There was recently an online streaming broadcast about Health Care Reform provided by the website www.healthreform.gov where some great information was obtained . Below, I have summarized what was said about the most recent law affecting Health Care Reform:
1. This new bill does not eliminate anything Medicare currently offers.
2. Starting in 2011, Medicare will not [...]
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The Caregiving Legacy Award from the Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation is being given to the “Alzheimer’s Dementia Strategy and Dementia Summit”.
I had the honor of serving on this panel with many other leading Dementia experts in San Francisco. My role, based on expertise, was that of “Care Coordination and Professional Care Manager.” Most of [...]
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You want this no matter what your position is…good end of life planning gives you control. If done appropriately and with the right legal tools you can dictate how you want your journey to be played out based on your values and not the values of the doctor, the hospital, your family or others.
I am [...]
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When your parent is ready to be discharged from a hospital, short-term help could prevent him or her from being readmitted. About 1 in 5 Medicare patients is re-admitted within 30 days according to the New England Journal of Medicine. Often discharge instructions are not understood, medications are changed (but no one cleans out the [...]
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