Hiring a caregiver is an expense, no question about it. Some families are lucky enough to be able to find the perfect caregiver among their circle of close family and friends. When finding a caregiver on their own rather than through an agency, lots of families prefer to pay the caregiver under the table...
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Elder Care Workshop Series at Norwell Public Library
Getting older? Taking care of someone who is? Come to this three-part series to learn some helpful tips from local Elder Services professionals.
Wednesday, March 8:
“Who Can Help Me?”
Find out how to access elder services in your community.
Presented by Susan Curtin, Director at Norwell Council on Aging.
“Elder Law 101”
Get to know the basics...
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Are You Caring for Someone Who Wanders?
CMS (the agency that manages Medicare and Medicaid) recently put out this interesting FAQ piece on wandering. The piece is aimed at managers of day programs and assisted livings, but there are a lot of useful nuggets in here for people who are caring for loved ones still at home who tend...
Open Your Home and Grow Your Family
The South Shore ARC is looking for families who would like to host under the Shared Living program. This is a state program that matches up adults with developmental disabilities with "host families."
If you would like to open your home and your heart, please visit the ARC's Shared Living page....
The Globe Made It Sound Like All of Our Seniors are Living Like the 1% and That Ticked Me Off
The Boston Globe Magazine wrote in its 1/31/16 issue of a Massachusetts building boom of senior care communities targeted essentially at the "1%." You can see that article here.
I was ticked off at the tone of the article, to say the least. The author talks about the high-end senior living...
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Michelle Singletary – She’s Done It Again
I love her columns, I really do. A few weekends ago, she nailed it once again. Read her column here where she tells older parents why they need to talk to their adult children about the care they would like as they age. Keep in mind that the cost figures she cites are...
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Caregiver Contracts – Tax Benefits
If you would like to care for your parents full-time, or close to it, and your parents want to pay you for this, then there are some tax issues that you need to be aware of.
Most importantly, if you are providing hands-on care, making meals, doing the shopping, taking your parents to doctors’ appointments,...
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Veterans: Are You Getting Older, Need Care, and Want to Stay at Home?
Good news! The VA has several programs designed to assist elderly and/or disabled veterans who want to stay at home for as long as possible. Listed below are some of these programs. They each have different eligibility tests regarding income and assets, minimum age, level of disability, service-connected rating, and geography....
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Aid & Attendance
Most of my clients need a little extra help around the house but aren’t sure how to pay for it. When we look at their savings and project how long those funds will work for them, the bottom line is usually this: If the client had just a little more cushion, they could stay...
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Department of Public Health Survey on Health Needs for People with Disabilities
This landed in my inbox. It took about 5 minutes to fill it out. Due date is May 31. Here are the details:
Help influence health care in Massachusetts! The Health and Disability Program, part of Office of Health Equity at the MA Department of Public Health (DPH) is conducting a health...
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