Georgia seniors who find themselves in need of long-term care are often faced with some difficult choices. Many of these older residents lack the resources needed to cover costs that average more than $180 a day, especially when they require ongoing care for months or even years into the future. And while there are government benefits that can provide assistance to seniors who need help paying for these rising nursing home costs, some seniors struggle to meet the eligibility standards for those … [Read more...]
Elder Law and the Need for Nursing Home Insurance
According to some estimates, 69% of Americans who live to be at least 65 years of age will at some point in their life require long-term care. Though people in the United States now live longer than ever before, that added longevity comes at a price in terms of medical ailments, disease, and age-related injuries. As a result, the chance that you’ll one day need nursing home care has risen dramatically in recent decades. The problem is that nursing home costs have also risen to astronomical … [Read more...]
The Best Strategies for Protecting Assets from Nursing Home Costs
If you’re like most people who find that they need nursing home care, chances are that you’re a little taken aback at the cost. Long-term care costs have been on the rise for some time now, and many seniors now face per day costs that can exceed two hundred dollars. Few seniors have amassed the type of wealth required to pay nursing home costs of six-thousand dollars a month or more! And while some seniors are already sufficiently impoverished to almost automatically qualify for programs like … [Read more...]
Dealing with the Cost of Private Nursing Homes
No matter your age at this moment, the fact is that long-term care may be something that you’ll have to contend with at some point in the future. By some estimates, more than half of today’s adults will need such care at some time in their lives. The problem is that most of them won’t be able to pay for that care on their own. Nursing homes are more expensive than ever before, and those costs are rising with each passing year. The good news is that there are ways of dealing with the cost of … [Read more...]
Learn How to Pay for Nursing Home Care the Right Way
Georgia seniors who need nursing home care are often shocked to discover that the cost of that care can average as much as $65,000 a year. In many cases, that’s far more than seniors earned each year while they were working, and few have amassed sufficient savings to cover those costs in their later years. It’s no wonder so many elderly Georgians turn government programs for assistance with those high care costs, as friends and family are often unable to provide more than token help. Still, to … [Read more...]
Georgia Woman Charged with Elder Abuse and Exploitation
If you have an elderly loved one who is in a nursing home or other long-term care (LTC) facility, you probably worry about the level of care and compassion your loved one is receiving. It is difficult not to worry given the daily barrage of news stories about elder abuse and neglect across the country. For example, a Georgia woman was recently charged with two counts of simple battery and two counts of exploitation of an elderly person, according to news reports. Sadly, the alleged abuse in … [Read more...]
Georgia 13th Best for Elder Protection; We Can Do Better!
Elder abuse is at epidemic levels throughout the United States, with millions of the nation’s seniors exposed to various types of mistreatment each year. Older Americans are often among the most vulnerable groups when it comes to physical, mental, and emotion abuse, and the clear majority of cases are never documented. It’s a silent epidemic that has been difficult to fully address – though not for lack of trying. Georgia recently received indications that its efforts to thwart elder abuse may … [Read more...]
