To help you meet the challenges of aging, the VA offers a wide variety of benefits and services.
Veterans Benefits for Home and Long-Term-Care: Medical Foster Homes, Community Living Centers and State Veteran Homes.
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Veterans Benefits for Home and Long-Term-Care: Caregiver Services
To help you meet the challenges of aging, the VA offers a wide variety of benefits and services.
Veterans Benefits for Home and Long-Term-Care: Veteran–Directed Home and Community Based Services (VD-HCBS)
If you are a veteran, or are helping someone who is, there are a wide variety of benefits and service available to you
Questions to ask when selecting a hospice.
Hospices all provide the same basic services to patients but that doesn’t mean that all hospice providers are the same. How can you know the difference?
“But I don’t want hospice. Not yet!”
You may balk at the mention of hospice. By understanding what hospice offers, however, you’ll learn that it’s not about dying. It’s about embracing life . . .
Mr. Slusher was a fireplug of a man, muscular, with tattoos covering both his arms . . .
A resident of our assisted living community, he dressed in Hawaiian shirts every day, so they were immediately visible . . .
What are some tips for handling troubling dementia-related behaviors?
Nationwide, some 5.2 million Americans have Alzheimer’s or another form of dementia. When their care falls to a loved one, such as yourself, their actions and behaviors can become challenging, to say the least . . .
How do I communicate with someone who has dementia?
While you may not be able to verbally communicate with a loved one due to their dementia, your simple presence may be all that is needed to calm them and let them know they are safe . . .
Seniors and depression.
While you may be aware of the classic symptoms of depression, it can actually appear quite differently in seniors. By being proactive and learning more, you can reduce the risk of depression as you journey along the gray mile . . .
Just what is a CCRC, Lifeplan or Lifecare Community?
There are a number of different options for care as your loved one. A Continuing Care Retirement Community offers the most options in one place . . .
The Gray Mile 