The Basics of Long-Term Care Insurance
Prepare for your elder years with long term care insurance
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prevention
Food Choices for Time-Crunched Caregivers
Avoiding Dining Traps as a Time-Crunched Caregiver You’re a caregiver. Your time is stretched thin, which leads to eating out or on the go. But fast food, restaurant dining and prepared food from a grocery store may be working against you. Food is fuel. To be more precise, food delivers oxygen through your body, giving
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In-Home Caregivers – What You Need to Know
In-home caregivers are very much a part of the caregiving picture. Whether part-time, full-time, or just occasionally, there are a number of different sources. But when you need help and need to hire someone, you should know your options. This article from Today’s Caregiver [Hiring an In-Home Caregiver: What You Don’t Know Could Hurt You] gives
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Foresight for Caregivers – Executing a Will – Part 2
Executing a Will – Part 2: Maneuvering Through the Family Dynamics Caregivers may find their job isn’t over after the loss of a loved one because of all the work associated with executing a will. And often it’s not just a matter of paperwork, which was covered in part 1, but a matter of maneuvering
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The Caregivers Guide to Hacking
Hacking, Phishing, Spoofing, Pharming, Scamming, Malware, Scareware, Ransomware, Spyware, Virus, Worm. So many terms. So many concerns. Caregivers have enough to worry about without having to worry about recovering from a computer hack. Therefore, it’s increasingly important to educate the people we care for about the digital invaders trying to hack their personal information and
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The Family Caregiver
As a Caregiver, This Counts as Care: One way I provide caregiver help is with administrative issues. As a caregiver, I know that eventually, the day will come when I will need to settle my parents’ affairs (or so I hope, given I outlive them). That’s why I recently followed my own advice, from a
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Caregiving 101: Passwords are Key
Be prepared for the end: Are you caregiving for a family member? Do you know their passwords? Heck, do you know all your own passwords? A recent article from the Huffington Post—I’m Still Paying For My Dead Husband’s Cell Phone Because I Don’t Know His Childhood Friend’s Name— Ann Brenoff points out the importance of
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Legal Preparation in Caregiving – Wills & Trusts
Wills and Trusts are an Important Part of End of Life Preparation As we continue the conversation about legal preparations that come to light when we enter into a caregiving situation with a loved one, Wills and Trusts should be part of the plan. I’m drawing on my informative conversation with attorney Rebecca Braun of
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Health and Wellness
Health and Wellness have been one of our messages under the theme of prevention, as in “An Ounce of Prevention is Worth a Pound of Cure,” to match our saying for the Cravaat®: “An Ounce of Protection is Worth a Pound of Laundry.” We believe the best way to tackle illness is to eat and
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Stress Prevention through a Good Plan
When we talk about prevention we basically mean that we want to avoid bad or negative outcomes. How do you avoid negative outcomes? By doing things that will result in a positive outcome. For example, if you want to cross a dark room and don’t want to trip and fall, then you do turn on
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