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Benefits for Elderly Veterans and their Dependents

August 3rd, 2009


If someone you know who is a veteran who served during wartime, they may be eligible for pension or compensation benefits. If they served but not during wartime they too may be eligible for benefits as a result of diseases or injury during active duty. In addition the spouse or dependents of a veteran may also be eligible for benefits as well.

In this episode of The Informed Eldercare Podcast Herschel Allen with the Department of Veteran Affairs Service Office describes how our elderly veteran’s and their dependents can receive benefits but are not limited to health care, in home assistance for care, nursing care, and much more.

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The Informed Eldercare Podcast is produced by Bold City Media, your expert podcasting company in Jacksonville, Florida and sponsored in part by Eldersource.

Here are few helpful links for more information from The Department of Veteran Affairs

Toll Free Numbers for contacting the VA
Find a VA facility here.

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Senior Depression Part 2 of 2 Treatment and Success Stories

July 16th, 2009


Did you know that in Florida alone an estimated 785,000 people aged 65 and older have an emotional or mental health problem that needs professional attention? Depressed individuals use 3 times as much health care, their medical costs are twice as high and their death rate after a heart attack is 3 times higher than persons not suffering from depression. And that suicide rate for older persons is 50 percent higher than all other age groups.

In this second part of our series on Senior Depression our guests Hannach Hackworth with Urban Jacksonville Mental Wellness and Cornelia Rappoport of Apex Home Healthcare provide solutions for treatment of depression. They also include several success stories of patients that have recovered and found hope in various and alternative ways.

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Here are a few useful links.
About Depression
Depression in Older Adults and the Elderly

Click here for a free handout on depression Older Adults with Mental Illnesses

The Informed Eldercare Podcast is produced by Bold City Media, your expert podcasting company in Jacksonville, Florida.

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Senior Depression Part 1 of 2 How to recognize & treat

July 4th, 2009

According to the National Institutes of Health, of the 35 million Americans age 65 and older over 2 million suffer from full blown depression. And another 5 million suffer from less severe forms of the illness.

If your caring for an elder that may be suffering from Depression this episode will help you identify some of the symptoms as well as solutions for treatment.

As a caregiver there are many ways of approaching your elder in hopes of them being more receptive to treatment. Many times it’s simply listening to the elder and allowing them to expressive their feelings in the form of talk therapy. Another approach to treatment may be the language you use to connect with them. Whatever the symptoms are, understand their there is help and hope for them.

In this episode Hannah Hackworth with Urban Jacksonville and Cornelia Rappoport with Apex Home Health Care describe how to identify Depression in your elder as well as the services and treatment available.

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 Senior Depression Part 1 of 2 How to recognize and treat [17:46m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Here are a few useful links.
About Depression
Depression in Older Adults and the Elderly

Click here for a free handout on depression Older Adults with Mental Illnesses

The Informed Eldercare Podcast is produced by Bold City Media, your expert podcasting company in Jacksonville, Florida.

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Senior Nutrition – Eating Right and Affordable

June 11th, 2009

As you grow older you may less energy from what you eat, but getting nutrients from your food is still important. And although that’s important, many seniors stop eating because they say “It’s hard to cook” “I’m just not that hungry” or “Food just doesn’t taste the same anymore.” But our seniors still need to eat to stay healthy. And not only does that food need to be good for them, it needs to be accessible and affordable too.

In this show registered dietitian Jon Vredenburg with the City of Jacksonville explains the importance of certain nutrients to maintain good health late in life. Jon also provides solutions for grocery shopping in order to provide that good quality nutrition for our seniors that are on a budget.

ElderSource in association with Bold City Media is proud to sponsor this episode of The Informed Eldercare Podcast.

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For more information, click on these helpful articles:

Guide to eating healthy on a budget

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Long Term Care Planning Part 2 of 2

May 28th, 2009

When caring for an elder you want to make sure that not only do they have the care they need, but that they will be able to pay for that care in the long term. Whether that care is in their own home, in an assisted living facility or in a skilled nursing facility those costs can mount up quickly. There are many resources and agencies that provide funding for that care, but you need to get informed in order to become eligible.

This is the second part of our series. In this show Rebecca L. Berg an elder law attorney with Berg & Associates, continues to explain the seven different ways an elder can qualify in order to be eligible for Medicaid. She also describes how your elder can keep certain assets while still qualifying for Medicaid benefits. Preserving assets the elder may already have is critical in order for money to be available for that care in the long term.

Eldersource in association with Bold City Media is proud to sponsor this episode of The Informed Eldercare Podcast.

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The Informed Eldercare Podcast is produced by Bold City Media, your expert podcasting company in Jacksonville Florida

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