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Aug 2016
Our Homecare Company has Changed If you have been unsatisfied with your Homecare provider, the caregivers and office staff of late because they don’t respond to you satisfactorily, it may be time to make a change. Of course that is hard on you, your aging parent, and possibly other family members. Often it is up ...
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Apr 2016
Library Series: Money Smart Week is April 23-30, 2016 This annual Public Library series event is presented at libraries across the country. Lectures are happening at the downtown and Spanish River libraries in Boca Raton, Florida. Money Smart Week is a public awareness campaign designated to help consumers better manage their personal finances. All lectures ...
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Mar 2016
In this video, Sherry Picker, MSW answers questions about home care and Long Term Care Policy. Below is a paraphrasing of the short video about a Long Term Care policy: Interviewer: My mother is at the point where she needs an aide a few times a week. She has a Long Term Care policy, Does ...
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Sep 2015
Overtime and Minimum Wage are new Changes in Home Care Overtime pay is now Labor Law for Home Care workers. Private duty Home Care changes significantly on Oct. 13, 2015. The filings have been going back and forth between the DOL, U.S. Court of Appeals and various concerned parties. In South Florida, by and large ...
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Apr 2015
Caregiver Terminology – Talk the Talk Caregiver terminology, a language of its own. Until you enter the “Health Care Zone” you may have heard some of these terms, or not. Once in this zone, meaning you or a loved one has either reached older age, experienced an injury or been diagnosed with some type ...
Tips from local Elder Care Professionals to Help You Plan for the Type of Older Age You Want. Planning for Aging at Home Legends Radio 100.3 FM of Palm Beach County. Lorna O’Connell of Legend’s Radio 100.3 hosts the “Community Resource” hour every Sunday morning at 6:00 a.m. On March 29th, Ms. O’Connell ...
It is never easy to care for aging and elderly parents. It is that much harder if you and your siblings don’t have much in common or in fact do not get along with each other. You may not see eye to eye, but open confrontation helps no one, and in some way harms each member of ...
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Dec 2014
Do you know the commercial of a family at a restaurant and both father and son reach for the check. Then the voiceover – He is doing well, hope he is saving, Hope he saved enough….. It is poignant because it shows that both adult children and older parents are thinking about finances. Money ...
Home Care Assistance Solves Many Care and Safety Needs Home Care Assistance is a tough topic to discuss with older parents. A very practical solution for older people who need a little help at home to remain independent there is to hire an aide or caregiver for in-home care. It does take insight on the part of ...
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