Monthly Archives: December 2013
Elderly want home care but don’t discuss needs
Pensioners end up going into care homes or hospitals because they leave decisions on their long term care until they are facing a crisis situation, experts say
The over 50s find it easier to talk about money and funeral plans than where they want to be looked after in their old age, a study has found.
This is because there is a lack of understanding of the options available, experts say, which means decisions only take place when the situation reaches crisis point.
More than half of the UK’s over 50s have had to organise care for a relative, but a third of them never even asked what their loved one wanted.
Of more than 11,700 people questioned, 87 per cent would prefer to be cared for in their own homes if the need arose, while less than one in ten, 8 per cent, would want to go into a residential care.
Signing Santa Warms Kids Hearts
Natalia Zea
SWEETWATER (CBSMiami) – For many kids, sitting on Santa’s lap, posing for a picture with him, and telling him all the gifts they want for Christmas is a holiday tradition they never miss.
But for kids who are deaf and hard of hearing, that last part is usually impossible.
