Always Put Caregiver Contracts in Writing
When hiring a caregiver, it is important to put the contract in writing. If you don't it can affect your Medicaid benefits.
Read moreWhen hiring a caregiver, it is important to put the contract in writing. If you don't it can affect your Medicaid benefits.
Read moreWe accumulate a lot of stuff over a lifetime and at some point – perhaps due to death, divorce, debt, or downsizing – we need to get rid of it. An estate sale is one way to dispose of possessions...
Read moreBecome familiar with the federal government's rules regarding minimum wage and overtime protections for home health care workers.
Read moreThe median cost of a private nursing home room in the United States has increased 4.2 percent to $91,250 a year, according to the 2015 edition of a Cost of Care survey that the insurer Genworth has conducted for the past...
Read moreOne of a family's worst nightmares is their loved one suffering abuse in a nursing home or assisted living facility. Abuse can come from staff members, but a more common source of abuse may actually be other residents.
Read moreElderLawAnswers member attorney Kimberly Harris has won the State Bar of Georgia’s annual fiction writing contest. ...
Read moreAlthough 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. ...
Read moreMost long-term care involves assisting with basic personal needs rather than providing medical care.
Read morePlanning for retirement and deciding whether to buy long-term care insurance would be a lot easier if you knew your odds of needing long-term care, as well as at what age and for how long.
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