Mentally Ill In Texas Receive Less In Government Help
In Texas, people that suffer from mental illness and do not have a dual-diagnosis, such as a physical disability, receive less help. While these people may receive benefits, such as disability, they do...
View ArticleNebraska’s Health Care Cuts
Nebraska set forth laws in 2011 that stand to cripple health care in rural areas. According to the new laws, health providers would be reimbursed less than half the amount by Medicaid or Medicare that...
View ArticleParenting Your Parent
From birth to old age we hit milestones. Our parents watch as we take our first steps, speak our first words, and so on until we leave home to begin lives of our own. There is another first that many...
View ArticleAre Private Day Cares Safe?
Unlike other elder care facilities, most adult day care programs are not regulated. Unless the center provides health care or receives funding from state or federal governments, the center will not...
View ArticleHow Well Trained Are Staff In Adult Day Care Centers?
Adult day care centers have different types of staffing than other facilities designed for anyone who is disabled or elderly. In most instances the people who are clients of an adult day center are...
View ArticleStarting An Adult Day Care
The need for community based adult care services grow with each passing year. For an individual interested in growing their income and serving their community, an adult day care center is a perfect...
View ArticleDay Trips: How Well Is Your Loved One Observed
When we send our loved ones to adult day care we expect that they will be carefully supervised. While the majority of adult day centers are safe, there have been people left behind on trips. This is a...
View ArticleTennCare Cuts Senior Funding
TennCare, Tennessee’s Medicaid program, is set to cut $47 million from senior care funds in 2012. The cuts come at a time when the state needs to tighten belts, but the cuts are at the expense of older...
View ArticleYou Deserve Time Off
When you are a caregiver you may not think of what you do as a job. But, that is exactly what care giving is. No matter who you are caring for, the day to day stress of taking care of another human...
View ArticleShould Young Adults Be Placed In ADCs With The Elderly?
There are adult day centers that provide daytime services to the disabled of all ages. The concern can come in when young adults are placed in centers that have a high ratio of elderly people....
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