On Wednesday, January 11, I had the honor and the pleasure of conducting a continuing education seminar for nearly 70 certified financial planners.
Sponsored by the Financial Planners Association of New York, this two-hour, two CFP® CE credits presentation entitled How to help your clients and their families survive the black hole called ”eldercare.”
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By Jack Halpern, CEO, My Elder Advocate
It’s clearly traumatic to elders physically, emotionally, and psychologically when they require a hospital or nursing home.
But it’s equally traumatic to another person, too. That’s the caregiver –– usually a family member –– who has no choice but to step in and support that elder family member.
The settlement resolved a case that was filed in Brooklyn federal court in 2006 and that accused the state of violating the spirit of its own longstanding rules for housing mentally ill people.
via www.nytimes.com
First, Do No Harm
One need not be a doctor to adhere to the ""first do no harm"" clause of the Hippocratic Oath. It would be negligent, irresponsible, and may have criminal implications, if a caregiver were to allow a family member to starve to death. Therefore, the short and simplest answer to the question often posed by caregivers is that there is a point where elders who refuse to eat need prompt medical intervention. Seek medical intervention long before the situation gets out of hand.
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Financial Times
Every day an estimated 6,000 Americans turn 65. Four years from now, that figure will swell to 10,000 people a day so that by 2030, one in five Americans will be 65 or older. At the same time, geriatrics programmes across the US are shrinking, the number of certified geriatricians is falling relative to the population, physicians are disenrolling from Medicare, and fewer medical students are choosing careers in geriatrics.
NEW YORK TIMES
DANCING to the driving beat of 1960s twist music, the three high school
students tried to rouse the spirits of the 50 people in front of them.
Some in the audience swayed slightly in their chairs or wheelchairs, or
clapped or nodded with the rhythm. Others simply watched; a few dozed
despite the high decibels from the live singer and his synthesizer.
By Jack Halpern
Today I had the great pleasure to meet a kind and gracious elderly musician. I attended a Gotham Networking Luncheon. Mr. Thomas was a guest. Once a trombonist
with Dizzy Gillespie’s big band in the 1940s, he first recorded and
performed his own heartfelt and idiosyncratic songs in New York in the
60s and at age 91, he still has an unwavering belief in the possibilities of life.
An inspiration.
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