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Monthly Archive for August, 2008

Transfering Assets

ALTCS rules state an individual is eligible for acute care services until the penalty assessed from a transfer(s) has expired. If you were denied due to transfers and where not approved for acute care services through ALTCS, you may want to seek legal advice.

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Hey all you bloggers/families/web surfers/health care professionals out there! We’re still fairly new to this whole blogging thing and want to remind all of our readers that we’re here for you. We’d love your questions, comments and feedback because we want to make sure we’re posting about things that matter to you. So that being said we have a [...]

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Wartime Dates

To be eligible for the Veteran’s Pension Program the law states that the Veteran must have served 90 days or more of active duty with at least 1 day during a wartime. So what is wartime? Wartime dates are set by the United States Congess and are as follows:
World War I : April 6, 1917 – [...]

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Did you know that there are still some physicians and nurse practitioners in Arizona that will do home visits?  This is great news for seniors living at home who can no longer drive, those living in the group home setting, or those who may be physically unable to leave their homes due to illness or limited mobility. 
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It was recently brought to my attention that those with a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s or other forms of dementia might not be getting all of the options available to them.  I’m not talking about forms of treatment, I’m talking about places to live.  Some practitioners are only in support of the home setting. Many families choose [...]

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Most people associate grief with death.  But what do you call what you feel when you know your loved one is going to die?  Anticipatory grief is a term used to describe those feelings we feel before our loved one dies.  When a loved one is given a diagnosis of a chronic progressive illness such [...]

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“Summer Learning Series”

JacksonWhite has been invited to participate in the “Summer Learning Series” workshop.  The “Summer Learning Series” is being hosted by the Catholic Outreach Center, a program of The Foundation for Senior Living.  The first Workshop will be held at St. Clement Parish Church located at 15800 Del Webb Blvd on Thursday, August 7th from 9:30 a.m. until [...]

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