Video Transcription Hi, my name is Wendy Vu, Human Resources at Family Matters In-Home Care. Today, I'm going to take a minute to talk to you about long-term care insurance. Oftentimes, people are unsure what medicare and medicaid cover when…
For some families school vacations and spring break are an opportunity to take a family vacation. When grandparents or senior loved ones are included in the trip, special planning, packing and preparations can make it easy, safe and enjoyable for…
Planning for end of life care is a legal matter. Five Wishes is a simple and legal advanced healthcare directive. Five Wishes is an advanced directive that records an end of life care plan in plain language. It is important…
Discussing important issues with an aging parent can be difficult, however, it’s important to plan for the future. Waiting until a crisis happens to talk about things like health and living arrangements can cause an enormous amount of stress and…
When faced with choosing how to care for an aging parent, your family might decide moving them into your home is the best option. It may seem natural to want to welcome your loved one with open arms, paying little…
More than 90 percent of older adults say they want to remain living at home as they age, and research shows that meeting a seniors desire to age in place has several benefits. However, most seniors will eventually lose the…
When investigating long term care options, it may be difficult to decide what will be best for your family. Some options, like moving an aging loved one into a residential care facility require making big lifestyle changes. Many families feel…
For people with Alzheimer’s or dementia, the present can be bewildering and fractured. Short term memory can be unreliable or practically non-existent, while longer term memory may remain intact. For these people, reminiscing, or talking about old times, makes sense.…
If you have a loved one with Alzheimer's, you'll have noticed that their symptoms can vary from day to day, and even hour to hour. They may be coherent and relatively capable one day, then confused and moody the next.…
While brain training games won’t improve your IQ, there’s plenty of evidence to show that they can help patients in the early stages of dementia stay sharper for longer. They work by strengthening the brain’s neural connections, working memory and…