Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been categorized as “End of Life Issues”
Choosing hospice care can be challenging, primarily because of the emotional terrain you may be navigating while trying to make a good decision.
Learn what factors to give consideration to when choosing which hospice care provider makes the most sense for your family and for your situation.
These 7 common scams that target the elderly are nothing to joke about.
The last thing you need is to have your financial situation compromised in your golden years by opportunistic fraudsters.
Don’t become a statistic – make sure you and your loved ones keep an eye out for these types of scams.
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What are Activities of Daily Living (ADLs)? ADLs many of us have never heard of this term. The acronym ADL is very familiar with caregivers of the elderly, nursing one back to health and those with diminished physical capacity. Activities of Daily Living (ADLs): Activities of daily living are activities related to personal care. They include bathing or showering, dressing, getting in and out of bed or a chair, walking, using the toilet, and eating. The need for help with understanding Oregon ADL (Activities of Daily Living) or Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL), or self-management are apart life for 2 out of 3 Americans as we age whether due to illness or disability. Long Term Care Planning Long-term care is a variety of services and supports to meet health or personal care needs over an extended period of time. While long-term care is often associated with nursing homes, the truth is that most care is actually provided at home. Many of the programs and services that help people remain in their homes and communities are provided through the Administration for Community Living (ACL) Older Americans Act (OAA). ACL was created around the basic principle that elderly adults and people with …