AustinUP Board member and business member John Brown, Owner, Oasis Senior Advisors, offers timely advice for families navigating elder care options during this pandemic. Many families who have loved ones in a medical facility or other type of senior community are currently...
You may not immediately think of vocational rehabilitation as something that would involve seniors. After all, this type of rehabilitation aimed at helping people who have disabilities to secure work, should they wish to. The fact is that some seniors...
Fraud and scams know no bounds. Criminals have no qualms about using healthcare to defraud their victims, causing more than financial harm in the process. The goal of a scammer is always the same: to get people to divulge their...
In the category of great ideas, here's one: create a Peace Corps-like organization to help older adults with caregiving needs. That's just what the Administration for Community Living (ACL), part of the Department of Health and Human Services, is...
For those wondering if a senior living community is right for their loved one or client, a study featured in Social Work Today brings encouraging news. It states that these communities – be it assisted living, skilled nursing or...