Living Well Blog

‘Money & Legal’ Posts

Alzheimer’s in California: A 2-part package (with video) on Alzheimer’s in California

Thursday, April 14th, 2011

By Paul Kleyman (Director Ethnic Elders Newsbeat/New America Media)

Living Well with ALzheimer'sALZHEIMER’S SERIES PART 1 — “California Budget Cuts at Odds With State’s New Alzheimer’s Plan,” New America Media, News Report, Paul Kleyman, Posted: Mar 28, 2011
Some 1.1 million Californians serving as caregivers for loved ones with Alzheimer’s face severe cuts in state assistance, even as the number of people with the disease is expected to explode. Read more

PART 2 — Latino Family Joins Forces in Alzheimer’s Care to Make Memories,” New America Media, Video, Story: Paul Kleyman // Video: Josue Rojas, Posted: Apr 11, 2011.
The Garcias, like many Latino families, initially hid their “Papa’s” Alzheimer’s, but they eventually got educated and stopped fearing the unknown. See the video.

Tags:
Posted in Alzheimer's & Dementia, Caregiving, Money & Legal | No Comments »

Living Well at Home requires a search for alternatives: Long Term Care Insurance Companies to the rescue.

Friday, April 8th, 2011

State lawmakers understand the situation, and efforts throughout the country are underway to find alternative, private-market solutions to help pay for LTC services. Ten years ago it looked like long-term care insurance was going to be a major part of the solution. Unfortunately, growth in sales for the last decade has actually declined and serious market disruptions further hampered the product.

The combined impact of MetLife leaving the market in 2010 and The Guardian leaving the market in 2011, multiple rate increases from Genworth and John Hancock as well as states taking over entire blocks of business to ensure solvency, has undermined consumer confidence. Read More

Tags:
Posted in Money & Legal | No Comments »

Aging Parents: A Great Resource From A Living Well Associate

Friday, January 22nd, 2010

Living Well Associate and Mediator, Carolyn Rosenblat, Esq. is gathering wonderful articles and content on the topic of aging parents and caring for them. Carolyn is Registered Nurse with ten years of experience in nursing, and twenty-seven years of experience as a lawyer, representing injured persons. She has been a mediator for three years, after representing many clients at mediation as their advocate. Her areas of expertise as a mediator include personal injury, elder abuse and neglect, and a variety of other subjects including defective products, medical negligence, parent-teacher-school conflicts and real estate disputes. She has considerable experience in working with elders, social services concerning them, and the families of elders.

Take a look at Carolyn’s blog

Posted in Aging, Money & Legal, Products & Services, Wisdom | 4 Comments »

Stimulus Boosts Research on Minority Elders

Wednesday, October 28th, 2009

By Paul Kleyman, Oct 28, 2009 in New America Media, News Report

Ethnic elders will grow 180 percent in the next two decades. Now stimulus money is helping boost research into ways to bring them better care.

A decade ago, Dr. Carmen Green got to work as a junior researcher on improving management of pain medicine for older African Americans. Now federal stimulus funds are helping her and other senior researchers “pay forward” the opportunity they had by mentoring a new generation of health scientists. “The biggest gift for me is seeing new scholars I’ve mentored move forward,” Green said, in their efforts to close the health disparities gap between white elders and seniors of color in the United States. Read More

Posted in Health & Wellness, Money & Legal | No Comments »