When you make the important decision to obtain an Advance Directive, you must keep in mind that the next decision you make is equally important: choosing your health care agent. This article provides a guide to help you decide who…
25 Common Nursing Home Problems and How to Resolve Them
Whether you are considering a nursing home for a loved one, or you know someone who is already in one, you may have heard that they can have many problems. This guide outlines the most common problems you may encounter…
This is What a Social Security Scam Sounds Like
You may have been warned before about scammers and their attempts to gain your Social Security information. Unfortunately, these scams have grown exponentially in the past few years. If you would like to know more about these ongoing threats, The…
5 Ways You Can Guard Against Identity Theft
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau released the Identity Theft Protection Guide which shares steps to help people protect their personal information. The guide explores several options to help individuals decide what’s right for their situation. You can download or order…
Money Smart for Older Adults Resource Guide
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has gathered resources to help serve older adults or family members managing the finances of a loved one. Please see the Resource Guide for helpful tools.
LTCCC Primer: Essential Nursing Home Quality Standards
Nursing Home Quality Standards: A Primer for Residents, Families, Olmbudsman, and Advocates by Richard J. Mollot.
2018 NADRC: Handbook for Helping People Living Alone with Dementia Who Have No Known Support
The Handbook for Helping People Living Alone with Dementia Who Have No Known Support provides practical guidance as well as tools for helping a person living alone who does not have informal supports, including people with dementia who have a…
Guard Your Medicare Card
You probably know that Medicare cards are changing to help protect your identity. Your new card will have a new Medicare Number that’s unique to you, instead of your Social Security Number. Unfortunately, con artists may still try to steal…
Managing Someone Else’s money: New protection from ID theft and fraud
Today the Federal Trade Commission and the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection posted a joint blog about new federal law provisions regarding credit freezes and “protected consumers.” Now people with certain legal authority can act on someone else’s behalf to…
Warnings About Benzodiazepine Use in the Elderly Go Unheeded
original article: https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/901169?nlid=124644_4503&src=wnl_dne_180827_mscpedit&uac=66422BV&impID=1722802&faf=1 by Alicia Ault August 24, 2018Despite years of warnings about the hazards of prescribing benzodiazepines for the elderly, these drugs continue to be used at a higher rate than what is considered appropriate in older Americans —…