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Solutions & Practical Advice for Older Adults and Their Families.
When older adults experience changes caused by the aging process, it's often difficult for families to know how to begin managing their loved ones' care, deal with difficult emotions, and make informed decisions. Through The Family Guide to Long-term Care series, you'll find answers to the questions that families so often encounter. These volumes are filled with indispensable knowledge that will benefit the entire family - not just at one point in time but throughout the entire process as a loved one experiences changes that come with aging.
Getting Started
Volume 1 | 34 minutes
Learn what to do when an aging parent begins to need more assistance than you can provide. You'll benefit from detailed, step-by-step information on:
• Planning ahead as a family
• Warning signs that your parent should no longer live alone
• Assessing needs based on activities of daily living (ADLs)
• Safeguarding the home
• Home-based services
Making the Right Choice
Volume 2 | 50 minutes
When the time arrives for your parent to move from home, Making the Right Choice helps you understand the array of living options available - and find the one that best fits your situation. You'll learn about:
• Involving your loved one in the decision
• The continuum of care
• How to choose a facility
• Dealing with natural feelings of guilt
• Making the transition from home
Staying Involved
Volume 3 | 31 minutes
Learn how the family's role remains critical to your loved one's well-being even after the transition to new surroundings. You'll get important information on:
• Care planning
• Ways to keep the family involved
• Becoming partners with the staff and other providers
• Monitoring your loved one's care
• Helping your parent stay emotionally healthy
Understanding Long-term Care Insurance
Volume 4 | 21 minutes
This video will thoroughly prepare you to navigate an often bewildering maze of information - and make decisions that will preserve your assets and freedom of choice. You'll get expert guidance on:
• Gauging your need for LTC insurance
• The limits of Medicare and Medicaid
• Coverage for assisted living, home health and adult day care
• What to look for in an insuror
• Choosing coverage options that are best for you
Legal Issues
Volume 5 | 21 minutes
None of us wants to give up the right to decide whether we should be kept alive on a machine, or how our estate will be passed along - or to put our families in the uncomfortable position of making such desicisions for us. You'll learn valuable information that will give you and your family more peace of mind:
• Making a will and keeping it up to date
• Living Wills - making health care decisions in advance
• Durable power of attorney
• Designating others to make decisions on your behalf
Financial Planning
Volume 6 | 27 minutes
After viewing this video, you'll have a clear picture of what to do if you someday have to manage a loved one's affairs. Whether you're planning for yourself or an aging parent, this video will give you the essential information you need:
• Organizing financial information and determining available assets
• Principles of sound investing
• Social Security benefits
• Everything you need to know about Medicare: what it will (and will
not)pay for, deductibles, Parts A & B, coverage options and
supplemental insurance
Reviews
"...This excellent series of tapes walks families through every step of caring for a loved one who can no longer care for him or herself ... these videos are a godsend to anyone facing the difficult task of finding the right situation for a less-independent loved one..."
Beth Stein
THE TENNESSEAN
January 28, 2002
"...As a long-term care administrator, I see families struggling with these issues every day. This video series is an excellent way to help families think about all the implications and understand what a variety of professionals think are important. The series tells people what to look for and what questions to ask. It also recommends how to begin these often difficult conversations between adult children and their aging parents. Very well done!... "
Gretchen Napier
Amazon.com review
"...I recommend this tape series to all families with aging parents (or other family members) who may need alternative living arrangements in the near future. The tapes guide you in identifying when additional assistance or care is needed, selecting the right alternative living or long-term care option for your loved one, and staying involved after the move. As a health care marketer, I've had the opportunity to see some of the best models in independent living, assisted living and long-term care; and these tapes identify the features and services you should expect to find in each living arrangement. As an individual who experienced this situation in my own family, I can only say I wish this tape series had been available when my family was struggling with a long-term care decision. It would have made the journey much easier for everyone..."
Anita Bailey
Amazon.com review
"...These affordable tapes are excellent for caregivers or equally useful as a training tool for professionals working with the elderly and their families..."
Ron Aday, Editor
SOUTHERN GERONTOLOGIST
Winter 2001
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