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Hospice Care: Making Tough Decisions at End of Life
Your name Your email Subject Your message (optional) By Maureen RulisonCaregiver Support and Resources, LLC We often discuss difficult end-of-life care decisions. They can be tough even when you’re prepared. That’s why we stress the importance of life care planning, so we’re not caught off guard when overwhelming decisions like when to enter hospice care […]
Unexpected Emergencies Can Derail a Life Care Plan
Your name Your email Subject Your message (optional) By Maureen RulisonCaregiver Support and Resources, LLC There’s so much to consider in life care planning. You’re worried about health and financial stability for your loved one who requires care (and everyone else involved). You must also factor family relationships and personal realities in this puzzle with […]
In Life Care Planning, it’s Essential to Factor the Unexpected
Your name Your email Subject Your message (optional) By Maureen RulisonCaregiver Support and Resources, LLC Life care planning can be an uncertain process. And it’s tough even when you’re working with things you do know – like if your father has a living will or that eventually your aunt’s cancer treatments will no longer be […]
What Is Person-Centered Care? (& Why Is It Important?)
Your name Your email Subject Your message (optional) 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 […]
Mom’s Still Healthy. Can Life-Care Planning Wait?
Your name Your email Subject Your message (optional) 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 […]
Medicaid 5-Year Lookback: Exceptions to Protect Assets & Achieve Eligibility in 2023
Your name Your email Subject Your message (optional) 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 […]