In the state of Florida, almost one quarter of the residents are over the age of 60. Quality long-term care is very important for many of these older Floridians. The Florida Agency of Health Care Administration (AHCA) regulates Health Care Facilities throughout the state and also administers Florida's Medicaid program. Below are a few of the long term care facilities regulated through AHCA: Assisted Living Facilities: Provides housing, meals and some personal services f...

Guilt is a common feeling in the landscape of care giving. However you will be a more effective caregiver when you care for yourself first. This helps you to increase and improve your own caring. This guilt can help you become the caregiver you and your loved one want you to be.

Depression in the elderly is, unfortunately a common occurrence due to loneliness, lack of family support or because of chronic illnesses.

ACIRX is a company dedicated to assisting people throughout the U.S in dealing with the high cost of prescription drugs.

ACIRX is a company dedicated to assisting people throughout the U.S in dealing with the high cost of prescription drugs.

Time marches on and so do we. Before we know it, we are older and so are our parents or loved ones. Caring for them and being sure their needs are met become a prime concern especially when they begin to not be able to care for themselves as they used to. This dilemma touches most every family. The thing to avoid is to remain under a veil of ignorance by not understanding your options and waiting until the last minute to make an abrupt and often uniformed decision. Care for t...

Baby Boomers provide countless hours of assistance to elderly parents at no charge. These caregivers pay with losses that extend well beyond their bank accounts. They often forego the activities that bring joy and richness to their lives. More than the personal cost of caregiving; it?s the value that they bring to the lives of others that matter at the end.

ACIRX is a company dedicated to assisting people throughout the U.S in dealing with the high cost of prescription drugs.

?Carol, I?m so sorry about your dad,? people told me after he died. ?I?m sure you miss him.? They were right. I missed him terribly. But, my dad had, effectively, died on an operating table ten years before. The man we just buried was my dad, yet not really. The pain ? the grief ? had started after I knew he would never again be the man who went into surgery. The pain started early on. And his death? It brought grief. But it also brought relief. The suffering was over.

To move or not to move? That is the (perennial) question. Mom and Dad retired and joined friends who moved from the cold north winters to warm, dry Arizona. They were healthy and had a good life. That was twenty years ago. Now, Mom is getting frail, and Dad has heart problems.