What Should I Remember when My Parents Move in with Me?
Moving elderly parents into your home can bring daunting challenges and unexpected closeness. Over the past 20 years, parents living with their adult children has become increasingly common.
Should I Worry about Medicaid Estate Recovery?
Should I Worry about Medicaid Estate Recovery? What is It? The Medicaid Estate Recovery Program (MERP) may be used to recoup costs paid toward long-term care. It’s designed to help make the program affordable for the government, but it can…
What Can You Do to Help Support the Seniors You Love Right Now?
What Can You Do to Help Support the Seniors You Love Right Now? From Focus on the Family.com Assisting Aging Loved Ones With Estate Planning What Can You Do to Help Support the Seniors You Love Right Now? Do you…
The Growing Need for Geriatric Care Managers
The Growing Need for Geriatric Care Managers The name can be misleading as professional geriatric care managers tend to a senior's unique health care situation needs rather than being responsive to a particular age. The truth is aging is a…
Exercise May Help Slow Cognitive Decline in Some People with Parkinson’s Disease
Exercise May Help Slow Cognitive Decline in Some People with Parkinson’s Disease Exercise May Help Slow Cognitive Decline in Some People with Parkinson’s Disease. Parkinson's disease can and often does affect thinking and memory skills. Actually, these problems are "among…
Biden Administration Eases Recommended Restrictions on Nursing Home Visits
Biden Administration Eases Recommended Restrictions on Nursing Home Visits Biden Administration Eases Recommended Restrictions on Nursing Home Visits. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued new guidance on whether families can visit loved ones in nursing homes.…
The Current State of Medicaid Work Requirements
The Current State of Medicaid Work Requirements Former President Trump made it very clear during his presidency that he supported Medicaid work requirements. Indeed, the former Administrator for Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Seema Verma, under Trump’s administration,…
Pennsylvania Creating Uniform Background Check Process for Those Working with Older Adults
Right now, Pennsylvania doesn’t have a uniform background check process for people who work with older adults — but that could be changing.
Get Estate Plan in Order, If Spouse Is Dying from a Terminal Illness
Planning for the death of a spouse is difficult and painful. It involves conversations that we don’t want to have.
‘Real Housewives’ Ex under Temporary Conservatorship
Tom Girardi, estranged husband of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Erika Jayne, has been placed under a temporary conservatorship.