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Index
Cover
Table of Contents
Introduction
About This Book
Foolish Assumptions
Icons Used in This Book
Beyond the Book
Where to Go from Here
Part 1: Getting Started with Navigating Your Later Years
Chapter 1: Looking Ahead: The Big Picture
Planning for the Future Starts with You
Navigating the Roadblocks of Planning
Unraveling the Meaning of Long-Term Care
Discovering How Your Options Are Changing
Meeting Your Changing Needs
Getting Professional Advice
Chapter 2: A Personal Inventory: Past, Present, and Future
Looking at the Present — and the Future
Creating a Plan Based on Your Profile
Drawing a CareMap to Visualize Your Profile
Chapter 3: Finding Services
Where to Turn for Help
Taking Your Research to the Next Level: Site Visits for Housing
Chapter 4: Making Decisions: A Family Affair
Holding Family Meetings
Being Considerate of Others
Dealing with Conflict
Part 2: Choosing Where to Live
Chapter 5: Staying in Your Home
Staying at Home in Your Community
Dealing with Two Major Hazards
Modifying a Home
Seeking Help at Home
Preparing for an Emergency
Chapter 6: Under One Roof: Generations Living Together
Multigenerational Living: Everything Old Is New Again
Where Should We All Live? Considering the Options
Making the Move
Checking In over the Long Haul
Chapter 7: Downsizing for Now and Later
The Emotional Aspects of Downsizing
Downsizing and Home Renovations
Getting Started
Making the Move
Chapter 8: Assisted and Independent Living and Other Group Settings
What Is Assisted Living?
Evaluating the Cost of Assisted Living
Beyond the Brochure: What to Look For When You Visit
Pitfalls to Avoid
Independent Living and Other Options for Group Living
Chapter 9: Beyond Your Home: Living in a Community
Understanding Why Community Matters
Taking a Walk Around Your Community
Finding Community Services
Considering NORCs and Village Networks
Chapter 10: Getting Around: Transportation Options
Judging Whether Driving Is Still Safe
Making Your Car Fit You
Knowing When It’s Time to Give Up the Keys
Finding Alternatives to Driving
Part 3: Legal and Financial Planning
Chapter 11: Unraveling the Rules of Medicare and Medicaid
The Distinction between Medicare and Medicaid
Looking at Medicare Basics
Medicaid Ground Rules
Coordinating Benefits
Chapter 12: Paying for Care: Long-Term Care Insurance and Other Options
Reviewing the Ups and Downs of Long-Term Care Insurance
Receiving Money through Annuities
Using Disability Insurance
Selling Your Policy: Life Settlements
Considering a Reverse Mortgage
Chapter 13: Financial Matters: Money Management, Wills, Trusts, and More
Managing Money
Where There’s a Will …
Settling the Estate with Probate
Reviewing the Rules on Estate Taxes
Establishing a Trust
Considering Guardianship
Part 4: Managing Your Healthcare
Chapter 14: Choosing Good Medical Care
Checking on the Special Medical Needs of Older Adults
Finding the Right Specialist to Manage Care
Navigating Hospitals
Polypharmacy: Too Many Drugs?
Chapter 15: Demystifying Home Care
Examining Varieties of Home Care
Surveying Services from a Home Healthcare Agency
Paying for Home Care
Working with Home Care Aides
Paying Family or Friends to Provide Care
Is There a Doctor in the House?
Chapter 16: Understanding the Different Roles of Nursing Homes
Beginning with Nursing Home Basics
Visiting Nursing Homes
Checking Out New Models of Nursing-Home Care
Responding to Residents’ Problems in Nursing Homes
Chapter 17: Getting the Healthcare You Want (And Avoiding What You Don’t Want)
Talking about Future Healthcare Decisions
Dealing with the Rules of Advance Directives
Understanding Care Options for Serious Illness: Palliative Care and Hospice
Part 5: Services for Special Groups
Chapter 18: LGBT Older Adults
Recognizing LGBT Aging and Health Issues
Knowing Legal Protections and Their Limits
Keeping Legal Documents at the Ready
Finding LGBT-Friendly Providers and Facilities
Chapter 19: Services for Veterans
Getting into the VA System
Supporting Veterans and Their Families
Noting VA Options for Older Veterans
Finding the Right Residential Setting or Nursing Home for Veterans
Using Other Resources to Navigate the VA System
Chapter 20: Family Caregivers
Defining Family Caregivers
Becoming a Family Caregiver
Checking Out Different Types of Family Caregivers
Looking at Your Caregiving Experience through a CareMap
Looking for Help
Part 6: The Part of Tens
Chapter 21: Ten Myths about Aging and Future Care
Serious Memory Lapses Are Normal in Older Adults
Older People Fall: Not Much You Can Do about It
Antibiotics Are the Best Drugs for Older Adults with Coughs and Colds
Americans Dump Their Older Relatives in Nursing Homes
Medicare Pays for All Long-Term Care
Hospice Is Just a Place Where People Go to Die
Millionaires Take Advantage of Medicaid
If I Need Care, I’ll Wind Up in a Nursing Home
Assisted-Living Facilities Are Regulated Like Nursing Homes
Long-Term Care Insurance Covers All Your Needs
Chapter 22: Ten Resources with State-by-State Information
Identifying Local Services through Area Agencies on Aging
Assessing Assisted-Living and Rehabilitation Facilities
Finding Services and Housing Options through Eldercare Locator
Getting Support for Family Caregivers
Modifying Your Home with Rebuilding Together
Getting Information on Medicaid in Your State
Calculating Costs
Finding Your State’s Advance Directives
Solving Problems through an Ombudsman
Resolving Complaints through BFCC-QIOs
Part 7: Appendixes
Appendix A: Glossary
Appendix B: Resources
AARP
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Administration for Community Living
Other Resources
About the Author
Connect with Dummies
Index
End User License Agreement
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