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If you have long-term care insurance we can help you work through the processes involved in starting benefits for you or a loved one. Most people buy long-term care insurance just so they can receive care in their own home. There are approximately 7.6 million individuals who currently receive care at home because of acute […]
May 31, 2012
As pressure mounts CMS (the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services) announced a partnership to improve dementia care in the US. They are partnering with providers, caregivers, patients to ensure appropriate use of antipsychotic medications. They say they want to “ensure appropriate care and use of antipsychotic medications for nursing home patients.” Their first goal is […]
May 31, 2012
By Kay Lazar, Globe Staff Three US senators are ratcheting up a campaign to slash the misuse of powerful sedatives, known as antipsychotics, in the nation’s nursing homes. The three — Senators Herb Kohl, D-Wis., Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn. — have filed a proposal that would require federal regulators to issue standardized […]
May 30, 2012
This is an excellent article but before I leave you to Howard let me state that I agree with him but this must be part of a larger discussion that we all need to have with our families. We also need to plan how to take care of our own long term care taking into […]
rickmorey 
December 18, 2012
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