August 3rd, 2010 by Marc Krevo
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Just like caring for a child for the first time, many caregivers find themselves caring for an elder for the first time. With no experience or guidance they can feel overwhelmed, frustrated and uncertain that their care is right. Caregivers want to make informed decisions not only for themselves but for the elder. Enlisting the help of a professional Geriatric Care Manager alleviates all those concerns.
Many times a care manager can help the elder to stay in their home longer, maximize their resources, and give them a quality of care that is in the elder’s best interest.
In this show Nancy Allen with Solutions For Care, Inc.. explains how a care manager can help caregivers achieve their goals in caring for their elders. She is also the author of the book Survivor – Ten Practical Steps to Survey Survival, a guidebook in home health care for seniors. Nancy has over 25 years experience in home health and long term care for seniors. She is a board certified specialist in home health by the American Nurses Credentialing Center and has attained the highest level of certification as a geriatric care manager by the National Academy of Certified Care Managers.
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The Informed Eldercare Podcast is sponsored in part by Eldersource the aging resource center in Northeast Florida.
This program is produced by Bold City Media LLC., the only company in Jacksonville Florida specializing in Podcasting.
April 29th, 2010 by Marc Krevo
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With the continued need and awareness of charities there happens to be continued fraud. Many elders fall victim to fraudulent people posing as legitimate charities. These fraudulent people steal money for themselves and not a legitimate charity. Not only does the donation fail to go to a needy charity but the charitable giver can also become prey to identity theft leading to other problems. Elders and their caregivers need to know how to qualify the legitimate from the illegitimate charities to protect themselves.
Our guest to help us identify and prevent charity fraud is Slade Dukes. Mr. Dukes is an attorney and program fellow for the Elder Consumer Protection Program and the project fellow for the Financial Scam and Fraud Elder Awareness Project at the Center for Excellence in Elder Law at Stetson University College of Law. His extensive experience in law and advocacy in the area of elder consumer protection make him an excellent resource on this topic. Look at the bottom of this post for more information and resources!
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The Informed Eldercare Podcast is sponsored in part by Eldersource and produced by Bold City Media, the only company in Jacksonville, Florida specializing in Podcasting!
March 22nd, 2010 by Marc Krevo
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In 2009 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention did a study and found that nearly 5.3 millions people suffer each year from Dementia. One of the greatest tools in fighting Dementia is understanding the effects. In this episode Nicole Wolfson Director of Community Relations for Sunrise Senior Living facilitates a tour to help individuals understand these effects of Dementia. When participants take the tour their sense of touch, vision and hearing is impaired and simulates the effects of dementia.
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SecondWind.org
Living with Alzheimers
The Informed Eldercare Podcast is sponsored in part by Eldersource. It is produced by Bold City Media, the only company in Jacksonville Florida specializing in Podcasting!
