by David D. Nesbit, Esq. | May 28, 2019 | Aging, Family Living, Sentinel Articles
When a friend of mine reached age 60, he began to fill notebooks with questions and ideas about his retirement. He was enjoying a lucrative career as a sales executive in a corporate environment, but he knew that at some point the daily grind of his...
by David D. Nesbit, Esq. | May 20, 2019 | Aging, Finances, Sentinel Articles
An Irrevocable Funeral Trust (IFT) is a useful tool for people who are facing the high cost of skilled nursing care. The IFT is an eligible expense during the Medicaid spend-down process. It sets aside sufficient assets so that a surviving family...
by David D. Nesbit, Esq. | May 6, 2019 | About Keystone, Aging, Sentinel Articles
May is Elder Law Month, according to the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA). If you have been reading our weekly column in The Sentinel, you have a pretty good idea of what elder law is. But here is a definition provided by NAELA: “Elder law is a...
by Karen Kaslow, RN, BSN | Apr 15, 2019 | Aging, Health information, Sentinel Articles
When an older adult has been hospitalized and follow-up care is needed after discharge, families are often bewildered by how to locate, access, and pay for this care. Compared to younger adults, older adults require additional time to recover from a fall, acute...
by Karen Kaslow, RN, BSN | Apr 1, 2019 | Aging, Health information, Sentinel Articles
A conversation about falls would not be complete without mentioning the condition of dizziness. Dizzy is a term which is often used to describe a variety of sensations such as feeling dazed, light-headed, groggy, woozy, out-of-it, or that the room is spinning...
by Karen Kaslow, RN, BSN | Mar 27, 2019 | Aging, Safety, Sentinel Articles
Understanding fall risk is an important aspect of fall prevention. There are a number of assessment tools which can help identify potential risk. These tools consider various factors which can influence the likelihood of a fall and assign certain scores to each...
