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- Caring Transitions - A Guide To Making a Smooth Transition to Home Care - by Submitted on Oct 02, 2015 from Gabriela BrownScenario: Your parent is in the skilled nursing facility and the social worker/case manager is talking to you about sending them home. It is recommended that they not be without personal care assistance/home care. All of a sudden, there are many decisions to make: • Do you bring your parent ...
Views: 1589(1 vote) - Caring Transitions - A Guide To Making a Smooth Transition to Home Care - by Submitted on Oct 02, 2015 from Gabriela BrownScenario: Your parent is in the skilled nursing facility and the social worker/case manager is talking to you about sending them home. It is recommended that they not be without personal care assistance/home care. All of a sudden, there are many decisions to make: • Do you bring your parent ...
Views: 1463(1 vote) - Caring Transitions - A Guide To Making a Smooth Transition to Home Care - by Submitted on Oct 02, 2015 from Gabriela BrownScenario: Your parent is in the skilled nursing facility and the social worker/case manager is talking to you about sending them home. It is recommended that they not be without personal care assistance/home care. All of a sudden, there are many decisions to make: • Do you bring your parent ...
Views: 1566(1 vote) - Are Home Care Agencies Obsolete? - by Submitted on Sep 28, 2015 from Gabriela BrownRecent changes in the employment and regulatory market have made hiring caregivers through an agency financially more difficult for families. In response, many people have turned to the internet marketplace to essentially, ‘place an order’ for a caregiver ‘at cost’, leaving the traditional ...
Views: 1774 - Here’s the Skin(ny)—The Importance of Skin Integrity As We Age - by Submitted on Aug 12, 2012 from Gabriela BrownNo, I am not talking about weight; I am talking about the largest organ on your body, your skin. As we age, the skin, like every other organ in our body, begins to decline. While we don’t have any way to reverse this aging process there are things that we can do to boost it functioning and help ...
Views: 3613 - Grief into Depression - Issues in Senior Bereavement - Why Can’t Mom Just ‘Snap Out of It’? - by Submitted on Apr 04, 2012 from Gabriela BrownLast year, I received a call from Sharon, the adult daughter of a potential client, Bette. Her father, Burt, had passed away a little over a year ago from an extended battle with cancer and Bette had been his primary caregiver. Until his passing, Bette was mobile, energetic and rarely sick. ...
Views: 1994(1 vote) - Putting It All On the Table – A Review of Good Senior Nutrition - by Submitted on Mar 08, 2012 from Gabriela BrownBy 2030, Americans over the age of 65 will reach 71 million, approximately 20% of our population. Further, almost 90% of Americans over the age of 65 have one or more degenerative disorders. These conditions were once thought to be a natural consequence of aging but there is now evidence that ...
Views: 1199 - Now's the Time to Secure Your Valuables - by Submitted on Mar 03, 2012 from Gabriela BrownThe time has come. You are in need of home care services. Chances are good that this need has been preceded by some sort of crisis; a hospitalization, death of a spouse or a sudden decline in health. Likely, there are so many things to think about and arrange. There may be a variety of service ...
Views: 1519(1 vote) - Hearing Loss – Bringing Seniors Back into the Conversation - by Submitted on Feb 19, 2012 from Gabriela BrownNearly one-third of people over the age of 65 are hard-of-hearing while nearly 50% of people over the age of 85 suffer from some form of hearing loss. Because hearing loss is usually a gradual process that begins in one’s forties, it is commonly not recognized until it is significant. It is ...
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