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Medicaid

• Pennsylvania May Get Seventy Percent of Special Medicaid Funding
• 12 Strategies to Prevent Alzheimer's

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News

• 2011 Seminar Page Updated...
  Posted on 11/11/2010
• Health Care Reform 101: What Does It Mean For Seniors, Medicaid...
  Posted on 3/31/2010

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Medicaid

• 7 Key Tests To Qualify For Medicaid
• Planning for Medicaid: Guide To What You Can and Cannot Keep
• Paying the Nursing Home: A Married Couple's Concerns, and What To Expect in the Medicaid Planning Process
• Home care is growing as a result of the increasing incidence of Alzheimer’s and other dementias, and is the world’s largest provider of non-medical in-home care and companionship services for seniors.
• "Why a 30-Minute Consultation? Do I Really Need One?"

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Home care is growing as a result of the increasing incidence of Alzheimer’s and other dementias, and is the world’s largest provider of non-medical in-home care and companionship services for seniors.

As the disease progresses, physical problems may include loss of strength and balance, and diminishing bladder and bowel control. As more and more of the brain is affected, areas that control basic life functions, like swallowing and breathing, become irreversibly damaged, resulting eventually in death.

Home care is growing as a result of the increasing incidence of Alzheimer’s and other dementias, and is the world’s largest provider of non-medical in-home care and companionship services for seniors. One in eight people aged 65 and older (13 percent) have Alzheimer’s disease, according to the Alzheimer’s Association 2010 Alzheimer’s Disease Facts and Figures report. This national trend could confirm a growing need for more resources.

As a result, family caregivers are stretched thin and feeling the crunch. More than 40 percent of family and other unpaid caregivers of people with Alzheimer’s and other dementia rate the emotional stress of caregiving as high or very high, compared with 28 percent of caregivers of other older people, according to the Alzheimer’s Association’s 2010 Alzheimer’s Disease Facts and Figures report. About one-third of family caregivers of people with Alzheimer’s and other dementia also have symptoms of depression, the report noted.

We at the Elder Law Office of Shields and Boris have developed many relationships with Home Care companies around the Western Pennsylvania area. If you feel like learning more about their services, or would like a recommendation, feel free to contact us - 800 879 0984.

Special Report

A Consumers Guide to Medicaid Planning and Division of Assets

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questions

Medicaid

• What are examples of resources that are counted regarding Medicaid eligibility?

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