An option is what’s called short-term care insurance, now available from a number of companies. “There is currently a significant opportunity for Colorado seniors to get coverage at a significant savings,” explains Jesse Slome, director of the American Association for Long-Term Care Insurance. A just concluded analysis found that a 70-year-old Colorado woman could buy coverage for less than half of what a 70-year old woman in Chicago would pay. “Each insurer establishes their pricing and often you can find and take advantage of some sig ...
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Colorado participates in the federal/state long-term care partnership program providing owners of qualified LTC Insurance policies dollar-for-dollar asset protection from future extended health car...
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Disabled & Long-Term Care must also fill out Worksheet B on the Health First Colorado application. What Information You Will Need Along with the completed application, seniors must include...
Updated Nov. 23, 2:01 p.m. In October 2020, 68-year-old Lisa Oakley went to the emergency room at Memorial Hospital in Craig for elevated blood sugar and complications with her diabetes. In the past, she would get her levels under control and go home, but this time was different. She was struggling with bladder issues and needed a wheelchair instead of the walker she had been using. Her doctor recommended she go into a long-term care facility. She was connected with Cori Martin-Crawford, a care-coordinator at the hospital. ...
Colorado nursing homes will be allowed as early as next week to resume indoor visitation for the first time in more than five months — as long as the state’s COVID-19 cases stay under control and residents’ relatives agree to wear masks and keep their distance. Gov. Jared Polis in March put a halt to family visitations at the state’s nursing homes and other long-term care facilities as the pandemic first gripped the state. Since then more than 100 Colorado nursing homes and assisted-livi...
Nearly half of Colorado’s deaths from COVID-19 are tied to residential health care facilities, according to newly released state data, and some residents and families are nervous that their nursing homes’ precautions aren’t enough to stop the virus’ continued spread. The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment on Wednesday reported as many as 176 residents of residential care facilities are believed to have died from the new coronavirus, including 137 lab-confirmed cases and 39 where residents showed symptoms of the new vir ...
Jared Bednar spent most of his hockey career trading punches with some of the meanest, toughest players in whatever league he was playing in. ; But how many of those brawlers can also say they’ve plunged a knife into a wild hog’s heart? ; Bednar, when he is not a Stanley Cup-winning coach of the Colorado Avalanche, is a man of the woods. Among the great passions of his life outside of hockey are hunting, fishing and enjoying nature. ; It’s yet another reason he and the NHL team in the Centennial State have been such a perfect match.