Seniors have unique health care, home care, and financial needs. Here you can learn about caregiving and managing appropriate living arrangements for your elderly parents, friends, or other relatives.
Caring for an Elderly Relative: Where to Begin
As Americans live longer and longer lives, many require ongoing, long-term care. This care often falls to grown children -- men and women who are in their forties, fifties, and sixties and busy with careers or perhaps children of their own. Getting caught in this care-giving "sandwich" -- growing children on one side, aging parents on the other -- can be an emotional and financial burden, especially if you don't know where to turn for help.
When Should Elders Stop Driving?
For many older people, and their loved ones, determining when they are no longer safe on the road is a difficult and heart wrenching process.
Senior homesharing can be a creative option that saves seniors money while maintaining their independence.
Respite Care and Adult Day Care for Elders
Respite care and adult day care for elders provide a much needed break for those who provide care for the elderly and help prevent caregiver burnout
Medicare Coverage of Home Health Care
Progressive health care professionals often encourage people to get out of hospitals and nursing facilities and into their own or family members’ homes while recovering from injury or illness.
Your Obligation to Pay a Parent's Nursing Home Bill
While the law may state you are responsible for paying your parent's nursing home bill, the law may not be enforced.