The Complete Legal Guide to Senior Care

The Complete Legal Guide to Senior Care
Author: Brette McWhorter Sember
Publisher: SphinxLegal
Total Pages: 338
Release: 2003
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 157248229X

Navigates the world of health-care services and long-term care facilities for the reader or for the reader's aging parents

Stages of Senior Care: Your Step-by-Step Guide to Making the Best Decisions

Stages of Senior Care: Your Step-by-Step Guide to Making the Best Decisions
Author: Paul Hogan
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2009-12-06
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 0071625437

A USA Today BESTSELLER! "Informative. Complete. And practical. This book will guide family caregivers through the surprisingly complex world of senior care." —MEHMET OZ, M.D., New York Times bestselling coauthor of YOU: The Owner's Manual: The Complete All-in-One Care Guide Choosing the best care for your aging parents and other seniors in your life is not only complex, with multiple options available, it's also highly personal and often emotional. This essential resource—written by the founders of Home Instead Senior Care, the world's largest provider of nonmedical care for seniors—guides you through a comprehensive range of things to consider, step by step, so you can make better informed decisions and be confident that the senior in your life is receiving the best care possible. Checklists and diagnostics will help you: Decide if at-home care is the right choice for you and your loved ones Evaluate the pros and cons of retirement communities, adult care centers, nonmedical caregivers, assisted living facilities, nursing homes, and hospice Determine the costs of senior care options and find helpful support networks "This is not just another book about caring for aging parents. It's a great reference you'll use again and again. Stages doesn't shy away from the hard questions. Rather, it shows you how to confront them."—SUZANNE MINTZ, President/CEO, National Family Caregivers Association "Recognizing that there is no one-size-fits-all solution, this salient volume compassionately addresses a full range of hard-to-discuss subjects."--PUBLISHERS WEEKLY All of the authors' profits from the sale of this book will be donated to the Home Instead Senior Care Foundation. Paul and Lori Hogan founded Home Instead Senior Care in 1994. Now with 850 offices in 15 countries, Home Instead is recognized as a global leader and authority on senior care. Visit them at www.stagesofseniorcare.com.

Seniors' Rights

Seniors' Rights
Author: Brette McWhorter Sember
Publisher: Sphinx Publishing
Total Pages: 260
Release: 2006
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9781572485709

SPEND THIS TIME ENJOYING LIFE-NOT WORRYING ABOUT THE FUTURE Admit it. Growing older has some perks. Special discounts and exclusive benefits are just a few of the things you can now take advantage of. There are also several programs and government regulations that now play a bigger role in your life. Have you explored all the options available to you for a secure future? Seniors' Rights is designed to help you make the most of everything you are entitled to and maximize benefits to the fullest. It provides essential information on topics ranging from health care and health insurance to where to live and how to travel. This book details ways to make the golden years your best years, with helpful tips on: --Who are the best employers for seniors --What housing choice is best for you --When to apply for your Social Security benefits --Where to find tax assistance --How to protect yourself from fraud You have a lot of changes ahead of you. Be prepared to make the most of each and every one of them by using Seniors' Rights as your guide. SENIORS' RIGHTS PROVIDES CRUCIAL information on: --Financial Planning --Reverse Mortgages --Retirement --Social Security --Medicare --Home Safety --Property Tax Exemptions --Assisted Living --Scams --Discrimination --Grandparents' Visitation --Veterans' Benefits --Long-Term Care Insurance --Wills and Estates

The Elder Law Handbook

The Elder Law Handbook
Author: Peter J. Strauss
Publisher: Macmillan Reference USA
Total Pages: 706
Release: 1997
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9780783880426

Offers legal and financial advice for caregivers, the elderly, and the disabled, discussing the rights of the individual within the health care system, providing guidance on financial planning and taxes, and looking at issues related to work, retirement, and housing.

Legal Aspects of Elder Care

Legal Aspects of Elder Care
Author: Marshall Kapp
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning
Total Pages: 374
Release: 2010-10-25
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0763756326

A wide variety of legal issues surround caring for older individuals. Health and human service practioners need to plan, provide and evaluate geriatric care, while also understanding public policies. Legal knowledge is an essential part of caring for the elderly. Students and professionals must be able to deliver appropriate care while also being aware of any legal, ethical and pilitical issues that may arise. Legal Aspects of Elder Care provides a clear overview of geriatric policies and laws, enabling the reader to use informed decision-making with older clients.

The Caregiver's Legal Guide Planning for a Loved One With Chronic Illness

The Caregiver's Legal Guide Planning for a Loved One With Chronic Illness
Author: Christopher J. Berry
Publisher: Advantage Media Group
Total Pages: 134
Release: 2014-07-18
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1599324180

Insider Strategies to Plan for Medicaid, Veterans Benefits and Long-term Care and How to Help Your Loved One to Live With Peace and Dignity The Caregiver’s Legal Guide to Caring for a Loved One with Chronic Illness was written by a Certified Elder Law Attorney to help seniors, veterans and their families navigate the long-term care legal maze. Inside you will find tips, tricks, and legal strategies to help protect the quality of life and resources for a loved one who is suffering from a chronic illness, such as Alzheimer’s, Dementia, Parkinson’s, Multiple Sclerosis, Huntington’s Disease, or even the frailties of aging. Aid & Attendance Veterans Benefit. You will have peace of mind to know that when your loved one needs care, he or she will have the best quality of life possible and be able to afford the best level of care.

Seniors' Rights

Seniors' Rights
Author: Brette McWhorter Sember
Publisher: Sphinx Publishing
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2004
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 9781572483866

As a senior, you probably have an active, full and satisfying life filled with friends, family, activities and maybe a job you love. This time of your life is a wonderful period. Seniors' Rights is designed to help you make the most of these years. It provides a thorough explanation of your available options in making some of life's most important decisions, from what type of health care and which kind of health insurance to where to live and how to travel.

A Guide to Elder Planning

A Guide to Elder Planning
Author: Steve Weisman
Publisher: FT Press
Total Pages: 501
Release: 2013-01-03
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0133092003

For millions of families, elder planning has become life's most important financial challenge. To plan successfully for aging, coordinated and knowledgeable action is indispensable. Whether you're concerned about your own future, your loved ones, or both, Steve Weisman's A Guide to Elder Planning, Second Edition brings together all the up-to-date knowledge and practical insights you'll need. Thorough, realistic, friendly, and easy to read, it covers all the financial, legal, and personal issues faced by seniors and their families. Weisman is one of the nation's most respected eldercare attorneys: through his nationally syndicated radio show A Touch of Grey and his books, he's already helped millions of seniors and their families. Now, he brings together practical insights and specific, innovative solutions for estate planning, investment planning, long term care planning, housing, Medicare, Medicaid, retirement planning, Social Security, veterans' benefits, asset protection, substitute decision making, income tax planning, age discrimination, protection from abuse and scams, end of life issues, and much more. From navigating fast-changing benefits programs to preparing healthcare directives, this trustworthy book explains it all -- in plain, crystal-clear English!