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Holiday Gift Ideas for Seniors Still searching for the perfect holiday gift for your senior loved ones? We know that coming up with holiday gift ideas for older people can be challenging - especially if they insist they don’t need anything. So, we’ve compiled a list of useful items that might help them with everyday [...]
Survey Confirms Senior Living Providers Can Compete in the Homecare Marketplace When an aging loved one needs a little extra help, where do most families turn? At the HomeCare Advocacy Network (HCAN), we conducted a survey that shows the vast majority of family decision-makers would prefer engaging in-home supportive services before moving their loved ones to [...]
Signs Your Aging Loved Ones May Need Help at Home When you visited mom over the Thanksgiving holiday, you noticed something was off. Maybe she was a little more forgetful than usual or she struggled to get out of a chair. Perhaps you spied an unopened stack of mail or an unexplained dent in her [...]
Talking to Your Kids About Alzheimer’s One day Grandpa knows the kids’ names… but the next day, he doesn’t remember. The unpredictability of Alzheimer’s can be confusing and sometimes very scary - especially for children, and explaining the disease to them can be particularly challenging. If it’s time to talk to your kids about a [...]
The Promise of a Better Tomorrow When Mark and Sierra Goetz founded the HomeCare Advocacy Network (HCAN), they did so with a vision of arming today’s spectrum of caregivers with hope, high-impact resources, and the promise of a better tomorrow. One way they’re doing that is through HCAN’s new Family and Friends Dementia Education class [...]
Welcoming American Baptist Homes of the Midwest into the HCAN Family We are very proud to announce that we have teamed up with American Baptist Homes of the Midwest (ABHM) to launch a new service line designed to successfully deliver in-home care to ABHM’s current residents as well as seniors in surrounding communities. “We are [...]
Life Experience Fuels Sarah Pappas’ Passion for Caregiving Native Nebraskan, Sarah Pappas, learned about the power of love and the importance of duty toward others at a young age through experience. “My paternal grandparents emigrated from Greece and opened a restaurant, The Continental, in downtown Lincoln in 1920,” she said. “It was a thriving family [...]
Ten Things You Should Know About Medicare You’ve received the mailings, seen the television ads and gotten advice from your sister’s, friend’s cousin… but what do you really know about Medicare and the benefits you’re eligible to receive? “People are inundated with information - this and that,” said Holly Klein Gillespie, president of HKG Insurance [...]
Five Do's and Don’ts for Exercising As You Age - by guest blogger Serena Bridges As an older adult, exercising is one of the most important things you can do for your health and independence. It can prevent many of the health problems that come with age and help your muscles grow stronger so you [...]
The pandemic has taken a toll on the senior living industry - forcing many providers to take a hard look at their current operations and rethink the way they do business - especially when it comes to in-home services. If you’re thinking about adding home care to your organization’s service offerings, be sure to stop [...]
