Social distancing is all over the news. It’s supposed to help us to reduce the spread of the coronavirus that leads to COVID-19, and it’s supposed to help us stay healthy and protect those around us. If you’re like me, you probably have a … [Read more...]
When Care Doesn’t Work Out
You may have heard the news that there was recently a class action lawsuit launched in California against one of the largest senior care chains in the country. The suit states that some assisted living have used assessments to determine … [Read more...]
The Holidays Can Point Out Care Needs
January tends to be one of the busiest times of the year for senior care companies. It’s often said that January is the busiest time of the year for wedding planners because so many people get engaged over the holidays, and senior care … [Read more...]
What Kind of Care Does Your Family Want?
Every family has their own approach when it comes to how care is handled. Some families jump in right away and start work with pressings to figure out what their elderly loved one needs before that care is ever really needed. For other … [Read more...]
Juggling Stress and Senior Care
Providing care to an elderly loved one is incredibly stressful. If you’ve done this for any length of time, you know that this stress is deceiving in its nature, too. It’s not an acute stress that vanishes as soon as you’re in bed for the … [Read more...]
Balancing Care and Your Career
One of the biggest concerns that families who are beginning to think about caring for an older loved one face is how to balance their job and the care of their parent. This is not easy by any means, but there are things that have worked in … [Read more...]
What are Care Robots?
Robots caring for the elderly? It sounds like something out of a science fiction movie, doesn’t it? As absurd as it might sound, some researchers are currently working on technology that is designed to assist in senior care in this … [Read more...]
Understanding the Benefits of Respite Care
One of the big problems that a family caregiver faces is that they always must be “on.” This means that the job is never-ending. There is no vacation, and even the breaks that are found are momentary. Eventually, this piles up and can make … [Read more...]
How Can Hospital Readmission Rates Help Us Improve Care?
A recent study out of Canada found that different regions of the country experienced different rates of readmission into the hospital after someone suffered from some sort of cardiac event. Researchers found that individuals that had been … [Read more...]
Why are Care Market Studies Important?
You will often come across government and privately sponsored long term care studies when you are searching for information online. Things that talk about senior care numbers, dollar signs, and future predictions might not seem to be all … [Read more...]
Making Care Changes Without Guilt
Oftentimes, there is a level of guilt that comes when we are trying to help an older loved one with senior care. It can start out when we are acting as a family caregiver. Am I doing enough to help mom around the house? What about my job? … [Read more...]
The Benefits of Following a Heart-Healthy Diet
Pretty much everyone knows that following a good diet is a smart thing to do. It increases levels of health by strengthening your bones and muscles and improves your cardiovascular system, too. But we don’t need to do a lot of things to … [Read more...]