Sep
24
2021
Home care helps seniors maintain their independence.
Home care allows seniors to continue to live in the place they function best – their home. Actually, the care engagement philosophy at Home Care Partners is to allow the senior to continue...
Sep
13
2021
What is widely viewed as the best and most viable delivery of health care in America? The answer...approximately 90 percent of infirm and elderly individuals have been found to prefer home care over comparable institutional care.
What are some of the...
Sep
09
2021
Long Term Health Care (LTC) Insurance is a life-planning strategy to insure coverage for the unexpected. Many savvy (and financially able) people initiate policy coverage in mid-life. This benefit enables them to gain insurance coverage while healthy, and insure...
Aug
30
2021
The overwhelming question for most seniors is...how to plan for the future? More specifically, the real question is...how to anticipate the cost of the future?
My elderly parents had long term care insurance. They were in their 80's when...
Aug
24
2021
The question everyone thinks about, and asks: how do we pay for elderly aging in place?
One of the answers, albeit with some flaws, is a long term care insurance policy.
Like any insurance product, the cost for...
Aug
16
2021
We have just lived through our 3rd summer heat wave this year. It is, now, still the middle of summer. Will we get another round of heat?
Here are some additional heat tips for elder consideration:
-- Plan your...
Aug
10
2021
Some advice for the elderly in hot weather...
* Dehydration in seniors is the root of many heat-related health problems. It removes important salts and minerals from the body. Heat can cause dizziness, fatigue, headaches, and other health issues for...
Jul
28
2021
It is summer. It is hot, and humid. We are experiencing temperatures well above historical averages. And the heat has an effect on our bodies. We are perspiring more, and perhaps feeling lethargic. Many...
Jul
19
2021
What is heatstroke?
Heatstroke is the most severe heat-related illness, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). It is a medical emergency. Fast treatment is required.
Heatstroke, sometimes referred to as sunstroke, occurs when the body can...
Jul
12
2021
Climate change is definitively upon us. We have already experienced historic heat this summer. Hot weather can be dangerous. And, our elderly parents are particularly vulnerable to its effects. In fact, 12,000 Americans die annually from...
