Empowered Aging: Holiday Concerns and Frequently Asked Questions
During the holidays, family members can gain great insight into loved ones’ daily life and the struggles they might be having but are afraid to share. This can include mobility issues, cognitive decline, financial difficulty and more.
Now what do you do with this information? Aging Life Care managers can help you and your family make the most informed decisions for your loved one.
Empowered Aging: Your Parents’ Finances – Who Can Help When It’s Time To Step In?
Watching our parents age, lose their clarity and ability to manage day to day activities can be heart wrenching, not to mention frightening, even for adult children. Sometimes, it’s just easier to think that the behavior we are seeing is a one-time occurrence – the...
Empowered Aging: Embracing Technology To Stay Positive and Relevant
Do you remember a simpler time when we didn’t rely on technology in the way we do today? While you may long for those days, it’s clear. Technology is here to stay. It is seemingly inescapable… regulating our homes and security through connected, IoT appliances...
Empowered Aging: How To Stay Busy After Retirement
Americans are living longer than ever before. For active, engaged seniors, there is plenty of life left to live and plenty to contribute after the age of 65! Finding meaningful work can be the key to shaking negative expectations about aging and what the next phase of your life is supposed to look like.
Empowered Aging: How To Talk To Aging Parents About Their Future
As Aging Life Care professionals, we work with the adult children of aging parents every day. We see the worry in their faces. We are painfully aware that as the years pass by, appearances change, steps grow slower, minds struggle to recall. We experience these...
Coordinating Care: Aging Life Care Professionals & The 3 Critical Roles They Fill For Your Family
May is National Aging Life Care Month. What the heck is that, you ask? Odds are you know what it is but maybe not what to call it…until you desperately need it. By practice, the Aging Life Care professionals, like us and others at Complete Care Strategies, are...
S-Uber: Helping Seniors Travel Independently in South Jersey
In a marketing attempt to appeal to seniors, the goal of S-Uber – a collaboration between the driving app and three Jewish groups in Cherry Hill – is to break barriers and demystify the technology for South Jersey residents 60 and older.
Changes to VA benefits impact veterans. How to Navigate Long Term Care Benefits
Are you a veteran or caring for one? New changes to the Veteran's Administration (VA) benefits will impact your long term care. Low income veterans in nursing homes and those requiring in-home care for everyday life will find it harder to get help through Aid and...
The dangers of hiring caregivers privately
Story from ABC News, October 2016 This is a cautionary tale highlighting the dangers of hiring caregivers privately. ALWAYS use an insured & bonded caregiver agency like Complete Care Strategies. Finding caregivers through Craig's List, the newspaper or even a...
Seniors Socked with Huge Unexpected Bills After Receiving Hospital Observation Care
Article From the Philadelphia Inquirer, October 14th, 2016 This article details the financial impact one local family faced after a loved one was classified as "under observation" at a local hospital, receiving care for a fall. One of the benefits of hiring a...