Navigating Frailty

About Navigating Frailty

Navigating Frailty: A Roadmap for California Families The Essential Care Planning and Estate Management Podcast for Californians. Presented by Assets & Aging. Hosted by Bob Scrivano. Bi-weekly episodes on the many issues of aging and seniorhood and the enormous challenges of preparing to care for an elderly loved one. Topics include nursing home care, Medi-Cal benefits and eligibility, hospitalization and rehabilitation, assisted living, planning for (and coping with) Alzheimer's and dementia, frailty and physical disability, elder abuse issues, Veterans' benefits, asset protection, Medicare, care contracts, in-home caregiving, IHSS, PACE, and other benefits programs, critical documents (such as wills, trusts, powers of attorney, and advance healthcare directives) and the provisions they often lack, care facility administration and staffing, senior advocacy, caregiver advocacy, hospice, postmortem planning, seniors and COVID, and much more.

Publisher

Bob Scrivano

Category

education · kids & family · news

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

27 Nov 2020

Latest episode

26 Jan 2021

Latest episodes

5 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   26 Jan 2021

   Grandma's in the Nursing Home: Will Medi-Cal Help?

   This episode is all about the basics of Medi-Cal benefits for seniors in need of long term care. Learn about the challenges of application, the rampant misinformation about eligibility, the ramifications of Medi-Cal denial, and, most importantly, your rights. Do you know whether you or your aging loved one are eligible? Do you know how to complete the massive Medi-Cal application? Do you know what a "fair hearing" is?

2. 

   12 Jan 2021

   The Confusing Yet Urgent Challenges of Prop 19

   My first episode of 2021! This episode tackles the murky but pressing topic of California's Proposition 19. As of this episode's recording, the enormous changes to reassessment rules and parent-to-child property transfers in California are set to take effect in mere weeks, on February 16, 2021. At this time, there are more unanswerable questions than there are answerable ones. Even the (unmistakably competent) Assessor for LA County - in a recent webinar - admitted that most Cal...

3. 

   27 Dec 2020

   Family Conferences Are Challenging and Essential

   Our final episode of 2020 is all about a crucial, often-overlooked topic: the importance of holding a "family conference" before you or your aging loved one begin to confront the challenges of frailty or dementia or disability or loss of independence. How to host an effective meeting. What questions to ask and what information to cover. What materials to bring. How to move beyond the stigmas and guilt and awkwardness. How to address practical and financial family issues realistical...

4. 

   13 Dec 2020

   I Heard That Medi-Cal Can Take My Home

   All about the issues of Medi-Cal Estate Recovery. Do you know whether or not you have a "probate estate"? Is your family home at risk of being lost to the State of California when your loved one in a Nursing Home passes away? Do you know what you will do when that happens? Have you made any preparations to avoid this? If your spouse, your parent, your grandparent - whoever - is currently receiving Medi-Cal benefits (or might need them someday), then you simply need to know this informa...

5. 

   27 Nov 2020

   The Outlook for California Seniors in 2021

   Our premiere episode! All about the special challenges elderly folks in California, and their family members, are likely to struggle with in the coming year. Topics include rising care costs, Medi-Cal estate recovery, rising demand for home care, caregiver well-being, why advance planning is increasingly critical, and of course seniorhood in the age of COVID-19.

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