Posts Tagged Skilled Care

  • Your Advocacy Connection - We Solve Long Term Care Problems Your Advocacy Connection – We Solve Long Term Care Problems

    By Julie Arndt GolderCare Solutions I’m a Care Advocate at GolderCare Solutions. At GolderCare, we solve long term care problems. As we approach the arrival of 2013, our office has received many calls reflecting the uncertainty of our times. Healthcare and tax reform seem to be the cause of s...

  • Your Advocacy Connection - Offering Comprehensive Care and Financial Advocacy Your Advocacy Connection – Offering Comprehensive Care and Financial Advocacy

    By Beth Maxwell GolderCare Solutions When contemplating the topic I should write about for this month’s column, I began to think of the misconceptions many people have about Medicare and the benefits Medicare provides. Most of us clearly understand that Medicare is an extremely importan...

  • Spread Holiday Cheer this Season Spread Holiday Cheer this Season

    By David W. Deuth, CFSP President, Weerts Funeral Home At the age of 15, I began working as a CNA in a skilled-care nursing facility in my hometown. As a new part-time employee, I wasn’t at all surprised to be scheduled to work on Christmas Eve that year. Admittedly, I grumbled a ...

  • Governor Quinn Signs Historic Legislation to Reform Long-Term Care in Illinois Governor Quinn Signs Historic Legislation to Reform Long-Term Care in Illinois

    By Lisa Madigan Illinois Attorney General Laws will Improve Safety in Nursing Homes, Increase Staffing and Quality Standards, and Fight Fraud and Abuse Governor Pat Quinn recently signed historic legislation that transforms Illinois’ system of care for frail older adults and persons with ...