By Cynthia Wilson I recently shared in an interview with insidePatientFinance.com, a personal experience of how my household was affected by privatized Medicare. The online business publication reports news and follows trends that affects health care finance. So its readers…
Year: 2012
A first hand account of private Medicare plans on middle class children of aging parents
Posted in Caregiver tips, Medical care, Medicare and Medicaid reform Tagged with: debt, elder care, finance, health care, senior care
Who Will Take Care of Mom? A book launch
I spent the summer writing a book about what it has been like taking care of my mother. It’s been 13 years and counting since I moved mom into my home. Many of my friends and family have recently begun…
Ryan’s Medicare reform plus filial responsibility laws equal more debt for middle-class
By Cynthia Wilson Have you heard of filial responsibility laws? If you haven’t rest assured you will if vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan’s Medicare reform proposals become a reality. Currently 29 states and Puerto Rico have filial responsibility laws that…
Posted in Caregiver tips, Medicare and Medicaid reform Tagged with: filial responsibility, long-term care, Medicare, senior care
Voting is more important than ever for seniors
By Cynthia Wilson I took mom to vote yesterday. This cherished act is something a lot of seniors didn’t get to do this primarily election season for reasons ranging from an illness or disability to new voter identification laws that…
Posted in Medicare and Medicaid reform, Uncategorized Tagged with: long-term care, Medicaid, Medicare, Photo identification, voting
A Mother’s Day tribute to my hero
By Cynthia Wilson Why does your mother live with you? I get that question a lot. I usually tell folks it’s because she’s blind and has some other health issues. Here are some other reasons I never mention. I owe…
Ryan’s traditional option in Medicare reform no different than Obama’s public option
By Cynthia Wilson Do you remember when President Obama and the Democrats wanted to include a public option in the Affordable Care Act alongside insurance plans offered by private insurers? Republicans said doing so would undermine health care reform, enticing…
Posted in Medicare and Medicaid reform Tagged with: . disabled, Medicare, Medicare reform, Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act, Paul Ryan, senior citizens
The other economic costs to cutting funds for elder care and disability services
Another state is taking the ax too much needed elder care services. The Worcester.com reported today that Massachusetts has slashed funding for a senior care service program that helps keep elderly people out of nursing homes. The decision will increase…
Posted in Adult Day Care Tagged with: elderly, funding, Home care, Medicaid, Medicare, senior citizens
Computer time and exercise may be good for what ails memory loss
Okay, so granddad and grandmother may not be ready for an online game of Modern Warfare or a 30 minute spinning class, but some computer time and exercise may do them some good. A new study published in the May…
Mom needed help at home but didn’t want a stranger
My mom was in her 50s when we first looked into hiring a home health aide to help her around the house. Unlike the typical elderly or senior person most home attendants are called to care for, mom was still…
Posted in Caregiver tips Tagged with: blind, elderly, home attendant, home health aide, stranger, theft
