According to recent numbers, the average person living in a senior care facility has twelve different chronic conditions at any given time. When more than one condition exists at a time, it is referred to as a comorbidity. And … [Read more...]
The Continued Toll of COVID on Nursing Homes
COVID has completely changed how we go about our daily lives. Even though most of the United States is not in the same state of emergency that we were in back in the early days of the pandemic, we still go through each day with a heightened … [Read more...]
When Can In-Home Care Help Your Family?
Whether you’re brand new to your family’s senior care search or you’ve been at it for a long time, in-home care deserves another look. It provides the professional level care that you would expect from a senior care provider, but it does it … [Read more...]
Does the Approach to Senior Care Matter?
Recently, a Canadian political party announced that they would like to see some major changes to how senior care is approached. Already, there is disagreement about whether care should be profit or non-profit, state run or private … [Read more...]
Care’s Expansion in Japan–and the Growing Need in the U.S.
It is estimated that Japan will face a shortage of one million senior care employees by the year 2025. This is a huge deficit in one of the world’s major economies, but it makes sense that this is happening. Japan has a very different … [Read more...]
Dealing with the Shock that Comes with Care Costs
A lot of people that are new to the senior care search are immediately overwhelmed by how expensive care can be. Many people put off senior care for themselves or a loved one far longer than what is healthy or safe as a result of … [Read more...]
Teenage Volunteers Can Help Improve Care
Despite the ongoing pandemic that we are experiencing, many communities are once again encouraging volunteers to help the elderly in some capacity or another. And perhaps not surprisingly, a large number of these volunteers are teenagers … [Read more...]
When the Senior Care Shortage Comes Home
If you’ve spent any time on our website over the past few years, you’ve heard me talk about the potential of a senior care shortage. The condensed version of this problem rests with the fact that the Baby Boomer generation was the biggest … [Read more...]
Why Senior Care is More Important than Ever Before
COVID has devastated senior care sites across the country. According to one resource, about 130,000 nursing home residents have died as a result of the virus. 2,000 nursing home staff members have also passed away because of it. An outside … [Read more...]
Shifting the Health Care Industry Toward Senior Care
The senior citizen population is bigger than ever before--and it continues to grow daily. We’ve been saying this often here on the Paradise In-Home Care blog, but there’s a good reason why. Not only does this mean that there is a growing … [Read more...]
Fighting Chronic Disease in Isolated Seniors
Even though we are not fully through the COVID-19 pandemic, we are already seeing some of the changes to senior care that it has brought about. Although the pandemic has taken a terrible toll on seniors, especially those within nursing … [Read more...]
What if the Nursing Home is the Best Option?
One of the great things about in-home care is that it allows seniors to stay in their homes for longer. Most elderly individuals prefer this kind of care. They want to be where they’ve lived for as long as possible, living with the people … [Read more...]