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Continuing education seminar for 70 Financial Planners by My Elder Advocate Patient Expert

People's HealthBlogger Awards 2008 - Best 100 Winner!

Posted in: Blog Posts in Aging & Senior Health On Wednesday, January 11, I had the honor and the pleasure of conducting a continuing education seminar for nearly 70 certified financial planne ... Read on »

A powerful message for your group or organization by My Elder Advocate Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Aging & Senior Health "I highly recommend Jack's talk if you are, will be, or could be in the role of caregiver but aren't 100% sure you know the rights of elders ... Read on »

Who’s Really Paying For So-Called “Free” Nursing Home Placements? by My Elder Advocate Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Aging & Senior Health By Jack Halpern, CEO, My Elder Advocate Because the families we serve compensate us directly, we represent only them. We are never obligated ... Read on »

Death Panels For New York State Elderly by My Elder Advocate Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Aging & Senior Health New York State Cuts Home Health Care; Elders and Disabled Forced into Substandard Nursing Homes By Jack Halpern, CEO, My Elder Advoc ... Read on »

Settlement Changes New York Housing Policy for the Mentally Ill - NYTimes.com by My Elder Advocate Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Aging & Senior Health The settlement resolved a case that was filed in Brooklyn federal court in 2006 and that accused the state of violating the spirit of its own lon ... Read on »

But what about the caregiver? by My Elder Advocate Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Aging & Senior Health By Jack Halpern, CEO, My Elder Advocate It’s clearly traumatic to elders physically, emotionally, and psychologically when they require ... Read on »

Study Reveals Black Nursing Home Residents More Likely to Develop Bed Sores by My Elder Advocate Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Aging & Senior Health A study by researchers at the University of Iowa, reported on by Reuters, found that black residents of long-term care facilities a ... Read on »

Reduction of Bed Hold Days Leads to Nursing Home Eviction by My Elder Advocate Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Aging & Senior Health By Jack Halpern, CEO, My Elder Advocate As readers of My Elder Advocate Blog are well aware, we o ... Read on »

Wii by Nintendo: An Effective Way For Elders To Exercise and Have Fun by My Elder Advocate Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Aging & Senior Health As I travel across the country visiting with my clients in Nursing Homes and other long-term care facilities, I ... Read on »

Trolling For Nursing Home Residents In Homeless Shelters by My Elder Advocate Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Aging & Senior Health This question was posted on a Group Page on LinkedIN, by the Executive Director of a Nursing Home. I could not believe my eyes. ... Read on »

Medicaid Home Health Cuts Hurting Consumers by My Elder Advocate Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Aging & Senior Health The State budget enacted in late March 2011 included extensive changes in how certified home health agencies (CHHAs) are paid by Medicaid for home h ... Read on »

The Sick Looting of Home Health Care by My Elder Advocate Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Aging & Senior Health All these candidates insisting they can clean up Albany should take a good look at the case of a truly stubborn taxpayer leech to see what ... Read on »

Nursing Home Lobbying Group Seeking Exemption from Health Care Law Due to High Costs by My Elder Advocate Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Aging & Senior Health May 16, 2011 - Nursing homes are seeking exemptions from the new health care law, claiming an inability to fund new insurance coverage mandates, ... Read on »

Nursing Home Pet Senses When Death is Near by My Elder Advocate Patient Expert

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Antipsychotic Drugs Called Hazardous for the Elderly by My Elder Advocate Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Aging & Senior Health More than half of the antipsychotics paid for by the federal Medicare program in the first half of 2007 were “erroneous,” th ... Read on »

Ten Tips for Communicating with an Alzheimer’s Patient by My Elder Advocate Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Aging & Senior Health By Carole Larkin Alzheimer's Reading Room Ever feel like your loved one is ignoring you or that you just weren’t getting through to your loved o ... Read on »

US Nursing Homes Have Poor Record of Infection Control by My Elder Advocate Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Aging & Senior Health May 5, 2011 — American nursing homes have a poor track record of keeping infections at bay, a new study shows. via www.medscape.com ... Read on »

Growing Demand for Sandwich Generation to Step Up to Elder Care Role - Noozhawk.com by My Elder Advocate Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Aging & Senior Health With the struggles of today’s economy and the life expectancy of the population increasing, there are huge demands surfacing for caregivers of the elder ... Read on »

What the Night Brings by My Elder Advocate Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Aging & Senior Health I am lying in my bed reading when there is a distant rat-ta-tat. It is after 11:30 p.m. via newoldage.blogs.nytimes.com ... Read on »

You can avoid going to court if you have the proper legal documents by My Elder Advocate Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Aging & Senior Health Your mother could be forced to sit in a courtroom and listen to a judge take away her right to vote, drive and manage her money. You'll be req ... Read on »

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