long-term care

Sebelius Asks Members for Help, Unveils New Price Comparison Tool

Posted on 10/1/2010 by Tammy Gordon | AARP Blog Author | Comments

Entertainment | Personal HealthBlog post on Kathleen Sebelius addressing AARP members at Orlando@50+ 2010

Caregiving in the News

Posted on 05/17/2010 by Correy Robertson | Archived Contributor | Comments

Your LifeAccording to this very personal article from Michelle Singletary at the Washington Post, “by 2020, 12 million older Americans will need long-term care. And when they need that care, they will realize that they and the caregivers they will have to lean on are woefully unprepared for the cost.” We already know caregiving is an increasingly widespread extra job for Americans, with the Caregiving in the U.S. 2009 study revealing that 29 percent of the U.S. adult population, or 65.7 …

Nursing “home”

Posted on 12/10/2009 by Correy Robertson | Archived Contributor | Comments

Personal HealthWhat do you think of when you think of a nursing home? A massive cafeteria with uninteresting food? Drab walls and long fluorescently lighted hallways? Well, there is a project that hopes to change all that – Here is an article from the Washington Post today that I found very hopeful – because after visiting my great-grandmother for years as a child in a very conventional nursing home, even I knew something didn’t seem quite fair about her “home.” The …

Long-term care in health care reform

Posted on 11/4/2009 by Correy Robertson | Archived Contributor | Comments

Personal HealthHere is a story from the Wall Street Journal today that discusses the inclusion of a long-term care benefit in the House bill. It’s a program that would pay cash to people who become disabled by way of premiums deducted from employee’s paychecks – but of course, employees would have the option to opt out of the program. The provision is meant to help with the problem that not many people have long-term care insurance if they need home care …