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Other useful sites
- A. Home Health Care Compare
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- A. Nursing Homes Deficiency Reports (might run slowly in Internet Explorer)
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- B. Indiana Medicaid explained
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- E. SHIP: State Health Insurance Program
- F. Cost of Care study: Nursing Homes, Assisted Living, Home Care Providers
- H. Elders' Bills of Rights (Please add any you find to be caring.)
- I. Plan Your Lifespan
- MA: HHS CMS State Medicaid Manuals
- MA: Indiana's FSSA IHCPPM Manual
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Monthly Archives: May 2016
Think of a day when
Think of a day when You had nothing to do Other than breathe :- Doug.
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Washing machines, tangled brush piles, atoms
Washing machines, tangled brush piles, atoms—physical things—are easy to manipulate in our minds. Other things, especially actions—like conversations, relationships, movement—have many more possible interactions, and so are more difficult to grasp. :- Doug.
Posted in Conversation, Family
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Typos and detours
Typos and detours may be the main road. :- Doug.
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Soul caregiver?
Are you someone’s soul caregiver? :- Doug.
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Go further, sons and daughters
Go further, sons and daughters of my sons, than I have gone: release the skies, release the stars, release the divinity only you can. Now: before you are ready. Then invite the daughters and sons of your daughters and sons … Continue reading
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Bring me toys
Bring me toys if I get to experience dementia. As I progress backwards through my decades, bring me things to occupy my happy moments: travel brochures when I am again in my 50s, tax return forms and calculators when I … Continue reading
Elders say the darnedest things
Elders say the darnedest things. :- Doug.
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A quiet little elder caring law practice
We have a quiet little elder caring law practice caring for people caring for their family. For instance, we help these ways: —Powers of assistance, if it’s soon enough —If it is later, Judge signed licenses to care for (They … Continue reading
Can we ever say?
Can we ever Say all we wanted to say? Hear well enough? :- Doug.
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Demented lives matter
Demented lives matter The voices which have no sense Need hearing by us, somehow If we embrace these Can we live in peace? :- Doug.
marking time?
Is old age simply marking time Until you die? Or is it making of your life A work of art? Is any day the same? Whatever age? :- Doug.
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