Homewatch CareGivers In-Home Care and Senior Support recognizes the importance of getting enough good quality sleep and the consequences of not getting enough sleep that can affect your mind and thinking. Regardless of the words used to describe it, the result will still be the same. We need sleep to function. It’s a critical process…
Learn the answer to “Are medical expenses tax deductible?” READY, SET, FILE. Homewatch Caregivers in Northbrook, Illinois wants to make sure the clients and families have all the information necessary to make it as easy as possible to complete their taxes with minimal stress while residents in the Chicago and the Northshore suburbs are getting…
A kind, caring and compassionate caregiver can make a huge difference in the life of a senior. That is exactly what why Josephine Okutu is the Homewatch CareGivers caregiver of the year.
Most Long Term Care insurance (LTCi) is structured with a use it or lose it benefit, meaning there is typically not a death benefit associated with LTCi. An insured can pay premiums for years pass away and thus derive no benefit after years or even decades of premium payments. Now there is another threat, the…
Northbrook, IL Home Care Agency, The Home Care Spot, is proud to be recognized by Google as a Top-Rated provider of in-home care and support services throughout Chicago and the North Shore suburbs. If you or a loved one is in need of in-home care or support services in the Chicago metro area, we are…
Chinese tech giant Tencent has teamed up with a London healthcare firm Medopad to develop artificial intelligence software that can diagnose Parkinson’s Disease in minutes. The new AI system has been trained to spot Parkinson’s by looking at existing video footage of patients. The video analysis was done in collaboration with Kings College Hospital in London. Dr…
The development and rollout of new standalone long-term care insurance products has been almost non-existent for a decade. Aiming to break that trend, New York Life Insurance Company recently rolled out a new and innovative long-term care insurance product. This new product brings a shot in the arm to a market that has suffered a number…
By Jose Marques Lopes, PhD Motor fluctuations, treatment with antidepressants, disease severity, and deep brain stimulation (DBS) are among the risk factors that contribute to frequent falls in patients with Parkinson’s, a large-scale study reports. According to researchers, identifying predictors that put Parkinson’s patients at the greatest risk for falls can aid in early intervention to prevent these…
Prudential and MetLife post gains in adjusted operating earnings Prudential Financial’s second-quarter profit tumbled nearly 60% from a year ago in the latest quarter. PHOTO: VICTOR J. BLUE/BLOOMBERG NEWS By Leslie Scism Prudential Financial Inc.’s second-quarter net profit tumbled nearly 60% from the year-earlier period as it bolstered its reserves for long-term-care insurance policies in a product line…
Published Tuesday 24 April 2018 By Tim Newman Fact checked by Jasmin Collier According to the latest research, a chemical commonly found in fish might prevent Parkinson’s disease. The team also unearth a unique mechanism that could help design better drugs to attack neurodegenerative diseases. A fish-heavy diet may help to prevent neurodegenerative conditions in later life.…