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People who do this work often feel called to it. It is generally considered a ministry. So, to characterize this work as business, feels simply crass. Ninety percent of our reimbursement, however, comes from Medicare and Medicaid.
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November is National Family Caregivers Month and in support of that, I am helping AARP and Borders promote a program...
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In those days, we’d have a garage full of modest-sized, plain white signs that said in large black letters, VOTE. Mom and her colleagues spent hours hauling these signs around town, asking people to please put them in their yards, then going back and collecting them prior to Election Day.
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This report is a comprehensive look at how prepared families are to help their loved ones with the transitions to different living arrangements
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Medicare is out to help us. Acting Administrator Kerry Weems had some extra incentive to figure out how to better help caregivers navigate the murky waters of the Medicare system, because he and his wife have been caregivers.
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This Sunday (tomorrow), September 21, is World Alzheimer's Day. There are many U.S. Alzheimer's agencies that are sponsoring walks, strolls, food sales and seminars as fundraising and awareness events
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States and counties already have rating systems for a wide variety of inspections which are done on a regular basis, at least in my area. The results of these inspections are available to the public, so, out of curiosity, I've looked up, on the Web, the ratings of homes I know well. Often, I've been shocked to find that they have "deficiencies."
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Agincare.com wants to know what you think. They have a survey that should take about ten minutes of your time. Answering their questions will automatically give you a chance to win one of ten copies of Minding Our Elders: Caregivers Share Their Personal Stories
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