Listen to your heart and your intuition when interviewing a care giving company. Care giving professionals who are exceptional all have the caregivers heart in common. From the nurses, to the certified nursing assistants, to the doctors and ancillary staff…
Growing older, living longer, being a custodian of our parents care, these are all topics that are much more prominent as all of us boomers age. We all know health care is expensive, so first and foremost if you can…
In home non medical healthcare is a great way to extend your ability or the ability of your aging loved ones to age in their own homes. But how do you know if your caregiver has passed the appropriate background…
As we age, we are confronted with longer lifespans and whether or not we will be able to afford all that goes along with living longer. All things being equal most people I know would rather stay in their own…
Medicare is really emphasizing a holistic approach to healthcare going forward, with the goal in mind to help mitigate hospital re-admissions. A whole array of services are now available, many taken care of as a Medicare funded expense so that the care…
If you are your parents caretaker, and they seem to be in relatively good health now, remember that can all turn on a dime. It is better to be prepared to make serious decisions for them before they are in…
Your parents are aging, they need help but wont go to an assisted living facility because they want to stay in their own home. So their care is entrusted to you, you usually a female family member who oftentimes is…
You are taking care of your aging parents in their own home. They have a primary care provider, a cardiologist, a neurologist, and an oncologist. Frequently all of these providers do not talk with one another, and do not have…
It seems simple, but one course of action can dramatically reduce in home injuries for our elderly parents or relatives. Throw rugs. That's right throw rugs. Throw rugs usually adorn the homes of many or our elderly parents and relatives…