Episode 22 Hosts Fedelta Care Solutions

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Living Care Radio host, Tacoma WA Kirkland WA elder law attorney Darol Tuttle hosts Fedelta Senior Care Solutions, in particular owner Steve Meyer and Regional Sales Director Tammi Reeser. In the first segment Darol described the topics of a Living Care Workshop, held earlier that day. The focus of the Workshop was asset protection. Darol described the term "asset protection" as the proven strategies and techniques used by planners to pay the high costs of long term care. Many seniors incur high long term care costs in their eighties when their income is static. Most receive social security income or pension income. When care is required, the monthly expenses for care that is unreimbursed is greater than income. The retirement accounts of the senior must pay for the shortfall. It is important to make intelligent decisions about investment returns to at least keep up with inflation. Darol points out that he currently sees daily rates at nursing homes as high as $450. Assuming a 5% inflation rate, nursing home rates in 2025 could be as high as $700 per day. Without investment return, many seniors may need to deplete their assets and apply for welfare. In the remainder of the show, Darol interviewed his guests. Steve Meyer created Fedelta in 2004 to help aging people live at home as long and as well as possible. Fedelta was founded for very personal reasons on the principles of trust, care, compassion and loyalty that were instilled by his parents and grandparents. Today, Fedelta is a trusted and accessible leader in integrated care solutions including home care, senior housing placements and care management. As a local, privately owned company, Fedelta Care Solutions and its professional caregivers proudly serve families and individuals throughout King, Pierce and Snohomish Counties with offices in Seattle, Bellevue, Everett Bainbridge Island and Tacoma. Fedelta was awarded the Better Business Bureau's prestigious "Western Washington Business of the Year - Large Business Customer Service Award for 2006", and earned an "A+" rating from the BBB. Fedelta is a trusted leader in the healthcare community with the industry’s most stringent screening and hiring practices, selecting fewer than 10 percent of caregivers who apply. Fedelta has earned a reputation for quality care and responsiveness; in many cases, care solutions are in place within 24 hours of a family's first call to Fedelta. Nurses and care teams are available by phone 24/7. Fedelta is dedicated to providing care, guidance and support to preserve the physical and emotional well-being of seniors and their families. Caring for an elderly relative who has begun to experience physical or mental challenges is something that most people don’t want to think about until they have no choice. When that time comes, it is important not to put quick answers before long-term solutions. Fedelta is passionate about providing information, choice and true continuity of care, from companion home care to advanced in-home nursing, as well as RN care management and unbiased, client-centered senior living referral services. Steve Meyer’s ongoing efforts to establish Fedelta as an organization devoted to exemplary health and support services led to his election as a member of the Board of Directors at the Alzheimer's Association. Witnessing the struggles of those affected by Alzheimer's and their families has provided Steve with personal insight that he applies daily in the pursuit of treatment options and medical care that will one day halt the most common cause of dementia.