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MarketWatch: The Right Senior-Care Team Can Make Things A Little Easier

  • Oct 11, 2024
  • Meaghan Puglisi
  • 1-min Read

In an Opinion piece in MarketWatch, Lifespark CEO Joel Theisen, BSN, RN, shares why putting together the right senior care team can make things a little easier. In his experience, he has seen how palliative care decisions can tear families apart knowing how hard end-of-life decisions can be.

With Medicare open enrollment starting on Oct. 15, families across America are picking their way once again through an avalanche of TV ads, brochures and emails encouraging them to choose one health plan over another. As the son of seniors, I know how frustrating this process can be says Joel. 

But as a nurse and chief executive of a senior-health company, I also know there is one thing you can do to make the Medicare planning process — and all the senior years — much better for you and your loved ones.

You need to plan out your senior-care team.

Read on for the tips Joel shares and the complete article in MarketWatch…

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