Eve Stern's Caregiving Blog

Legal Right to Life Insurance Settlement Law Passed

snapforseniors@snapforseniors.com — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:33:00 GMT

Important consumer law passes requiring insurance companies to inform policy owners about their legal right to a life insurance settlement.

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Caregivers need to remember to involve the senior in family care planning

snapforseniors@snapforseniors.com — Tue, 05 May 2009 17:31:00 GMT

Tips and tools to help caregivers with family care planning.

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Never Too Late To Take On A Challenge

snapforseniors@snapforseniors.com — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 16:41:00 GMT

An 85 year old mother prepares for the upcoming Dallas Area Senior Games.

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Life Settlement Can be a Saving Grace

snapforseniors@snapforseniors.com — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 20:27:00 GMT

In this increasingly challenging economic climate, life settlement can be a saving grace for seniors.

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Five-Star Nursing Home Ratings: Online Tips to Manage Public Perception

snapforseniors@snapforseniors.com — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 00:26:00 GMT

The recent release of a five-star nursing home rating system by The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has many nursing home administrators concerned about their individual facility’s scores.

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Ten Affordable Gifts for the Holidays: What to buy Mom or Dad living in Assisted Living

snapforseniors@snapforseniors.com — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 04:06:00 GMT

Finding the right gifts for family members is an annual challenge, especially this year when everyone is feeling economic uncertainty. Gift giving is more meaningful when you know that the item you’ve chosen will have personal significance to the recipient. I know I feel as if I am throwing away money when I rush to buy a gift for the sake of getting “something’ for the holiday pilgrimage and family gift exchange.

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Savvy consumers may find slow housing market ripe for bargain hunting

snapforseniors@snapforseniors.com — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 22:24:00 GMT

Senior housing assisted living and independent living communities are not immune to the financial and real estate market downturn.

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Senior Living Providers Respond to Economic Crisis with Creative Move-in Options for Families

snapforseniors@snapforseniors.com — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 22:47:00 GMT

It is no surprise that the slowed real estate market, failed financial institutions, dried up access to debt and plummeting stock market conditions have all contributed to all-time lows in assisted living stock market valuations.

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Home remote monitoring

snapforseniors@snapforseniors.com — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 23:26:00 GMT

Our every-day responsibilities can make it difficult to be there for our parents when they need us, especially as their health begins to require more our attention more often. In response to this issue technologies have come about to help balance duties as a caregiver and life as a busy adult.

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Get it in writing and read the contract carefully

snapforseniors@snapforseniors.com — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 22:53:00 GMT

Given the fact that both parents were in their 80’s with mild dementia and other chronic illnesses, we selected a new independent living community which initially represented that they would be adding assisted living within 6 months to a year of opening. When we gave them our down payment, they assured us they had applied for an assisted living license and were just waiting for the survey results.

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