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The positive impact of caregiver support groups on adult children of aging parents.
January 1, 2003... Adult children of aging parents often suffer from a multitude of problems, which they endure quietly and alone. This article describes how five such caregivers formed a support group and derived invaluable help in coping.
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Adult children of aging parents are the unsung...
New regulations simplify required distributions from IRAs and certain qualified deferred compensation plans.
January 1, 2003... In April 2002, the IRS released new regulations that greatly simplify the rules regarding required distributions from IRAs and certain qualified retirement plans. This article summarizes these new rules by applying them to the two categories into which each retiree must fall and analyzing...
Affordability: what it means for aging people and some ways to achieve it.(assisted living expenses)
January 1, 2003... Assisted living is an attractive model for many who suffer the frailties of aging. Why? Because services and their costs are limited to those that are actually needed. Yet few communities exist to provide assisted living to elders who are not affluent. Is affordability possible without...
Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment: assuring appropriate treatment and improving quality of life.
January 1, 2003... The Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) is an effort by an interdisciplinary team of professionals whose goal is to advocate for elder patients and help restore them to optimum health and functionality. This article presents an analytic look at this powerful and underused tool.
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The war about drugs. (drug discount assistance to elders)
January 1, 2003... The press reports the surly attitudes of seniors nationwide, because the U.S. Senate failed to agree on any benefit for prescription drugs. The Republican-dominated House passed a bill substantially similar to the proposal by the Republican administration. If enacted, it would have provided...
