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In my presentations, I stress the importance of preparing for \u201clong term care\u201d needs.\u00a0 <\/span>Long term care is not about hospitalization. In fact, it is not really even about medical care.\u00a0 <\/span>It is about the inability to provide for one\u2019s basic personal needs, often called \u201cactivities of daily living,\u201d because of on-going health challenges.\u00a0 <\/span>Examples of \u201cactivities of daily living\u201d include eating, dressing, and toileting.<\/p>\n Long term care can be divided into four categories, based primarily on the level of assistance needed. \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n First, is \u201chome based\u201d care, which allows for services to be provided in the comfort of the recipient\u2019s own home.\u00a0 <\/span>For those who are trying to take care of a spouse at home, these services can even include personal care services that will allow the healthy spouse a chance to rest or take care of his\/her own personal needs for a few hours a week.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Home based services are often the least expensive.\u00a0 <\/span>However, home based care can also be among the most expensive should the recipient choose to receive in-home, extensive services typically provided in a skilled nursing facility.<\/p>\n Second, is an independent living facility.\u00a0 <\/span>Although residents technically do not need assistance with \u201cactivities of daily living,\u201d these facilities can provide significant conveniences and assistance.\u00a0 <\/span>In addition, these facilities often provide activities specifically of interest to seniors.\u00a0<\/p>\n Third, for those who are unable to live independently, there are assisted living facilities.\u00a0 <\/span>These facilities provide residential housing but also provide personalized support services for those who need assistance with activities of daily living.\u00a0 <\/span>An example is assisted living for individuals living with dementia.<\/p>\n Finally, there are facilities which provide skilled nursing services.\u00a0 <\/span>These facilities assist individuals needing 24-hour assistance, but without hospitalization.\u00a0 <\/span>They also provide significant assistance for activities of daily living. \u00a0As the name provides, this type of facility offers \u201cskilled\u201d medical assistance and services.<\/p>\n Statistically, a significant majority of seniors will need one or more of these services.\u00a0 <\/span>Come to a free presentation to learn how to be prepared for these and other challenges facing seniors.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In my presentations, I stress the importance of preparing for \u201clong term care\u201d needs.\u00a0 Long term care is not about hospitalization. In fact, it is not really even about medical care.\u00a0 It is about the inability to provide for one\u2019s basic personal needs, often called \u201cactivities of daily living,\u201d because of on-going health challenges.\u00a0 Examples […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[28,19],"tags":[48,75],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wrightlawidaho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377223"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wrightlawidaho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wrightlawidaho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wrightlawidaho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wrightlawidaho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=377223"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wrightlawidaho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377223\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":377225,"href":"https:\/\/wrightlawidaho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377223\/revisions\/377225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wrightlawidaho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=377223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wrightlawidaho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=377223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wrightlawidaho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=377223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}