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What Is Person-Centered Care? (& Why Is It Important?)
By Maureen RulisonCaregiver Support and Resources, LLC We prefer it, even if so much of it is centered around language alone. What is person-centered care? It’s a philosophy that empowers the individual at the center of care. Sometimes individuals, as couples later in life often prefer to trek the journey together. How is it so […]

Mom’s Still Healthy. Can Life-Care Planning Wait?
By Maureen RulisonCaregiver Support and Resources, LLC Your parents (or other loved ones) are getting older. Most of us at this stage – watching them enter their “golden years” while getting “up there” ourselves – try to assess “the damage” to see when it’s appropriate to make BIG DECISIONS. Can life-care planning wait a few […]

Medicaid 5-Year Lookback: Exceptions to Protect Assets & Achieve Eligibility in 2023
By Maureen RulisonCaregiver Support and Resources Reflecting can be a good thing. But when it comes to the Long-Term Care Medicaid and the 5-year lookback period examining financial eligibility, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed. Many of us approaching the twilight of life intend on distributing our assets to loved ones anyways. But the government feels […]

Medicaid Eligibility in Florida: 2023 Community Spouse Resource Allowance
By Maureen RulisonCaregiver Support and Resources Long-Term Care Medicaid eligibility in Florida – or rather the financial figures determining eligibility – changes slightly each year. When qualifying for Medicaid, individuals and married couples alike must show the government they don’t have enough money, property and other assets that could otherwise be used to pay for […]

Life-Care Plan: Where Do We Begin?
By Maureen RulisonCaregiver Support and Resources, LLC Planning for every part of the life journey is never easy. Many of us retire and think the planning’s done. But there’s even more to factor in a strong, comprehensive life-care plan that factors your (and/or your loved one’s) care needs and dignity through the end – and […]

Primary Caregivers: Communication Tips with an Unsupportive Team Member
You wake up in the morning to a mountain of primary caregiver tasks. Your loved one needs breakfast. This week’s medications must be sorted. Shoot, the laundry’s still in the dryer! One of their doctors left you a voicemail when you managed a quick bathroom break. And that’s just a morning in the life of […]