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Can You Legally Make an Aging Parent Get Medical Care?

The answer to this complex question is sometimes, “no”, and sometimes, “it depends”. For a person who is totally competent to make medical decisions and who does not have impaired judgment, you cannot force treatment, medication or anything on a person, even it a doctor prescribes it. This includes mentally…
Mikol Davis
November 14, 2011
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No Artifical Means

“No Artificial Means” at the End of Life: Will the Doctors Go Along With The Patient’s Wishes? By Carolyn L. Rosenblatt, R. N., Attorney at Law, and Dr. Mikol S. Davis, Psychologist, AgingParents.com The effort to put a power of attorney for healthcare to use may shock you. This was…
Mikol Davis
November 14, 2011
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Guilt: the Caregiver’s Frequent Companion?

Guilt: the Caregiver’s Frequent Companion? By Dr. Mikol Davis, Psychologist Here at AgingParents.com, we recently answered this question: “I feel so guilty about putting my mom in a nursing home. She’s near the end of her life. I just couldn’t manage her by myself anymore. She needs more than I…
Mikol Davis
November 14, 2011
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Behavior Control With Alzheimer’s

Behavior Control With Alzheimer’s By Carolyn L. Rosenblatt, R. N., Attorney at Law Researchers who study behavior of persons with Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) have theorized that agitation and outbursts may be an expression of internal needs the individual can’t meet. They have a decreased ability to manage stress. When stress…
Mikol Davis
November 14, 2011
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Nursing Home Nightmare

Nursing Home Nightmare By Carolyn L. Rosenblatt, R.N., B.S.N., Attorney First, I caution that the nursing home described in this article is not typical of all nursing homes. Some do a reasonably good job. However, I believe that all families who have someone in a nursing home have to keep…
Mikol Davis
November 14, 2011
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Choosing Medicaid to Pay For a Nursing Home

Many lawyers who do estate planning spend a lot of time helping where they can to arrange for elderly people to qualify for Medicaid. Depending on the requirements in your state, various things must be done with money to qualify a person for Medicaid. The idea is to “preserve assets”…
Mikol Davis
November 14, 2011
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Sexual Harassment & Home Care Workers

Home care workers and Job Harassment ***Top Ten Things You Need To Know*** Some who employ home care workers may think that sexual harassment law does not apply to them. If this is your thinking, you need to read more… Here are some pointers on sexual harassment law. The example…
Mikol Davis
November 14, 2011
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Extraordinary Measures

By Carolyn L. Rosenblatt, R.N., B.S.N., Attorney Have you ever seen a healthcare directive, or “living will”? For most people who don’t want to be kept alive by artificial means at the end of life, the healthcare directive gives us a chance to spell out our wishes so that no…
Mikol Davis
November 14, 2011
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Burned Out Caregivers: Respite Is Possible For You

Respite: A Gift You Give Yourself By CAROLYN ROSENBLATT, R.N, BSN, Attorney Millions of caregivers throughout our country are putting in long hours, putting up with very difficult circumstances, including difficult aging loved ones, and have little or no relief. If you don’t have much money to spare, how can…
Mikol Davis
November 14, 2011