A Life of Care Giving – Becoming an Enlightened Caregiver

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A straight-talking guide to choosing and paying for a nursing home, assisted living site, or home care. Joseph Matthews presents all the information consumers need to make the best choices for long-term care, such as how to:

• protect assets
• arrange home health care
• find nursing and non-nursing home residences
• rate nursing home insurance policies
• understand Medicare, Medicaid and other benefit programs

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This book will answer all the financial and legal questions that can arise when caring for the elderly, including:

• How do you plan for the management of the elder’s affairs should he become incompetent in the future?
• Is the proper insurance being carried or can it be restructured to reduce expenses?
• How much money can I give my elders without impacting government aid?
• What are the goals of estate tax planning?

These questions and more will be answered in the comprehensive 250 Questions format. Whether you are caring full- or part-time for an aging parent, friend, or neighbor, you’ll find all the answers you need in this compact guide.

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There are a lot of issues to consider as our loved ones get older. From in-home care to assisted living facilities, there are myriad options available – and each person’s needs are unique. Family members need a resource that will answer all of their questions and ease them through this often-complicated transition. This helpful handbook guides concerned children as they: decide which level of care is best for their parent; maintain communication and discuss difficult topics; handle home safety issues; manage transportation; find and work with a primary-care physician; navigate insurance paperwork; handle legal issues and questions; and other sensitive issues. From setting up a support network to avoiding scams, this informative guide will help a family decide on – and implement – the best care options for their loved ones.

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Newly revised and updated, this acclaimed, complete guide delivers what people need to know to help an aging loved one–a must for all caregivers!

Written by two distinguished psychologists for spouses, siblings, and adult children, this frank and highly useful guide is meticulously organized to provide answers, dispel myths, anticipate needs, and provide strategies for dealing with every aspect of in-home and facility care.

With chapters on choosing the right placement setting, navigating the bureaucracy of today’s eldercare system, and determining how best to pay for services, this revised edition includes new information on:

*diagnosis
*interventions
*insurance, legal, and policy matters
as well as updated checklists, phone and Internet lists, budget worksheets, and questionnaires.

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In this practical, sympathetic, and comprehensive guide, the experts at Today’s Caregiver Magazine tell you (and 54 million other caregivers) how to be an effective, fearless and informed caregiver for your loved one-and still have time for yourself.

From the moment you discover that someone you love needs your care, through the legal and financial quagmires, to dealing with doctors, health professionals and managed care organizations, to insurance and then invaluable down-to-earth practical caregiving tips and advice for all sorts of health challenges-these experts tell you how to give and get the best care for your loved one..

The Fearless Caregiver arms you with all the knowledge and skills you need for deciding if your loved one’s care is appropriate or if something more is needed, and, more importantly, the ability to do something about it.

But what about you? Who cares about the caregiver? These experts do. They show you how to overcome the depression, guilt and fear often associated with people who spend their time caring for others, and not themselves. They give you advice for finding help when you need a vacation, or just a break. They even help you make holidays joyous again.

In the pages of The Fearless Caregiver the experts speak directly to you with professional guidance to help you through the America’s healthcare system as many of the vital decisions, costs and burdens are put back on the family.

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