By Eunice K. Neubauer, CSA Have you heard of the International Institute of Minnesota? I don’t know that I had until this week. Each April is the St. Paul Senior Workers Conference. This year the Executive Director, Jane Graupman presented and explained what the institute has done to help refugees… Learn More…
By Eunice K. Neubauer, CSA The lack of affordable housing is in the news on a regular basis. Choice Connections receives calls on a frequent basis from people trying to find affordable housing. Avinity and Presbyterian Homes just announced they were partnering to provide more affordable senior housing. Dominium is… Learn More…
By Chris and Laurie Kemp, CSAs Long term care insurance first started to appear in the 1960’s. Back then it was created to help pay the costs of nursing home care. These insurance policies were sort of like car insurance. You bought them but you hoped you never needed them.… Learn More…
By Eunice K. Neubauer, CSA Women have come a long way since they were first allowed to vote in 1920. We now have a larger number of women in government with this last election than ever before and women are speaking up and making a difference in all walks of… Learn More…
By Eunice K. Neubauer, CSA When you are raising your kids, meals can be challenging right? Often you have the support of a spouse to help balance the load. Now often the spouse may be the person you are caring for, or you are providing meals for a parent, plus… Learn More…
By Chris and Laurie Kemp, CSAs Why do I need Choice Connections to find an assisted living or memory care? Isn’t a printed or online senior housing guide that has all the communities listed enough? While these lists and guides can tell you all the places that are out there,… Learn More…
Eunice K. Neubauer, CSA When your loved one moves to a senior living community or facility you don’t stop being a caregiver. Your tasks will change. You may be “doing” less physically. You will have more time to be a daughter or son or grandchild. Yet you are still the… Learn More…
According to a study funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in 2008, 23% of consumers filing long term care insurance claims found it difficult. An initial claim kit sent by an insurance company may be 25 pages and require doctor’s records, caregiver timesheets, billings care… Learn More…
Laurie and Chris Kemp, CSAs The Giving Voice Chorus is a chance for people with dementia, their caregivers and other volunteers to come together and sing. The Chorus is in a collaboration with the MacPhail Center For Music. In fact, there four choruses, two in Minneapolis, and two in St.… Learn More…
By Laurie and Chris Kemp, CSAs The holidays are now behind us. For some caregivers all went smoothly, and they had a joyous time with family. For others it was a stressful time, full of worry about the loved one being cared for, the family members they were away from… Learn More…
