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Residential housing that maximizes an individual's ability to live independently while providing a lower level of assistance than expected at a skilled nursing facility. Services include 24-hour on-call monitoring, and help with activities of daily living (such as bathing, dressing, meals, and housekeeping). Some of these facilities provide specific Alzheimer's Disease services. Medicare does not generally cover care in these facilities.

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  1. Be In Charge of Your Aging
    Financial Planning Association
    Planning for changes will reduce stress and financial hardship.
  2. Long Term Care Insurance: An Overview
    By AGIS Staff, AGIS Network
    Description of article: An overview about long term care insurance, why you need it, and options to consider when shopping for coverage.
  3. Lightening the Load for the Caregiver
    National Institute on Aging
    Your mother may be hesitant to ask for help, or to say that she needs a break. Be sure to acknowledge how important her...
  4. Allocating Family Responsibilities
    National Institute on Aging
    Be sure to talk with other family members and decide who will be responsible for which tasks. Think about your schedules...
  5. HOSPICE
    By Dr. Marion Somers, Ph. D., Ask Dr. Marion
    Sound advice to your questions from Dr. Marion, Ph.D., Geriatric Care Manager
  6. What can I do from a distance?
    National Institute on Aging
    Many long-distance caregivers provide emotional support and occasional respite to a primary caregiver who is in the...
  7. When Your Long Distance Loved One Has a Few Months to Live
    National Institute on Aging
    When Ellen’s father, Sam, was diagnosed with congestive heart failure, she was 4 months into her second pregnancy....
  8. Caregiving and sibling relationships: challenges and opportunities
    Family Caregiver Alliance
  9. Is it Time to Move?
    By Dr. Marion Somers, Ph. D., Elder Health Resources of America, Inc.
    Provides suggestions and considerations in determining if you should move your parent or loved one to a facility.
  10. Moving Checklist
    This checklist helps identify all the tasks to be completed when moving a loved one.
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