One-stop website for all elder care needsElderpost.com is a kind of seniors-meet-Craigslist
Gillian Shaw, Vancouver Sun Published: Monday, December 01, 2008
Seniors are getting their own online free ad website where they can find everything from specialized equipment to home help.
A kind of seniors-meet-Craigslist, the new site at www.elderpost.com was the brainchild of Vancouver’s Peter Silin, [...]
New kinds of high-tech homes for the elderlyBy Jim WassermanMcClatchy NewspapersPosted: 12/01/2008 12:00:00 AM PST
SACRAMENTO — The time is here when can you live 3,000 miles from your mom and get a text message if she’s not out of bed by noon.And if your aging dad forgets to open the medicine box to take his [...]
Seniors Encouraged to Review Their Health Care Coverage
With just one month left in the Medicare Annual Enrollment Period, the Florida Department of Elder Affairs’ SHINE program is reminding Florida Medicare beneficiaries to carefully evaluate their health care needs.
Every year, Medicare beneficiaries have the opportunity to make changes to their Medicare Prescription Drug or Medicare Advantage [...]
Senior Couple Saved From $2 Foreclosureby Peter G. MillerDecember 1st, 2008The Albuquerque Journal is reporting that efforts to foreclose on an elderly couple have been stopped. Now you might think that with foreclosures rampant in many areas that big money was at stake, but that was not the situation here: The couple owed all of [...]
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Under the right conditions, about 33% of all seniors in this country could qualify for up to $1,843 a month in additional income from the Department of Veterans Affairs. This money can be used to pay just about anyone to provide elder care services at home. As an example, these funds can be used to [...]
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