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Rita Ude on
February 14, 2012
During the next 30 years, the number of Americans over the age of 65 and the proportion of those individuals over 85 are expected to double, impacting the economy, employment, healthcare and social services.
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Rita Ude on
January 31, 2012
A new federal program called the Independence at Home Demonstration will test the effectiveness of providing healthcare to thousands of chronically ill Medicare patients in their own homes, allowing them to remain there instead of potentially entering long-term care facilities.
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Jeannie Locy on
November 10, 2011
Working caregivers should take a long-range view. Even if they curtail their careers for only a few years, it can take a long time to play catch-up. And for many workers, this time off comes near the end of their working years, when it can be even harder to re-enter the workforce. The cost of in-home care can be a sound investment.
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Jeannie Locy on
June 23, 2011
GuardiaCare and Tumbleweed team up to help our local underprivileged citizens.
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Jeannie Locy on
May 23, 2011
Right at Home of Louisville, Kentucky and South Central Indiana, a private duty home care agency, will be honoring fathers in our community by offering 4 free hours of service (after the use of 40 hours of service) for any male during the week before, the week of and two weeks after Father's Day.
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Jeannie Locy on
April 20, 2011
The Senior Medicare Patrol (SMP) program empowers Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries to prevent health care fraud. Learn how you can help further the cause of senior care and help frevent such fraud.
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Angela Roeber on
March 16, 2011
We all hope never to endure having our minds slowly diminished and devoured by dementia, but the odds of that are worse than you might know. In fact, there's about a 40% chance that your brain is programmed to self-destruct while you're in your 80s. Your chances of developing dementia increase steadily every year.
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Jeannie Locy on
January 07, 2011
Please consider helping GuardiaCare with a contribution to provide field trips, as well as art and music therapy to our Adult Day Health Center clients; scholarships for low income clients to attend our Adult Day Health Center; payee services to homeless and near-homeless recipients of public benefits; and/or to reduce the mortgage on our downtown facility.
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acarl on
November 10, 2010
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently announced increased deductibility levels for long-term care insurance policies purchased in 2011. Some long term care insurance help those insured pay for home care services. "Tax advantaged long-term care insurance remains one of the few remai...
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acarl on
September 14, 2010
The Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health Act, passed in April 2010, included a broad array of additions and updates to the benefits provided to Veterans. With 10 segments focused on different areas, the Omnibus Health Act has passed some major reforms. Here, Right at Home takes a close look at the...
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