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Retirement Options: Why Choose a CCRC?

August 19, 2015

When weighing retirement options, you should consider a continuing care retirement community (CCRC). CCRCs offer a wide range of services for your current lifestyle as well as your future needs. With independent living, assisted living, short-term rehabilitation and skilled nursing all on the same campus, seniors have the services and amenities they want right now […]

The Importance of a Crisis Communication Plan

August 4, 2015

It is important to have a crisis communication plan in order and it is even more essential to prepare for life’s difficulties before you are in the middle of a crisis. It is easier to collect paperwork, assign a Power of Attorney and choose an agent for your Health Care Proxy when you are not […]

Know the Lingo

September 23, 2014

As we age, or we care for aging family members, it can sometimes become confusing when dealing with all the different types of care available, and the terminology used by professionals when discussing available care options. We put together a short list of terms you should know in order to better understand your care options. […]

Understanding the Medicare Prescription Drug Plan (Part D)

October 29, 2013

Medicare has an optional benefit—known as Medicare Part D—that provides those who are eligible for Medicare supplemental insurance to help pay for prescription drugs (Medicare does not provide any coverage for prescription drugs without this supplemental insurance). If you elect to purchase the extra coverage, you will pay a monthly premium. Depending on your personal […]

Thinking Ahead: Advance Directives

October 22, 2013

Advance directives, those legal documents that spell out your wishes for end-of-life care, are not something most people want to discuss, which is why many of us wait until a time of crisis to think about them. But it’s in a time of calm that we should be thinking about what type of medical care […]

Esther Kaplan

Esther is one of those people with the ability to fascinate you every time you have the good fortune to run into her. If she’s not fashioning a new hat from leftover fabric and cardboard tubing, she is interviewing her fellow residents, encouraging them to tell their life stories in front of a crowd. Not […]

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Having the Conversation: Talking to Your Parent about Assisted Living

Posted on: May 16, 2017

By Staci Rosenberg-Simons, Director of Marketing and Community Relations Gurwin Jewish ~ Fay J. Lindner Residences As we get older, many of us are cast in the role of a caretaker to a parent or other aging loved one. Whether they need a little or a lot of help, there...