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OUR ELDERS ARE IN DANGER

Hospitals today face ever increasing pressure to quickly discharge their elderly patients to "rehab", which is a code word for a nursing home, and in many cases that facility will be a sub-standard one. Many people have heard me speak about this. Those fortunate clients who have used my services (references available upon request) have experienced very personally what I speak about. Many more will testify to my proven results.

New Options (and Risks) in Home Care for Elderly

The NY Times by Jane Gross

Dr. Diane E. Meier, a geriatrician at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York, is an expert on end-of-life care. So when her elderly parents needed long-term help at home with bathing, dressing and cooking after her father’s stroke, she knew where to find assistance.

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Elder-Care Costs Deplete Savings of a Generation

To care for her ailing 97-year-old father over the past three years, Elizabeth Rodriguez, a vice president at the Federal Reserve Bank in New York, has borrowed against her 401(k) retirement plan, sold her house on Staten Island and depleted nearly 20 years of savings.

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Eldercare in the US: professionals replace relatives

A recent survey revealed that 3 out of five Americans, between the age of 25 and 35, did not have a clear idea of what they would do after retirement. An even larger portion couldn't imagine themselves as old people needing the assistance of state-run programs like Medicaid and Medicare. The few who did, knew virtually nothing about eldercare.

People largely do not know how programs such Medicaid and Medicare run. In some states these programs involve corporate partnership which further reduces the consumer's burden of healthcare costs. Awareness about these aspects would help people not only to plan for a well-looked after old age but also to have a more realistic idea of the programs.