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Medicare Therapy Rules Made Easy
Most of us take for granted that we can get out of bed in the morning and do all the things necessary to head out and face our day. You know… the simple everyday things like moving around our house,...
View ArticleNavigating Medicare and Medicaid
If you’re caring for someone over the age of 65, chances are that you know something about Medicare, the health insurance program that covers nearly all older Americans. But there’s another really...
View ArticleMaking Medicare Choices for Your Parents
“My dad doesn’t have Medicare!” A friend said to me recently. “What?” I responded. This seemed unlikely. Pretty much everyone over age 65 has some form of Medicare and my friend’s dad is at least 90...
View Article3 Medicare Benefits You MUST Know About
“What do you mean Medicare doesn’t cover this?” My friend Sarah was caught off guard when I told her that her parent’s health insurance program doesn’t cover her parents’ care. What I explained is that...
View ArticleNavigating Home Care
On August 16th we hosted our 6th Daughterhood conversation on Zoom focused on Navigating Home Care for Your Parents. I was joined by Andrea Cohen, founder, and CEO of Houseworks and Christine Lee,...
View Article3 Resources to Ease Caregiver Money Worries
In a recent survey, AARP found that about three-quarters of all caregivers spend, on average, 20 percent of their household income on caregiving. This is on top of the estimated $470 billion in unpaid...
View Article5 Dos and Don’ts for Staying Independent in Old Age
My inbox is filled with emails from caregivers trying to figure out how to pay for their parents’ care. They’re facing complicated and hard choices. The big choices? Whether they should quit their job,...
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Don’t be Surprised by Medicare’s Out-of-Pocket Costs
My friend Quentin Fottrell is the Moneyologist columnist over at MarketWatch. He recently shared with his facebook group a reader question about whether a woman should help her 75-year-old sister with...
View Article4 Tips To Make You Smarter About Your Parents’ Medicare
“My dad doesn’t have Medicare!” A friend said to me on the phone a few months ago. “What?” I responded. Thinking: This seems unlikely. Pretty much everyone over age 65 has some form of Medicare and my...
View ArticleWhere Can Caregivers Go for Help?
Caregivers have questions! At Daughterhood, we’ve heard a lot of them over the years. Each person comes to us with a unique and complex set of problems. These problems almost always generate some...
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