Phew! While helping a friend navigate through the financial maze of his parents’ care, we were wading through all the documents and happened to stumble across an unknown Long Term Care insurance policy that his dad had wisely purchased long … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: May 2014
As a younger man confronting another experience as a caregiver, I coped by “stuffing my feelings” and “numbing out” with alcohol. “Now I was facing Carol’s traumatic disease, I knew I had to be different.” Friends reminded me, “This is … Continue reading
By David Sayen Coping with terminal illness can be very difficult, for the patient as well as his or her loved ones. That’s why I want to pass along some information about Medicare’s coverage of hospice care. Hospice is a … Continue reading
By Mark Cimino, CiminoCare “Dad is no longer living! Don’t you remember?” said the frustrated daughter-caregiver to her Alzheimer’s inflicted mother, “He passed away 8 years ago!” In frustration, she continued, “Now stop asking me when dad’s getting home from … Continue reading
(NAPSI)—There’s hopeful news for the estimated 2.5 million American men who are currently living with prostate cancer.i Recent studies and analyses have demonstrated that men with advanced prostate cancer are now living longer than ever.ii,iii While this is encouraging, managing … Continue reading