Senior Living Taxes: What You Need to Know Senior living is a wonderful option for older adults looking to downsize, simplify their lives, and enjoy their golden years. But what about taxes? Many seniors are unsure about how their taxes will be affected by their move...
Assisted Living Expenses and Their Deductibility As seniors age and their health deteriorate, they often face high costs associated with assisted living facilities. These facilities can be a great way for seniors to receive the care they need and maintain a good...
Common Services an Assisted Living Facility Provides Transitioning to an assisted living facility can be challenging for seniors and their families. It’s a new stage of life that comes with many concerns about the unknown. However, learning more can help put your mind...
What Training Do Assisted Living Facility Caregivers Receive? One of the first questions any family needs to ask when looking at an assisted living facility is about the qualifications of the facility’s care staff. These are the people who will interface with your...
What Role Does a Resident’s Family Play in Assisted Living? After you select an assisted living facility for your aging family member, your role as a caregiver will shift. Whether your family member was previously living in your home or independently, you will need to...
How Do I Know if My Senior Is Getting Good Care at an Assisted Living Facility? Making the decision to transition your elderly loved one to an assisted living facility is never easy. Of course, you want to find a nursing home with friendly, professional, and...
What steps should you take if your mother is resistant or doesn’t want assisted living? An aging and increasingly infirm parent can be a challenging reality to face. It can be a difficult issue to confront and acknowledge – that the woman you used to depend upon...
Your parents worked so hard to give you a comfortable, happy life growing up. They are the two people that cared for you and anticipated all your needs more than anyone else in your life. To think about these two capable, loving, caring people being unable to care...
You may have noticed something like this: your elderly mother, who would never be seen in public anything less than impeccably groomed, doesn’t bother to get her hair and nails done anymore. Maybe your loved one seems to forget things more than they used to, or maybe...
Focusing on Increasing Wellness in Assisted Living If we were to ask the question – has medical science increased the human life span – the answer would be an unequivocal yes! People do in fact live much longer than they used to just decades ago. However, if were to...