How Families Can Challenge Ballooning Assisted Living Bills

The following article appeared on December 7th's New York Times about effective methods families can use to challenge Assisted Living ever increasing, ballooning monthly bills. According to the article the most frequent cost increase used to cover rising expenses are made when the resident moves to the next level of care.  That can be as a result of supervision with medications or diabetic injections, bathing or dressing help, incontinence issues, etc.  But costs can also soar due to arbitrary decision-making from internal policies and may be challenged.  While some of these increases may seem subjective and weighted in favor of the corporation, using a geriatric-care manager who has experience and reputation appealing these in-house assessments may help get some of these decisions reversed in favor of the many families struggling these days to keep mom or dad in a safe environment.  To find a reputable geriatric care manager, go to www.caremanager.org and click on the link: Find a care manager. To read more go to: http://tinyurl.com/2923a5s