The hospital discharge papers say "home health PT and OT," and nobody explained what that means. Which therapist does what? Does your parent need both? And will Medicare pay for…
When a parent or loved one comes home after a hospital stay, surgery, stroke, or serious illness, the question is often not whether they need help. The real question is…
It's 9 pm on a Tuesday, and Maria is on the phone with her mother in Orland Park, Illinois, listening carefully to how tired her voice sounds, three states away…
If you're reading this at 11 pm after finally getting your parent settled for the night, you already know what caregiver exhaustion feels like, and you don't need us to…
Maybe it's that your mother stopped calling first. Or your father, who used to sit on the porch every evening even in October, hasn't left his recliner in a week.…
Autumn in the Orland Park area is beautiful for about six weeks, and then it turns into the season that quietly sends more seniors to the emergency room than almost…
If you've started looking for help for an aging parent or a loved one recovering from a hospital stay, you've probably run into "home care" and "home health care" used…
You've already had the conversation with Medicare, or with an agency that checked eligibility for you, and the answer wasn't what you hoped. Your loved one's situation doesn't meet Medicare's…
Something usually happens that turns "someday" into "now." A fall. A hospital stay. A diagnosis. Or just a slow accumulation of small things: missed medications, a stove left on, a…
You just found out a parent or spouse needs help at home, and before you can even think about schedules or which agency to call, one question crowds out everything…
