Family Caregivers
Why Do Elderly Couples Often Need Home Care Assistance?
Aging at home may be your parents’ goals, but sometimes a helping hand is needed to make sure everything goes as planned. Home care assistance helps older adults with ADLs and IADLs. The common reasons that older adults require home care is to ensure they: Get out of bed safely Take a shower and dress…
Read MoreHome Health Care Nurses Can Administer Medications That Family Caregivers Can’t
After your mom’s illness or surgical procedure, you plan to provide the care she needs. She wants to return to her bed and bathroom as quickly as possible. You’ll help her with bandage changes, medication management, or whatever else is needed. Can you provide everything she needs, or is it time to address her need…
Read MoreFour Ways to Make it Easier for Your Senior to Accept Help
Accepting help is not easy for a lot of different people, including possibly your senior family member. If that’s the case, you might want to try some of these ideas to help her to adjust to you hiring senior care providers. Not all of these might work right away, so there could be some trial…
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