Is caregiving good for your health?
Name something hard to do, especially wearing on you physically and mentally, and likely to add years and enjoyment to your life.
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Are you throwing away thousands of dollars worth of Social Security benefits?
Andy Landis spoke at a recent “Boot Camp” that Seattle elder law attorney, Rajiv Nagaich held. Landis who has over 30 years of experience writing about and learning about Social Security is a big draw because just an hour or so in a seminar with him can result in significantly larger Social Security payouts.
Washington State Medicaid Resource Standards 1-1-15
Below are the links for both married couples and single individuals for the basic resource and income guidelines for Washington state-sponsored programs. These guidelines get updated throughout the year and affect eligibility for long-term care programs. The guidelines here became effective January 1, 2015. Washington State Medical & Resource Standards-Married Washington State Medicaid & Resource Standards-Married
Study finds that where you live determines your health treatment
Choose where you’ll age carefully. New research indicates that where seniors live not only dictates how much health care they receive but also which medications doctors prescribe for them. The research is new but the results are not. Seniors often get prescribed medications deemed high risk (and listed on this Beers listing) but the…
The high cost of medications in America
Have you heard this fact before: Americans spend more money per capita on prescription medicines than any other developed country?
Exercise proves more effective than supplements in treating arthritis
My dog, Denali started screaming in pain every time he jumped up or moved too fast. He was only 2 years old and that and the fact that he is part Australian Shepherd and thus prone to jumping and moving fast forced me to take an otherwise healthy dog to my vet.
Getting treatment without getting bogged down in charges
If you don’t have dental, vision or hearing coverage, you know how expensive those items are especially when they aren’t covered by Medicare or other private insurance. So a lot of seniors are resorting to medical credit cards.
In the future, growing old could take longer
How would you like to live to be 120 years old? If you are like most Americans in a recent survey, you’re not all that interested in living past 100 much less 120 but scientists think that babies born this year are likely to do just that.
Is it time to take over your loved one's finances?
The other day I went to pay a bill online and found that the amount I had already paid on the bill hadn’t been credited even though I had paid it weeks ago. It turned out the online information was static rather than real time, meaning the information online was only updated once a…
Will you retire?
There’s an awful lot written about when you retire or how to retire but what if you aren’t planning to retire? How do you plan for that?
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