It’s Thanksgiving and you are spending time with your family and friends. It is a festive and happy time, perhaps a little stressful. You want to catch up with family members that you have not seen in a while, talk about the promotion you are getting at work and talk about your kids. Consider that… Read More »
Monthly Archives: November 2015
Why Are Activities of Daily Living Important?
Most long-term care involves assisting with basic personal needs rather than providing medical care. The long-term care community measures personal needs by looking at whether an individual requires help with six basic activities that most people do every day without assistance, called activities of daily living (ADLs). ADLs are important to understand because they are used to… Read More »
Activities of Daily Living Measure the Need for Long-Term Care Assistance
Most long-term care involves assisting with basic personal needs rather than providing medical care.
Medicare Announces Parts A and B Premiums and Deductibles for 2016
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid has announced the 2016 Medicare premiums, deductibles, and coinsurances . . .
How to Choose a Trustee
If you create a trust, you will need a separate person or institution, called a “trustee,” to manage the trust either now or in the future, depending on the type of trust.
Robin Williams' Death Laid to Underdiagnosed Form of Dementia
Although depression was initially given as the cause of actor Robin Williams’ suicide in 2014, his widow says autopsy results lay the blame on Lewy body dementia, a fairly common but hard-to-diagnose form of dementia.
New Federal Budget Ends Two Spousal Social Security Claiming Strategies
The federal budget agreement that President Obama signed into law November 2, 2015, contains changes to how spouses can claim Social Security benefits, ending two strategies previously used to maximize benefits.