by Tazara Weilhammer | Nov 10, 2021 | Assisted Living, Caregivers, Elder Care
Sometimes, a problem can’t be solved by the law alone–sometimes it requires fidget mats. While Twyla Sketchley uses her legal expertise to help her community, she also uses her creativity and sewing to help seniors with dementia, people with disabilities,...
by Webmaster | Aug 30, 2020 | Assisted Living
One of the most difficult decisions a family must make is when an aging parent should move to assisted living. It is one of the greatest ironies in life. For the first few years of our lives, we are utterly dependent on our parents. In their older years, our parents...
by Webmaster | Mar 15, 2020 | Assisted Living, Caregivers, Elder Care, Nursing Home, Resources
The Coronavirus has led to families to engage in social distancing. This will impact elders and multi-generational households. This is a list of activities for families that are appropriate for social distancing.
by Twyla Sketchley | Sep 2, 2019 | Assisted Living, Disability, Elder Care, Resources
Medical alert systems can be a vital tool in maintaining a frail elderly parent’s independence. Many people’s only knowledge of a medical alert system is Lifecall’s “I’ve fallen and I can’t get up” catchphrase. It has become a catch phrase for memes and...
by Twyla Sketchley | Sep 24, 2017 | Assisted Living, Nursing Home
When the story that ten (10) frail, elderly residents died in a nursing home in Hollywood Hills, Florida following Hurricane Irma made national news, families and friends with a loved one in a facility were forced worry that the facilities charged with caring for...
by Twyla Sketchley | Jul 28, 2017 | Assisted Living, Nursing Home
Every day, I review contracts that contain arbitration clauses. They are in nursing home contracts, assisted living facility contracts, home healthcare contracts, apartment leases, annuity contracts, documents signed at the doctor’s offices, and documents...