Description An on-line form to help you evaluate the features of three different long term care facilities. From ElderWeb.com, an ElderHope First Stop!
Description This site is a service of the National Council on Aging. It offers a free service to help the elderly find federal services and benefits for which they may be eligible. It is free, confidential, quick and online. Highly recommended.
Update: This site was recently featured on the Kim Komando Show. As so many places she refers to, this is a great call!
Description This page offers some thoughts to consider, when discussing the possibility of a move into some type of long-term care facility, with a loved one. It's a hard issue for some families to face. Maybe this article will help when thinking about how to approach this subject with your loved one.
Description We would be wise to re-examine this history before applying knee-jerk solutions to the current and future crises in long term care. Karen Stevenson Brown, publisher of ElderWeb, has this very special section about the history of long term care on her site. Well worth a visit!
Description A good site to begin doing some PRELIMINARY research on facilities. But, as we have said repeatedly, ratings are OFTEN wrong. Believe only what you see, smell, taste, touch and hear, as it regards care for a loved one. Trust us on this! You won't regret it.
Description This site has a great amount of information about funding long term care, issues in long term care, and news of importnace to caregivers. If you are doing research, this is a key place to start.
Description This site offers information about long term care insurance (in addition to quotes). It is a commerical site but has significant amount of important information, as well as a discussion board to get questions answered.