028: Finding the Right Home Care Approach (Elder Advocacy Encore Edition)
Release Date: 07/12/2019
045: California Exit Strategy: Trends, Moving Planning, and More
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In a new episode of Absolute Trust Talk LIVE, we are happy to welcome guest Scott Fuller, relocation expert and founder of LeavingTheBayArea.com. As the top resource for helping clients navigate the moving process systematically, Scott brings a wealth of information on the type of moving trends in the Bay Area and across the state.
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044: Estate Administration: Executor & Trustee Dos & Don’ts
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In this new episode of Absolute Trust Talk LIVE, Kirsten dives into some of the most common mistakes that trustees and executors typically make that can also have serious consequences. With a little education and extra guidance, these mistakes can be avoided. Listen in to learn more about how you can navigate the estate and trust administration process like a pro.
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043: Empowering the Disabled with Independence
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Individuals with special needs and their families face unique challenges when it comes to living, working, and even participating in their community, but it doesn’t mean that they can’t find independence.
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042: Caregiving for a Loved One with Dementia: The Beginning
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When a loved one is diagnosed with Alzheimer's or Dementia, a spouse, partner, or family member is thrust into the caregiver role. They are just expected to know what to do and how to do it. There is no conversation about it. The caregiver's journey is lonely and challenging, taking on more and more responsibility as their loved fades away.
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041: Special Needs Trusts: Don’t Let an Inheritance Blow Up Your Government Benefits
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Utilizing a special needs trust will ensure that after the parents pass away, the child will not lose any government benefits due to inheritance. But what happens if a special needs person gets an inheritance from someone other than a parent who did not set up a special needs trust? Could that impact their government benefits too? Listen in as we take a closer look at special needs trusts and how to ensure that inheritance doesn’t impact government benefits for the special needs person in your life.
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040: How to Avoid the Most Common Estate Planning Mistake
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In a new episode of Absolute Trust Talk, I'm going to share the tips and information you need to know to avoid this kind of mistake and keep your family out of court. I'll talk about how to fund a trust: which assets to fund, how to fund each kind of asset, and how you can tell if your trust has been correctly funded. With COVID-19, people want to make sure they protect themselves and their loved ones the best they can. Together we can help build an airtight plan.
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039: COVID-19 and Elder Home Care
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Are you looking for a solution to keep the stay at home senior in your life safe during the COVID-19 pandemic? In-home caregivers are considered frontline, essential personnel, and have been prepared to care for seniors in place since long before the worst of Coronavirus. Francesca Vogel of Home Care Assistance joins us to discuss the specialized COVID-19 response efforts that home care providers are taking and have been taking to provide the vital care and support seniors need to remain safe.
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038: COVID-19 + Elder Care: What You Need to Know
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It’s no secret that our most vulnerable population during this COVID-19 pandemic has been our seniors and older adults. They need extra protection and closer oversight because of the isolation they have been put in.
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037: Coronavirus Estate Planning Triage
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Are you a health care worker, or do you have a loved one who is? Then this episode is for you.
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036: How to Protect Against Coronavirus Scams
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It’s more difficult now, but more important than ever, to stay connected – especially to our senior family members. Scams are much easier to pull off on someone who is isolated, as many older adults are, and especially if they experience cognitive decline as they age. These types of scams cost families millions of dollars every year. But there are things you can do now to protect yourself, your family, and your loved ones.
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In episode 28 of Absolute Trust Talk, Kirsten welcomes Francesca Vogel, home care liaison for Home Care Assistance, to the show. Francesca works with seniors and their families to help navigate their specific care needs. Francesca is such a valuable asset in her field, not only because of her 24 years of health care experience but her vast knowledge base and her endless network of connections across the state of California and beyond.
Discussing home care and even potential end-of-life care is not an easy subject for people, but it’s something that every family should talk about, so they know and understand their options. Kirsten and Francesca dive into what services a home care assistant provides, who looks for home care, the questions to ask when looking for the right caregiver, the differences between home care and hospice, and why it’s not recommended to hire just a friend or neighbor. Whether you are in the middle of working these issues out with the seniors in your life or are only in the planning stages, this is an episode not to be missed.
Top Three From Episode #028:
- Ask questions
- Use your resources – Google and Yelp reviews, professionals like bankers and attorneys
- Remember you are never alone
FOCUS Your Business and Continue to Provide Innovative Solutions For Critical Elder Care Issues.
Time-stamped Show Notes:
3:24 – What’s happening in someone’s life when they should be thinking about home care?
6:07 – What kinds of services are a professional caregiver hired for?
9:28 – Francesca defines the difference between hospice and home care.
12:10 – Kirsten asks Francesca to discuss who works for and with Home Care Assistance.
20:14 – What do people need to be thinking about when looking for home care assistance?
22:05 – What kind of questions should potential clients ask about how a client care manager works?
23:12 – Why someone should not just hire a friend or neighbor to give home care assistance.
28:55 – When you need to hire home care, do you sign a contract?
35:50 – What do you do when an elderly client is against care?
Episode #028 Freebie:
“We all lose our keys and forget where we put our reading glasses as we get older. It’s normal.”
In this episode of Absolute Trust Talk, home care expert Francesca Vogel highlights how vital it is to educate seniors and their families on their care options and to provide tools to help them age as happily, healthily and comfortably as possible. Family members will see their elder loved ones start to lose their memories and automatically think the worst, but that’s not always the case. As discussed in today’s episode, Francesca is sharing a guide with listeners called How to Spot the Early Signs of Alzheimer’s. It goes through the various things you might be seeing in your loved one and offers a step-by-step guide to help notice the first signs of Alzheimer’s or determine if there might be something else going on. Click here to download your copy now!
Resources/Tools/Links Mentioned in This Episode:
Book Series by Home Care Assistance Founder
- Mind Over Gray Matter – Mentioned