I am so blessed to have my high school buddies still my closest friends (golf buddies) over 40 years later. We have gone from young athletes to college students to husbands to fathers and now grandfathers. Our hair has gotten shorter and our stomachs larger. Despite aging, we all achieve and embrace aging rather than deny it. I have noticed …
Archives for March 2023
How can we afford a nursing home?
Dear Attorney Tully: Ten years ago, my grandmother became ill and needed nursing home care. I wish I had heard about you then. She lost everything she owned to the nursing home in 18 months. Now my father is ill and I don’t want my mom to lose everything. He is in a nursing home now and Medicare will end in three weeks. We are being told …
Make sure your representative is on your side
A growing problem in the long-term health care industry is whether a Medicaid application company is representing the nursing home or the patient. The situation reeks of a conflict of interest. Something that every senior should think long and hard about is: who is representing you? A colleague of mine from Cherry Hill, NJ, Jerold …
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Do You Put On Your Happy Face?
We’ve all had it happen. It’s been a bad day, the kids are screaming, the dog gets out and terrorizes the neighborhood, the washing machine overflows, all heck is breaking loose and the phone rings…And it’s your friend on the other end, asking “How’s it going?” You put on your happy face, smile and say… “Just fine” Alzheimer’s caregivers are …
