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Most people don’t read about senior care for fun, but when you’re a caregiver or senior yourself, it’s natural to immerse yourself with information and inspiration that will make your life easier. Fortunately, there are an increasing number of quality resources that provide information and encouragement to seniors and the 65 million Americans who provide care for aging or disabled loved ones. If you’ve enjoyed our assisted living blog, here are 6 other high quality, frequently...

Q: My 89 year old elderly mother has Alzheimer’s disease and lives with me, my husband, and my two children. She has no short term memory at all, but she doesn’t need a lot of hands on care. We spent thousands of dollars converting our garage into a living space so that she could stay with us, but now we’re worried that she’s going to burn the house down. She won’t stop smoking inside and her memory is so bad that sometimes she has two or even three cigarettes lit at the...

Texas’ Medicaid low reimbursement rates may be negatively impacting needy seniors who rely on Medicaid to pay for their long term care. A news outlet in Houston recently reported that Medicaid reimbursement rates in Texas, the second lowest in that nation, have caused an assisted living community near Dallas to shutter its doors. Needy Seniors in Texas Negatively Impacted Medicaid is the national health insurance program for low-income Americans, and pays for the nursing home care and assisted ...

Activists and advocates for seniors in Florida are making their voices heard, and are on the verge of accomplishing a major legislative achievement to assure that seniors in assisted living facilities and adult care homes receive quality care. In a January blog posted we outlined campaigns by Florida legislators and elder advocates to update rules and regulations for assisted living communities and adult family care homes. The campaign to encourage lawmakers in Tallahassee increase oversight on assis...

Access to assisted living is important because it is a vital intermediate care type for seniors who don’t need skilled nursing but who may not be able to live independently. Last week we listed the states with the most assisted living options based on an AARP report titled Assisted Living and Residential Care in the States. Minnesota leads the way for assisted living access with 78 beds per 1000 seniors, which is well above the United States average of 31 assisted living units per 1000 seniors....

Assisted living communities have assumed an important role in America’s long term care system. They provide an intermediate option for seniors who can’t live at home safely, but who don’t need the heavy duty care offered at a nursing home. Assisted living is an essential component of the network of long-term care options for seniors. Communities are best served when there are a diverse options of assisted living providers in the area, and availability that’s sufficient to serv...

Q: Where can I learn about the different types of licensing and which facilities provide what kinds of care? We live in Dallas, Texas and would like to have my mother in a place that offers the higher level of care in assisted living, as opposed to skilled nursing, which she really does not need. All I can find on the internet are various commercial sites that don’t really help other the than to advertise for the facilities. Also, is there any way to find out which facilities are the “bes...

Caregiving is one profession that continued to grow through the recession. That’s because America is growing older by the day. Recession or no recession, an increasing number of people will be needed to care for our graying population. This is particularly true in areas with a high number of seniors. A new report by Caregiverlist.com ranks the top cities for caregiver employment, and you may be surprised to see the top city isn’t in Florida or Arizona. The city that tops the Caregiver Emp...