In-home Care Service for those Recovering from Surgery: A trip into the great unknown
McCortney Family In-Home Care News In-home Care Service for those Recovering from Surgery: A trip into the great unknown This is the second post in a series about the types of In-home care services we provide to our clients in South-Central/Southeastern Oklahoma. While many of the people we provide caregivers for are generally the same, […]
In-home Care Service for those being Discharged from a Nursing Home: Removing the fear and going home again!
McCortney Family In-Home Care News In-home Care Service for those being Discharged from a Nursing Home: Removing the fear and going home again! This is the first post in a series about the types of In-home care services we provide to our clients in South-Central/Southeastern Oklahoma. While many of the people we provide caregivers for […]
Is Long-Term Care Insurance Right for You?
McCortney Family In-Home Care News Is Long-Term Care Insurance Right for You? This article is not from the great state of Oklahoma, but the basic discussion applies anywhere. Here’s the cut and paste version of the highpoints: (The whole article is worth reading.) “Long-term care is the biggest threat to elders’ financial well-being,” he said. […]
Affordable Care Act Program Encourages In-Home Care
McCortney Family In-Home Care News VA Aide and Attendance I must say, that this program, from the National Center for Policy Analysis article, makes a lot of sense. The Balancing Incentive Payments Program is intended to keep as many people as possible out of nursing home care. Nursing home care is expensive, and a 2010 […]
Profile of a Long-Term Care Cargiver
McCortney Family In-Home Care News Profile of a Long-Term Care Cargiver PBS has done a good job summarizing the cost of caring for your mom or dad at home with their article, which is provocatively titled, “What working a part-time job for five years – for free – looks like”. (There is also an interesting […]
In-home Care Service for those with Alzheimer’s Disease or Dementia: No, it is NOT a babysitting job!
McCortney Family In-Home Care News In-home Care Service for those with Alzheimer’s Disease or Dementia: No, it is NOT a babysitting job! This is the third and final post in a series about the types of In-home care services we provide to our clients in South-Central/Southeastern Oklahoma. While many of the people we provide caregivers […]
How Many In-home Caregivers Will It Take?
McCortney Family In-Home Care News How Many In-home Caregivers Will It Take? Nobody likes strangers in their home. Senior Adults, especially those with memory problems associated with Alzheimer’s Disease or dementia, or physical problems like COPD (emphysema) or severe arthritis that make moving around the house hard, are not an exception to this rule. Because […]
In-home Agencies Fight Fraud
McCortney Family In-Home Care News In-home Agencies Fight Fraud This article (or any other that you want to find) is the latest in a long list of tales of family home caregivers who have abused or neglected their clients. It is a sad thing, and something that is hard for most of us to imagine. […]
Hiring Someone to Help With Home Care
McCortney Family In-Home Care News Hiring Someone to Help With Home Care I love the introduction to the article “Hiring Someone to Help With Home Care” from the AARP: Most questions about family caregiving can’t be answered with a simple yes or no. But the question of whether home care agencies are all alike is […]
25 charged in bogus home care scheme; prosecutors call it DC’s largest health-care fraud
McCortney Family In-Home Care News 25 charged in bogus home care scheme; prosecutors call it DC’s largest health-care fraud 25 charged in bogus home care scheme; prosecutors call it DC’s largest health-care fraud This article from U.S. News and World Report is another example of how hard it is to track caregivers providing in-home care […]