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HCN INDEX JULY/AUGUST 2020 n FEATURES
Critical Condition
Hospitals Bleed Millions in Revenue from Lost Volume During Pandemic ........4
n SPECIAL SECTION: SENIOR PLANNING GUIDE
Getting Started
Follow These Five Steps When It’s Time to Talk About Care ......................................................... 10
Having the Talk
Ten Tips on How to Approach a Difficult Topic . 12 Does Your Parent Need Help? Some Scenarios .... 12
Is It Dementia or Normal Aging?
Understand the Difference, and Seek Help If It’s Needed ............................................................... 14
Reading the Signs
How Will You Know If Your Older Parents Need Help? ................................................................... 15
Living and Care Options
There Are Many, So Understand Your Alternatives .............................................................................. 16
There’s No Place Like Home
Some Questions and Answers About Home-care Services ............................................................... 20
A Dose of Good Advice
Eight Tips for Medication Management for Seniors................................................................. 23
n HEALTHCARE EDUCATION
Face to Face
Paying for Care
Many Options Are Available for Seniors and Their Families ............................................................... 25
‘The Unsolved Problem’
Five Things to Know About Long-term-care Insurance............................................................. 26
Budget Worksheet.......................................... 28 Senior Resources.............................................29
Making the Change
Five Steps to Take When Your Parents Need Assisted Living ................................................... 30
What Is Hospice Care?
It’s Not About Giving Up, but About Quality of Life ....................................................................... 31
Dispelling Estate-planning Myths
It’s Important to Act Based on Facts, Not What You Think You Know ......................................... 32
Why Make a Will?
It’s Helpful ... Like Driving with Google Maps .. 33
Be Prepared
Consider These Important Estate-planning Documents ......................................................... 34
College Health Programs Tackle Challenge of Hands-on Learning ............................ 37
Shared Solution
Portable Ultrasound Allows STCC Students to Train at Home ...................................... 40
n BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
Coping and Hoping
Search for a New Normal Brings Increased Stress and Anxiety ................................... 41
Answering a Need
Two New Behavioral-health Hospitals Coming to Holyoke in 2022............................ 43
n SPECIAL NEEDS
Remote Lessons
Pathlight’s Whole Children Program Makes an Impact Online .................................... 45
A Practical Option
Protecting Personal-injury Settlements with a Special-needs Trust ............................. 47
n DEPARTMENTS
Opinion....................................................6 Healthcare Law ..................................... 48 On the Calendar...................................49 Career Pulse .......................................... 50
Healthy Outlook...................................52 Picture This ............................................ 53 Medical Real Estate Listings...............54 Health News and Notes ................ 55-57