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16% of the Elderly Live in Poverty
By: on Jan 27, 2011
The image we all have of seniors living it up during their retirement years isn’t ringing true for all seniors. In fact, one in six of them lives below the poverty line. For African American women who live alone that number climbs to 34% and for Hispanic women a staggering 43%. The National Council on [...]
Join the Call: Affordable Care Act with DHHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius
By: on Jan 25, 2011
The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is hosting a call tomorrow, January 26th at 3:00 pm EST, for a discussion on how the Affordable Care Act benefits seniors. You can join by dialing 800-857-6748 and using the passcode: HHS.
Parenting Your Parent
By: on Jan 25, 2011
Your parents: they were there the day you were born, they picked you up when you fell off your bike, they kissed you on the day you got married and they kissed your child the day she was born. Now the person who put a band aide on your skinned knee needs you to look [...]
Online Dementia Risk Test
By: on Jan 18, 2011
If you are a caregiver of an aging loved one, you might find yourself wondering if their memory loss or other changes in behavior are a part of the aging process or something more. The Copper Ridge Institute, an affiliate of The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, has developed a great tool that might [...]
Open Enrollment Time for Medicare Running Out
By: on Dec 20, 2010
On December 31st, the window for open enrollment for Medicare closes. If you are struggling to determine what plans are best for you, the official Medicare site might hold the key. The much improved site offers a variety of ways to compare plans, and to get online advice. They have even posted a couple of [...]
National Alzheimer’s Project Act Update
By: on Dec 15, 2010
We just got the word that this important legislation has been approved by the U.S. House of Representatives! Now it is on its way to President Obama to sign. By the year 2050, almost 16 million Americans will have a diagnois of Alzheimer’s disease. But we have no national plan to deal with the crisis [...]
Eldercare Mediation
By: on Dec 14, 2010
Yesterday’s article in The Washington Post (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/13/AR2010121303865.html) brought forward an issue those of us who work in health care have quietly struggled with – what to do when the adult children disagree about caregiving decisions for a parent. It happens all of the time. One child wants to keep a parent at home with services [...]
Caregiver’s Day Out Contest Winner
By: on Dec 8, 2010
The team at SLN is excited to announce the winner of our “Caregiver’s Day Out” contest. S.D. Haldeman was nominated by her daughter, Nicole. The Texas resident will receive a day out compliments of SLN. Here is her story… “My mother is her stepfather’s caregiver. She moved her mother and husband out of the Ninth [...]
Growing Old in Three Minutes
By: on Dec 7, 2010
The Columbia Graduate School of Journalism has developed a way to show us what it is like to grow old – in just three minutes. Over the course of four short videos, they show us the physiology of aging. The videos cover four areas of aging: Vision, Hearing, Movement and Thinking. Arguably, the first two [...]
Together for Care: Alzheimer’s Foundation Telethon
By: on Dec 1, 2010
NBC and The Alzheimer’s Foundation are teaming up to host the “Together for Care Telethon” on December 4th. The telethon will be on local NBC in 15 major markets across the country. You can donate online, call in or text your donation. There is also an online auction with items ranging from a “Name Your [...]
