My Elder Advocate

Elders Can Be Adept at Covering Memory Problems

This article was written by Carol Bradley Bursack, Minding Our Elders (http://www.mindingourelders.com/). The article is owned by Elderlink.Com http://www.eldercarelink.com/Go/Alzheimers-and-Dementia/elders-can-be-adept-at-covering-memory-problems.htm

I REMEMBER BETTER WHEN I PAINT

Do The Elderly Get Enough Medical Care?

Recent studies have documented the perception that older adults receive less medical care than younger people. A report published in a recent issue of the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society found that in a controlled study at five Boston hospitals, people older than 80 received about $12,000 less in care than did patients younger than 50.

Poor Nursing Home Staffing-Residents Are Dying

Continue reading "Poor Nursing Home Staffing-Residents Are Dying" »

Bill Sanders, 57, has been taking care of his 90-year-old mother for the past 14 years, both at her home in Brooklyn, New York and the nursing home where she now resides. "When I took care of my mother at home," he explains, "I found that neighbors looked down on me. They thought I was a bum living off my mom. They didn't believe I was really taking care of her." Sanders thinks that a woman would not have faced this kind of ridicule.

http://wcbstv.com/video/?id=142329@wcbs.dayport.com

Do Not believe for a minute that this is an isolated incident!

By Jack Halpern

Nursing homes are generally prohibited from moving residents. They can transfer or discharge residents from the home only for certain reasons and, even then, only when they follow specified procedures.

My Elder Advocate has a 100% success rate in preventing these evictions. Call 212-945-7550.

About 2,500 Massachusetts nursing home residents are being given powerful and sometimes dangerous antipsychotic medications like Seroquel and Risperdal that they do not need, according to federal investigators.

SEE: http://www.aboutlawsuits.com/nursing-home-antipsychotic-misuse-8923/

The estate tax expired on January 1, 2010. It remains to be seen whether Congress will reinstate it before it returns in 2011, but the fact that there is currently no estate tax can have unintended consequences for spouses. Standard language found in many estate plans could leave spouses with nothing. It is important to check with an elder law or estate planning attorney to make sure your estate plan does what you want it to do. My Elder Advocate can recommend the best attorney for you. Call at 212-945-7550.

By Jack Halpern

More than one-third of U.S. nursing home residents with advanced dementia have feeding tubes. About two-thirds of these have the tube inserted during an acute-care hospitalization.

Feeding tubes should only be used as a last resort because they lead to a loss of functioning, and can cause serious medical and psychological problems. If a resident is able to swallow and can get adequate nutrition by eating, no matter how long it takes, then no tube should be used. Lack of staff available to assist a resident with regular eating is not an acceptable excuse to install a feeding tube.

Read: http://www.modernmedicine.com/modernmedicine/Modern+Medicine+Now/Antipsychotic-Use-in-Elderly-Prescribing-Rates-Exa/ArticleNewsFeed/Article/detail/652239?contextCategoryId=40131

Due largely to the efforts of the New York State Nurses Association, My Elder Advocate and other advocacy organizations, on September 17th, 2009 Governor Paterson signed the Nursing Care Quality Protection Act, which requires healthcare facilities to disclose information about nurse staffing to state regulators and the public. The measure has been a top priority for the New York State Nurses Association.

The Veterans' Administration offers an Improved Pension with Aid and Attendance (A&A) benefit that is largely unknown. Unfortunately, this most important benefit is overlooked by many families with Veterans or surviving spouses who need additional monies to help care for ailing parents or loved ones. Check out www.VeteranAid.org

Check out Barbara Friesner's (www.AgewiseLiving.com) radio show on Radio America. She interviews Debbie Burak, Founder ofVeteranAid.org.

ACTION ALERT URGE THE GOVERNOR TO SIGN A1752-a/S3527: Nursing Care Quality Protection Act

Click here to send an email now!

Legislative bills A1752-a/S3527 require hospitals, nursing homes and diagnostic and treatment centers to disclose to the public staffing and patient outcomes such as numbers of staff providing direct care on each unit and each shift;

Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy

MORE SAFEGUARDS BUT MORE COSTLY AND COMPLEX By Jennifer Cona*, Esq.

Under the revised power of attorney (POA) law that takes effect in New York on September 1st, baby boomers and seniors will have greater protection, but they will also pay more for a more complicated document.

My Elder Advocate and Jack Halpern, mentioned in this article! NAVIGATING ELDER LAW - BusinessWeek - Zimbio.

Fair Pay for Caregivers

Appeals court rules that nursing homes can be sued for private civil rights violations

By Martha Deaver* President, Arkansas Advocates for Nursing Home Residents. wwww.aanhr.org

My name is Martha Deaver. I would like to tell you about some of the abuses that occurred in 1999 to my mother, mother-in-law, and other residents in a Beverly Nursing Home, Riverview Manor, in Morrilton, AR.

Before I piss everyone off, I would like to wish all Dad’s a Happy Father’s Day, especially those in nursing homes who don’t have children and families to visit them. In my immediate family we don’t celebrate Mother’s Day or Father’s Day. Not because we think that my wife and I don’t need a special day. We just think that we don’t need a special day to love each other. “Everyday is Father’s Day”, yelled Rabbi Wainkrantz in Yeshiva Ohel Jacob. We all hate to stand on restaurant lines anyway.

Compassion and the Individual. What our elders need is COMPASSION. Here is an expert on the subject, His Holiness, The Dalai Lama.

Dusk-to-Dawn Therapy for Dementia’s Restless Minds - NYTimes.com.

How a Long Island Nursing Home Empire Got Its Way « Michael Amon.

But you who philosophize disgrace and criticize all fears,
Take the rag away from your face.
Now ain't the time for your tears. Bob Dylan-The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll

Nursing home used outdated consent forms in Risperdal case.

Men As Caregivers

Bill Sanders, 57, has been taking care of his 90-year-old mother for the past 14 years, both at her home in Brooklyn, New York and the nursing home where she now resides. "When I took care of my mother at home," he explains, "I found that neighbors looked down on me. They thought I was a bum living off my mom. They didn't believe I was really taking care of her." Sanders thinks that a woman would not have faced this kind of ridicule.

Nursing Home Horror

http://wcbstv.com/video/?id=142329@wcbs.dayport.com

Do Not believe for a minute that this is an isolated incident!

Nursing Home Evictions. Know Your Rights

By Jack Halpern

Nursing homes are generally prohibited from moving residents. They can transfer or discharge residents from the home only for certain reasons and, even then, only when they follow specified procedures.

My Elder Advocate has a 100% success rate in preventing these evictions. Call 212-945-7550.

Nursing Home Antipsychotic Misuse Cited in 2,500 Massachusetts Cases

About 2,500 Massachusetts nursing home residents are being given powerful and sometimes dangerous antipsychotic medications like Seroquel and Risperdal that they do not need, according to federal investigators.

SEE: http://www.aboutlawsuits.com/nursing-home-antipsychotic-misuse-8923/

A Living Will- By Keith Olbermann

Expiration Of Estate Tax May Hurt Your Spouse

The estate tax expired on January 1, 2010. It remains to be seen whether Congress will reinstate it before it returns in 2011, but the fact that there is currently no estate tax can have unintended consequences for spouses. Standard language found in many estate plans could leave spouses with nothing. It is important to check with an elder law or estate planning attorney to make sure your estate plan does what you want it to do. My Elder Advocate can recommend the best attorney for you. Call at 212-945-7550.

Feeding Tubes In Nursing Homes: Benefit or Abuse

By Jack Halpern

More than one-third of U.S. nursing home residents with advanced dementia have feeding tubes. About two-thirds of these have the tube inserted during an acute-care hospitalization.

Feeding tubes should only be used as a last resort because they lead to a loss of functioning, and can cause serious medical and psychological problems. If a resident is able to swallow and can get adequate nutrition by eating, no matter how long it takes, then no tube should be used. Lack of staff available to assist a resident with regular eating is not an acceptable excuse to install a feeding tube.

Antipsychotic Use in Elderly, Prescribing Rates Examined

Read: http://www.modernmedicine.com/modernmedicine/Modern+Medicine+Now/Antipsychotic-Use-in-Elderly-Prescribing-Rates-Exa/ArticleNewsFeed/Article/detail/652239?contextCategoryId=40131

Governor Paterson Signs The Nursing Care Quality Protection Act

Due largely to the efforts of the New York State Nurses Association, My Elder Advocate and other advocacy organizations, on September 17th, 2009 Governor Paterson signed the Nursing Care Quality Protection Act, which requires healthcare facilities to disclose information about nurse staffing to state regulators and the public. The measure has been a top priority for the New York State Nurses Association.

A Largely Unknown Veterans' Benefit - Worth Knowing About

The Veterans' Administration offers an Improved Pension with Aid and Attendance (A&A) benefit that is largely unknown. Unfortunately, this most important benefit is overlooked by many families with Veterans or surviving spouses who need additional monies to help care for ailing parents or loved ones. Check out www.VeteranAid.org

Check out Barbara Friesner's (www.AgewiseLiving.com) radio show on Radio America. She interviews Debbie Burak, Founder ofVeteranAid.org.

ACTION ALERT: URGE THE GOVERNOR TO SIGN The Nursing Care Quality Protection Act

ACTION ALERT URGE THE GOVERNOR TO SIGN A1752-a/S3527: Nursing Care Quality Protection Act

Click here to send an email now!

Legislative bills A1752-a/S3527 require hospitals, nursing homes and diagnostic and treatment centers to disclose to the public staffing and patient outcomes such as numbers of staff providing direct care on each unit and each shift;

Keith Olbermann Talks About Nursing Homes In Special Comment

Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy

NEW POWER OF ATTORNEY LAW FOR NEW YORK

MORE SAFEGUARDS BUT MORE COSTLY AND COMPLEX By Jennifer Cona*, Esq.

Under the revised power of attorney (POA) law that takes effect in New York on September 1st, baby boomers and seniors will have greater protection, but they will also pay more for a more complicated document.

NAVIGATING ELDER LAW

My Elder Advocate and Jack Halpern, mentioned in this article! NAVIGATING ELDER LAW - BusinessWeek - Zimbio.

Fair Pay for Caregivers

Fair Pay for Caregivers

Appeals court rules that nursing homes can be sued for private civil rights violations

Appeals court rules that nursing homes can be sued for private civil rights violations

Who Will Stop the Massacre?

By Martha Deaver* President, Arkansas Advocates for Nursing Home Residents. wwww.aanhr.org

My name is Martha Deaver. I would like to tell you about some of the abuses that occurred in 1999 to my mother, mother-in-law, and other residents in a Beverly Nursing Home, Riverview Manor, in Morrilton, AR.

NYC Closing Peter's Place-Shameful (AUDIO)

FATHER'S DAY

Before I piss everyone off, I would like to wish all Dad’s a Happy Father’s Day, especially those in nursing homes who don’t have children and families to visit them. In my immediate family we don’t celebrate Mother’s Day or Father’s Day. Not because we think that my wife and I don’t need a special day. We just think that we don’t need a special day to love each other. “Everyday is Father’s Day”, yelled Rabbi Wainkrantz in Yeshiva Ohel Jacob. We all hate to stand on restaurant lines anyway.

Compassion and the Individual

Compassion and the Individual. What our elders need is COMPASSION. Here is an expert on the subject, His Holiness, The Dalai Lama.

Dusk-to-Dawn Therapy for Dementia’s Restless Minds - NYTimes.com

Dusk-to-Dawn Therapy for Dementia’s Restless Minds - NYTimes.com.

How a Long Island Nursing Home Empire Got Its Way « Michael Amon

How a Long Island Nursing Home Empire Got Its Way « Michael Amon.

Now Ain’t The Time for Your Tears- Part One

But you who philosophize disgrace and criticize all fears,
Take the rag away from your face.
Now ain't the time for your tears. Bob Dylan-The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll

Nursing home used outdated consent forms in Risperdal case

Nursing home used outdated consent forms in Risperdal case.