A Sudden Shock to the System – Unexpected issues of long term care are discussed by Carol Levine, Dr. Audrey Chun and Vincent J. Russo.

The Fallacy of “Aging in Place” – M. David Vail, executive director of Atria Assisted Living in Stratford, Conn, talks about how caregivers should manage expections vs reality when dealing with assisted living situations.

Budgeting for an Uncertain Future – Vincent J. Russo, a lawyer specializing in elder law and estate planning in Westbury, N.Y, looks at how families should plan for long-term care.

Your Parent’s Parent – Carol Levine, director of the Families and Health Care Project of the United Hospital Fund in New York City, gives advice on how adult children can transition into taking responsibility for their ailing and aging parent.

Acute Care vs. Quality of Life – Dr. Audrey Chun, assistant professor of geriatrics at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City, addresses the issues of acute interventions and quality of life.

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Taking Care of Aging Parents with or without Alzheimer’s Disease.

The costs of Alzheimer’s are mounting

*Medical expenses

*Home health care

*Nursing home residencies

*Lost work time and wages

*Sitters and/or day care

*Caregiver’s out-of-pocket expenses to support the family member

*The unmeasurable cost of stress on families

In California, these factors are being recognized by the Alzheimer’s Association California Central Coast Chapter with the formation of In Good Company.  An article, Combating the costs of Alzheimer’s, in the Ventura County Star, by Jenni Mintz, explains what is being done through this newly formed nonprofit organization.

Launched a few weeks ago by the Alzheimer’s Association California Central Coast Chapter in Camarillo, In Good Company is a nonprofit organization established to combat these costs by raising awareness and generating philanthropic funding for Alzheimer’s employee and family program services.

Hopefully this will set the pace for the formation of similar organizations to help families and caregivers of Alzheimer’s patients throughout the country. 

Read Ms. Mintz’s article for more of the details about this organization and how it plans to help with this mounting concern…the high costs of Alzheimer’s.

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One Solution to the High Cost of Alzheimer’s