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Pointers for Picking an Assisted Living Facility
This guide tells you what questions to ask when comparing the quality of assisted living facilities.

ElderLawAnswers Adds Helpful Glossary
Who are the "remaindermen"? What is a "pourover will"? Like other legal specialties, elder law has its own vocabulary. To help in the translation process, we've just added a Glossary.

Living to 100
Once considered a rarity, centenarians are the world's fastest-growing age group. Living to 100 presents findings from the first systematic study of those living past the century mark and concludes that these pioneers are changing the way we view aging.

Always on Call: When Illness Turns Families into Caregivers
November is National Family Caregivers month, which is a reminder that one in four families are caring for a member in some regard. Always on Call examines why the demands on family caregivers are growing and how the health care system can better meet their needs.

Consumer Reports Site Compiles Nursing Home Watch List
The Web site of Consumer Reports magazine features a state-by-state Nursing Home Watch List that identifies the facilities with the most questionable patterns of deficiencies.

Nursing Home and Home Health Cost Survey
MetLife has issued a report on the average daily nursing home and home health costs in various regions nationwide.

The Top Eight Mistakes People Make With Medicaid
From giving away assets too early to failing to take advantage of available protections, elder law attorneys find that clients tend to make the same handful of errors that can cost them.

Help in Providing Care From a Distance
In our mobile society it's not uncommon for parents and children to live in different parts of the country or the world. Fortunately, help is available for long-distance caregivers.

Making Sense of Nursing Homes
A compassionate and practical guide helps families make the transition to nursing home care for a loved one.

Are Your Parents Driving You Crazy?
Two mental health professionals offer strategies for resolving the common dilemmas that plague the adult children of parents who, while perfectly competent, don't seem to be listening to reason on a particular issue.

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Caring for Aging Parents
Written by a former Secretary of Aging for Pennsylvania who also has experience caring for an elderly relative, the book covers the gamut of aging issues -- from common diseases elders face to the basics of estate planning.