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Practical answers about home care, Medicaid and caring for a parent in New York City — written by our coordinators and reviewed by Anna Klyauzova, MSN, RN.
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Palliative care is extra support for any serious illness at any stage, alongside treatment to cure it. Hospice is comfort care for a person a doctor expects to live six months or less, once…
Wellbeing and Activities
Depression is not a normal part of aging. In older adults it often looks like fatigue, aches, irritability, poor sleep or lost interest, not sadness. See…
Health Conditions and Medication
Memory loss in older adults can come from normal aging, mild cognitive impairment or dementia, but also from treatable causes such as medicines, depression, low B12…
Health Conditions and Medication
Osteoporosis usually causes no symptoms until a bone breaks, and it has no cure. Treatment can slow bone loss and lower fracture risk, and the doctor…
Choosing and Managing Care
Check each room for trip hazards, slippery bathrooms, stove risks and missing smoke or carbon monoxide alarms, then add safe medicine storage, a scam plan and…
Medicaid, CDPAP and Insurance
Original Medicare does not cover routine eye exams or glasses. Part B does cover cataract surgery, one pair of glasses after it, and certain eye tests…
Recovery and After Hospital
Yes. Medicare Part B covers medically necessary outpatient physical therapy that a doctor certifies. In 2026 you pay 20% after the $283 Part B deductible, and…
Medicaid, CDPAP and Insurance
Medicare Part B covers walkers, wheelchairs and hospital beds when a doctor orders them for use at home. It covers only the lifting mechanism of a…
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