Elder Care
How to Find the Right Home Health Care Provider
There may be times when you need home health care for someone in your family, whether it is an elderly parent who wants to live independently for as long as possible or a spouse who is recovering from major surgery.
Since home health care is not somethi [read more...]
Caregiver Tips for Getting Through The Day
The duties of the caregiver usually change and increase over a period of time. One of the most difficult aspects of the caregiver role is that the job continues seven days a week, 24 hours a day.
One way to help caregivers get through the day is to set [read more...]
About Today’s Assisted Living Centers
Assisted living centers are facilities that help and provide a home for people who need some assistance in their daily lives but wish to maintain a measure of independence. These centers serve as a bridge between completely independent living and a nursing hom [read more...]
Home Safety Tips for Caregivers
As a family caregiver, it is important to safe-proof your home. Falls are the seventh leading cause of death in persons over the age of 65. There are a variety of reasons for falls, such as falls from ladders or scaffolding, falls from slipping, tumbling or tr [read more...]
Holiday Stress Relief for Caregivers
If you are a caregiver you are probably already familiar with the effects of stress. With the upcoming holidays it is almost a sure bet your stress level will go up.
You may start to feel more tired than usual. You may worry more. You may feel like eve [read more...]
Help Your Respite Caregiver By Doing These Ten Things
If you are a family caregiver there will come a time when you need a break. It usually comes sooner rather than later.
You may only need help for an hour or two or for a day or two. This is when a respite caregiver will step in.
Respite services co [read more...]
Angry About Medicaid? It’s Time to Face Reality
In recent months I have met with an increasing number of families trying to figure out how to access long term care for their parents. The challenge for most is that they never for a moment considered that they would have to pay for care; they simply assumed t [read more...]
Advice On Choosing A Care Home
With life expectancy rising every year due to advances in medicine and an increased awareness of what is and isn’t good for us the elderly population is increasing year on year and sees no signs of slowing. An increased older population has a knock on ef [read more...]
Getting The Keys Back
One of the biggest obstacles most families have is getting the keys to the car. This certainly isn’t an easy task but one that is often necessary to keep them from hurting themselves as well as others. People sometimes think that they only need to take [read more...]
Understanding Medicare Advantage Plans
Medicare Advantage was created out of the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003. In short, Medicare Advantage was designed to allow private carriers like Anthem Blue Cross, United HealthCare, Humana and others to create health care plans designed for individuals [read more...]
