicated. This news flash has been deduced by scientists at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) after analyzing data from the first large-scale survey of residential care facilities — think assisted living centers and board-and-care homes that serve individuals …

Kids in Assisted Living: Everyone Wins

Posted on 04/3/2013 by | Caregiving | Comments

Caregiving | Home & Family | RelationshipsThere’s a children’s book series that has come out in the last year about a young girl named Carlyn and her visits to her grandmother in assisted living. It debunks the stereotypes about old people and long-term care. Here’s one line from Carlyn Meets Granny Girl’s New Friends: “Wow, this does not look like a place creepy people live, and I do not smell anything weird, either!” Carlyn said. There’s an even more interesting story behind the book. It’s written by …

Is Your Loved One Really Getting the Care You Expect?

Posted on 03/7/2013 by | Multigenerational & Family Issues | Comments

Caregiving | Home & Family | RelationshipsRecently, there has been a great deal of controversy about an employee in an independent living facility in California who refused to do CPR on a resident, citing company policy forbidding her to do so. The resident later died, sparking many questions about types of facilities, the kind or “level” of care provided and their policies. Several investigations have been launched as a result of the incident. The facility at first said the employee followed policy, but later released a statement saying, “The incident resulted from …

For Aging Seniors, a Commune-like Alternative

Posted on 02/26/2013 by | General News | Comments

Bulletin Today | Home & FamilyBy Jim Fitzgerald for The Associated Press CHESTNUT RIDGE, N.Y. (AP) — At the Fellowship Community‘s adult home, workers are paid not according to what they do, but what they need; aging residents are encouraged to lend a hand at the farm, the candle shop or the pottery studio; and boisterous children are welcome around the old folks. It’s a home for the elderly in a commune-like setting — 30 miles from Manhattan — that takes an unusual approach, integrating …

Sandy Prompts Some to Seek Assisted Living

Posted on 01/7/2013 by | General News | Comments

Bulletin TodayBy Frank Eltman of The Associated Press MASSAPEQUA, N.Y. (AP) — For the first time in her life, Marion Johnston says she feels old. The petite 80-year-old retired school secretary who uses a walker is still adjusting as one of the newest residents at the Bristal Assisted Living retirement community. She moved in November after the howling winds and rising flood waters of Superstorm Sandy destroyed her Long Island waterfront condominium. Johnston had often thought about moving, but Sandy revealed …

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