Toronto nursing home borrowed cash from residents’ private trust accounts
The LTC home was breaking several regulations that safeguard trust accounts.
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If living at home is no longer an option
Let’s look at the steps for transitioning from home into long-term care (LTC) and outline what you might expect.
Coming home to mobility issues
Falls are the leading cause of injury death among adults over 65.
Frustrated with staff where my Dad lives.
Understanding expectations is the key to making this work.
Why long-term care insurance has yet to catch on
Long Term Care Insurance is the Rodney Dangerfield of insurance — it gets no respect.
In-home help
I have had experience with hiring individuals and agencies and have good and bad things to say about both solutions.
How to Find the Right Senior Housing Community
Here are three ideas to keep in mind.
Elderly patient discharged to empty house not a ‘one-off’ case
Hospital system too uncoordinated to deal with influx of seniors.
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Caring for the Caregivers
Developing cultural risk management strategies to meet the needs of residents and caregivers.
Dementia developing at later ages, U.S. study shows
People with dementia do a parachute exercise in the Bronx. A new study shows the age of those getting dementia seems to be getting higher. (Jim Fitzgerald/Associated Press)