“Death rate from falls increases 31% over 9 years,” by Lois A. Bowers, McKnight’s Senior Living Quote: “The death rate from falls among adults aged 65 or more years increased 31% from 2007 to 2016, according to newly published federal data. And it’s growing the fastest among those aged 85 or more years. … Falls are the leading cause of injury-related deaths among people who are at least 65 years old, according to the report. Deaths from unintentional injuries are the seventh-leading cause of death among older adults, and falls account for the largest percentage of those deaths, the CDC
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“Why Families Need a Plan for Caregiving,” by Kimberly Lankford, Kiplinger’s Personal Finance Quote: “Kamilah Williams-Kemp, 43, is the head of Northwestern Mutual’s long-term-care insurance business. She was the primary caregiver for her mother last year.” LTC Comment (from Stephen A. Moses, Administrative Coordinator, Center for Long-Term Care Reform): The personal story of one of our own in the LTCI business. Why Families Need a Plan for Caregiving #caregiving #goldencareagent
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“Official Gives Hints About Medicare Advantage LTC Benefits,” by Allison Bell, ThinkAdvisor Quote: “Starting in 2019, Medicare Advantage plans can cover adult day care services, and in-home help with activities such as dressing, bathing and managing medications, a top Trump administration official said Wednesday. Seema Verma, the administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), talked about the Medicare Advantage program’s new benefits flexibility at a Medicare conference at CMS headquarters, in Baltimore.” LTC Comment (from Stephen A. Moses, Administrative Coordinator, Center for Long-Term Care Reform): More details on CMS’s allowing MA plans to cover LTC. Official Gives
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“Nearly 25% of Americans Over 85 Need Personal Care,” by Tim Regan, Senior Housing News Quote: “It’s no secret that the need for caregiving services tends to grow with age, but a newly released report from the federal Administration for Community Living sheds light on just how many older adults in the U.S. need personal care. The percentage of older adults age 85 and older needing help with personal care was 22% between January and June of last year. That’s more than twice the amount of people between the ages of 75 and 84 (9%) and more than six times
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“Maybe Traditional Medicare Should Cover Chronic Care: Hearing Witnesses,” by Allison Bell, ThinkAdvisor Quote: “Medicare Advantage program managers recently announced that they want to let issuers add chronic care benefits to the 2019 benefits packages. Witnesses who appeared today at a hearing in Washington on the Medicare Advantage program welcomed the idea of adding chronic care benefits to the benefits package, but some suggested that limiting access to those benefits to Medicare Advantage plan enrollees might be unfair to people who stick with the traditional Medicare fee-for-service program.” LTC Comment (from Stephen A. Moses, Administrative Coordinator, Center for Long-Term Care Reform):
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“Financial abuse against the elderly most often committed by those closest to them,” by Bruce Kelly, InvestmentNews Quote: “While 68% of older investors believe that a stranger would be the likely perpetrator of financial exploitation against them, the reality is starkly different, according to Wells Fargo & Co., which released the results of its elder needs survey on Tuesday morning. Two-thirds of financial crimes against the elderly are committed by those who are closest to the victims, the survey found.” LTC Comment (from Stephen A. Moses, Administrative Coordinator, Center for Long-Term Care Reform): Heirs impoverishing parents to qualify them for
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“Nearly 25% of Americans Over 85 Need Personal Care,” by Tim Regan, Senior Housing News Quote: “It’s no secret that the need for caregiving services tends to grow with age, but a newly released report from the federal Administration for Community Living sheds light on just how many older adults in the U.S. need personal care. The percentage of older adults age 85 and older needing help with personal care was 22% between January and June of last year. That’s more than twice the amount of people between the ages of 75 and 84 (9%) and more than six times
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“Even Mild Concussion Tied to Greater Dementia Risk Later,” by Alan Mozes, HealthDay Quote:   “Concussions, even those that are mild, more than double the risk for developing dementia down the road, new research suggests. The findings stem from an analysis that tracked concussions and dementia risk among nearly 360,000 military veterans. … In the end, the team found that less than 3 percent of the non-TBI group went on to develop dementia, compared with just over 6 percent of the TBI group.” LTC Comment (from Stephen A. Moses, Administrative Coordinator, Center for Long-Term Care Reform): More bad news for
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“Retirees: Here’s Why You Might Be Investing All Wrong,” by Motley Fool, Fox Business Quote:   “Sometimes, investing isn’t even the right way to handle some financial needs. If long-term care worries are paramount, then it might be more cost-effective to obtain long-term care insurance Opens a New Window.  than to set aside the hundreds of thousands of dollars you’d need to cover such costs on your own. That way, you can pay the premium and then utilize the rest of your retirement savings more effectively, knowing that you have your long-term-care risk under control.” LTC Comment (from Stephen A.
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“Obesity soars among long-stay nursing home residents,” by Kimberly Marselas, McKnight’s LTC News Quote:   “The rate of obese nursing home residents jumped from 22% to 28% between 2005 and 2015, according to research presented at the 2018 American Geriatrics Society conference. … In 2015, Class III residents, the most severely obese, were younger than the others. They also had more chronic conditions but lower rates of functional or cognitive decline” LTC Comment (from Stephen A. Moses, Administrative Coordinator, Center for Long-Term Care Reform): The vast majority of long-stay nursing home residents rely on Medicaid. The trend toward younger, obese,
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