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In North Carolina, a senior care facility has put out a call for people in their community--and around the world--to write letters to the residents of the home. Originally, the organizers behind this effort thought that it might be a short … [Read more...]
What does successful aging look like? This is a question that I recently came across in an online discussion and I felt like it was worth bringing the discussion over to the Paradise In-Home Care blog because I know that it is … [Read more...]
If the last few months have taught us anything, it is that there are different ways of going about our daily lives and meet our needs. In some ways, these things are for the better. A lot of businesses are finding that they can forego, or … [Read more...]
Memory care is specialized senior care that helps those with dementia live a more comfortable and safer life. As you probably know, Alzheimer’s disease is one of the most visible and prevalent forms of dementia and it takes a serious toll … [Read more...]
Some critics have called for changing the traditional nursing home system. The way that things are designed is just asking for trouble, the argument goes. Once the coronavirus was found in nursing homes, it was inevitable that many within … [Read more...]
When you think of a doctor making house calls, you likely think of old fashioned medicine. Maybe you even are thinking about a primitive, frontier style of medicine, like what was practiced back in the days of the Wild West. However, with … [Read more...]
Tackling care shortages in some parts of the world might be getting a little easier. This isn’t due to more caregivers or new and improved nursing homes. Rather, by utilizing the resources that we already have on hand more efficiently, some … [Read more...]
One of the biggest threats that aging seniors face often comes from themselves. Self neglect happens when someone is not taking care of themselves like they should. They might stop taking their trash out, stop eating, not take medications … [Read more...]
Transitional care is designed to help people who are moving out of one type of care, usually something intensive like within a hospital, and help them get the medical support and attention that they need before they return to a less … [Read more...]
One of the big frustrations that families often express when it comes to senior care is that their loved ones often see a sharp decline in functionality shortly after care in a nursing home begins. Unfortunately, this is a very real … [Read more...]
Some experts are demanding that the U.S. rethink how senior care is approached on a larger scale. Because of the many care homes that have been hit so hard by the coronavirus, alternatives to the traditional nursing home model are being … [Read more...]
The Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, vowed that extensive changes would be made in the Canadian senior care system recently. This report came about because of military involvement in many of the care facilities across the country. … [Read more...]
