Family caregivers and decisionmakers in the complex care of dementia patients
Tha AARP and the National Alliance for Caregiving report that there are 40 million Americans taking care of family members with dementia such as Alzheimer’s Disease, cancer, and other debilitating chronic diseases, or physical disabilities, and that 25% of the caregivers are under 35 years old. The medical issues can be complex. There can be myriad medications to manage and the side...
Aging in Place: Make a Plan, Assemble your Team
“No matter what, please keep me out of a nursing home!” How often do people hear their parents say this, as the parents enter their most senior years. The reality is that aging in place is a complex but achievable endeavor for most people. Whether you are the person who hopes to “age in place,” or you are the person who will have responsibility to make it happen, you...
HIPAA forms that help your helpers to help you with your health care
To make sure that your personal health care advocates can have access to your Protected Health Information (“PHI”) and your treating health care personnel, it’s particularly important that you sign HIPAA authorization forms and put them into the chart at the hospital, clinic, rehab center, nursing home or doctor’s office. Our practice is to provide these forms when our...