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Home Care After Hospital Discharge: How Professional Caregivers Ensure a Safe Recovery

By |2024-10-11T11:41:43-05:00October 11th, 2024|Categories: Home Care|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

Home Care After Hospital Discharge: How Professional Caregivers Ensure a Safe Recovery Why Home Care After Hospital Discharge is Essential Your aging mom is recovering from an unexpected surgery.  The hospital is ready to discharge her, but your dad is too frail to safely take care of her at home. You want to help… [...]

Choosing the Right Caregiver

By |2024-06-05T11:36:15-05:00June 6th, 2024|Categories: Aging in Place|Tags: , , , |

Choosing the Right Caregiver Your aging mom is failing. She doesn’t need skilled nursing or assisted living yet - just a little help with things like light housekeeping, meal prep and getting in and out of the shower. You’ve heard a lady from your mom’s church sometimes works as an independent caregiver, but is [...]

Hiring the Right Caregiver

By |2023-04-21T11:03:55-05:00April 6th, 2023|Categories: Aging in Place, Caregivers, Home Care|Tags: , , , , |

Hiring the Right Caregiver Your mom is failing - having trouble keeping up with day-to-day tasks like laundry, housekeeping and meal preparation. She needs assistance… but not assisted living. “The overwhelming majority of seniors want to remain in their homes as they age, and with in-home care, they can do that,” said Sierra Goetz, [...]

When Your Aging Loved Ones Need (But Won’t Accept) Help

By |2023-04-03T12:13:42-05:00March 23rd, 2023|Categories: Home Care|Tags: , , , , , , , |

When Your Aging Loved Ones Need (But Won’t Accept) Help Your dad shouldn’t be driving anymore, but he won’t give up the car keys. Your mom can no longer keep the house clean, but she refuses to hire a cleaning lady. Both of your parents could use a little assistance with day-to-day tasks, but [...]

Family Caregiving by the Numbers

By |2023-02-10T11:54:54-06:00February 13th, 2023|Categories: Caregivers, Senior Living and Home Care Events|Tags: , , , , , , , |

Family Caregiving by the Numbers Are you currently caring for an aging loved one? If so, you’re definitely not alone.  According to the most recent Caregiving in the U.S. report, nearly one in five (19%) Americans are currently providing care to an adult with health or functional needs. The report also notes that: 24% [...]

Hospital to Home – How a Professional Caregiver Can Aid in the Transition

By |2023-01-24T14:36:22-06:00January 19th, 2023|Categories: Home Care|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

Your aging mom is recovering from an unexpected surgery.  The hospital is ready to discharge her, but your dad is too frail to safely take care of her at home. You want to help… but you live more than an hour away, have a demanding job and a busy family - so, there’s no [...]

Family Caregiving Fast Facts

By |2022-11-09T11:55:09-06:00November 1st, 2022|Categories: Home Care|Tags: , , , , , , , |

Family Caregiving Fast Facts Did you know… More than 34 million Americans have provided unpaid care for someone age 50 and older in the last 12 months. The majority of caregivers (82%) care for one other adult, while 15% care for 2 adults and 3% for 3 or more adults.  About 15.7 million family caregivers [...]

10 Tips to Ensure Your Senior’s Home is Winter Ready

By |2022-10-26T09:02:19-05:00October 17th, 2022|Categories: Healthy Living|Tags: , |

10 Tips to Ensure Your Senior’s Home is Winter Ready Winter weather is on the way, so now is a good time to prepare your senior’s home for the cold, snowy days that lie ahead.  Here’s a checklist to get you started. Have the furnace inspected. Many people don’t discover a problem until they switch [...]

Survey Shows Most Adults Aren’t Planning for Future Needs

By |2022-09-01T13:05:37-05:00August 28th, 2022|Categories: Home Care|Tags: , , , , |

Survey Shows Most Adults Aren’t Planning for Future Needs With more than 10,000 people turning 65 every day, home care is quickly becoming an increasingly important part of the senior care continuum.  Seniors want to age in their homes “We know that an overwhelming majority of seniors want to age in their homes,” said Mark [...]

Are You Feeling the Squeeze?

By |2022-08-22T10:32:50-05:00August 18th, 2022|Categories: Community Education, Home Care|Tags: , , , , , , , |

Are You Feeling the Squeeze? After a brutal day at work, all you want to do is grab a glass of wine and turn on your favorite TV show.  But you know that won’t happen. In addition to checking in on your aging mom, you have to also feed your hungry kids and help with [...]

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