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  Topic: Average cost of assisted living in US
boomerkid

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PostForum: Assisted Living Financial Issues   Posted: Mon Dec 07, 2009 8:40 am   Subject: NY Times report on cost of care- CCRCs in particular
The New York Times just posted a great article, C.C.R.C. Fees: http://newoldage.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/12/03/ccrc-fees-prepare-to-be-bewildered/Prepare to Be Bewildered, on the cost of assisted living ...
  Topic: Extra care in an Assisted Living
boomerkid

Replies: 2
Views: 34971

PostForum: Assisted Living Financial Issues   Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2009 8:37 am   Subject: Extra care in an Assisted Living
Wanted to see if others have had this issue. My father is in a small assisted living facility. he has dementia and is very weak, so he needs assistance for almost everything. it is a great facility bu ...
  Topic: Mom will not go out
boomerkid

Replies: 1
Views: 12398

PostForum: General Assisted Living Advice   Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 4:49 am   Subject: Mom will not go out
Since i have personal experience with this issue i thought other people might appreciate this question and expert opinion from Long Island Newsday. The questioner asks what he can do about his mother ...
  Topic: Slow medicine - care for seniors
boomerkid

Replies: 7
Views: 28158

PostForum: General Assisted Living Advice   Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2008 9:08 pm   Subject: Slow medicine - care for seniors
I wish every doctor would at least consider the concept of slow care. It is humiliating and downright dangerous for our aging loved ones to have to go through these aggressive treatments. Sometimes ...
  Topic: Slow medicine - care for seniors
boomerkid

Replies: 7
Views: 28158

PostForum: General Assisted Living Advice   Posted: Tue May 06, 2008 1:59 pm   Subject: Slow medicine - care for seniors
In case you missed it there is a terrific article in the New York Times about the concept of "slow medicine, or slow care". The idea is that that way too much money and suffering are wasted ...
 
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