Caregiving: Preventing High Costs of Care
Posted on | January 11, 2012 | No Comments
If you’re a family caregiver or an older adult you may not be aware of the high costs of care when chronic diseases like heart disease, diabetes, COPD, arthritis and Alzheimer’s exist. The older we become, the more likely we are to have not one, but several chronic diseases. If preventative care is ignored, the risks to the family caregiver and to the older adult can quickly dissolve retirement savings. Hidden factors, co-pays for hospitalizations and nursing home stays, are often ignored because it’s believed health insurance will bear the major expenses. While this is partly true, the older adult and the family caregiver bears the personal risks. After a hospitalization and a nursing home stay an older adult will be less likely to care for themselves and require a family or professional caregiver. Some older adults will be unable to return home and have no choice but to move to a retirement community. Curious? Learn how you can avoid the risks and costs of hospitalizations and nursing home stays http://www.tinyurl.com/7cy5c5q
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