New Program to Prepare for Disabilities – CLASSI just read about a federally-funded program that will begin in 2012 that working adults can sign up for that will help them stay in their homes if they are disabled. It’s called CLASS, or Community Living Assistance Services and Support Act, and “will take only the approval of the patient’s own doctor to get [...] Caregiver’s Path to Compassionate Decision MakingThe Caregiver’s Path to Compassionate Decision Making: Making Choices for Those Who Can’t guides families and healthcare professionals who are struggling to make the right decisions for those who are losing or have lost capacity.Who needs this book? Anyone dealing with those who have Alzheimer’s, dementia, strokes, brain injuries, mental illness, developmental delays or other [...] Patients’ Interests Not Always Number One Concern For DoctorsA new study done on lung cancer patients shows that when congress aims to reduce Medicare spending, oftentimes doctors increase treatments for patients to make up for the lost income. According to the study, doctors ordered more chemotherapy drugs to patients when Congress did this. The reason is to make up for the lower amount [...] Personal Services Contract and MedicaidA personal services contract is generally a contract between a parent and a child, son or daughter-in-law, and/or grandchild or their spouse (here after called the caregiver child). In the contract the parent agrees to pay for the services provided and the caregiver child agrees to provide the services. Federal Medicaid law, and therefore State [...] « go back — keep looking »Follow Us
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