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You are in a phase of life when you may be wondering, "What are the benefits of long term care insurance?"

Simply put, like car, home, or health insurance, long term care insurance is an important tool that you can use to protect yourself and your family against risk. These insurance policies work to ensure that policy holders will have financial help should they require long term care, such as home care services or a stay in an assisted living center or skilled nursing facility.

Chris Schmidt, co-owner of Rehab Select's parent company – Schmidt Wallace Healthcare Management Company – was elected by his peers last week to serve on the Executive Board of the Alabama Nursing Home Association (ANHA) as the Region 2 Director.

If you will be spending time in inpatient rehab to after a surgery, accident, or illness, chances are that your stay will be in a semi-private room. While moving in with a total stranger may cause a little anxiety, for most patients it turns out to be a good experience. Having someone to commiserate with at the end of a long day of therapy – someone who knows exactly what you are going through – can be great for your morale and motivation level as you work towards regaining your strength, mobility, and health. Of course, having some personal space during recovery is also important. Here is what you need to know to ensure that you do.

Caring for a family member or friend who has become disabled due to illness or injury is often a very rewarding experience. However, stepping into the role of caregiver for a loved one isn't easy. It takes a lot of time, hard work, and patience, and no matter how dedicated you are, it can become overwhelming at times. Caregiver depression often becomes an issue under these circumstances, so it is very important to be aware of this common form of depression and how to reduce your risk of suffering its symptoms.

One of the most important realizations for someone providing a friend or loved one assistance for their physical disabilities is that the ability to live and function as independently as possible is an important quality of life issue. Two of the most pertinent aspects of daily life that challenge this independence are meal preparation and clean-up. However, with a few adaptations, a bit of planning and foresight, and perhaps some specialized tools and equipment, navigating the kitchen can be made easier and safer for individuals living with disabilities.

Many of us, especially as we reach middle age and beyond, begin to become more forgetful than we once were. For most, this problem is fairly mild, and can be attributed to simple age-related memory loss. For others, the issue may be related to health problems, medications or excessive stress.

According to a survey done by the Investor Protection Trust back in 2010, one out of every five seniors has been taken advantage of financially – many times by scam artists.

The number of scams that target senior citizens seems to increase every year. Older people are particularly vulnerable to these sorts of scams. They tend to have access to cash. They are also more trusting, often somewhat gullible, and more likely to live alone. Many elders are lonely and want to talk to anyone who calls or contacts them.

Arthritis is a progressively painful condition that often eventually requires joint replacement surgery, especially when the disease impacts the hip or knee joints. Over one million Americans have hip or knee replacements each year.

The kidneys are remarkable multi-function organs that play a critical role in regulating blood glucose levels. However, when glucose levels are too high, the kidneys can sustain damage, reducing their ability to filter glucose out of the blood stream. The relationship between diabetes and your kidneys can either be really good, or really bad... resulting in a love-hate kind of connection.

Diabetes is a metabolic disorder that affects how the body produces and uses insulin – a hormone produced by the pancreas – which is vital to normal absorption of glucose (sugar) into the body's cells to be used as energy. If you have been diagnosed with diabetes, your body may be producing too little insulin, may not be able to use insulin efficiently, or may be affected by some combination of both issues, which lead to abnormally high levels of glucose in the bloodstream.