Family caregivers spend an average of more than 24 hours a week helping their loved ones continue to live at home. Unfortunately, this time commitment and all the other obligations a caregiver has often put their physical and mental health at the bottom of their to-do list.
If you’ve decided that your senior loved one needs daily care, choosing whether to use home care or move them to an assisted living facility can feel overwhelming. Let’s look briefly at each.
It takes a lot of different qualities to be good at anything, including caregiving. A job where you’re putting widgets into a box takes a whole different set of qualities than it does for a caregiver who invests themselves in another human being every day.
Home care agencies like Elder Home Care provide respite care services to help family caregivers take some well-deserved and much-needed time off. Here are a few reasons you need respite care if you’re a family caregiver or suggest it to a family member.
An increasing number of seniors in Philadelphia are choosing home care over institutional care. Here are seven reasons why.
Home care can be an exciting and fulfilling career. With over 35,000 home care providers out there, finding the right agency for you can feel like looking for a needle in a haystack. As an in-home caregiver who's seeking fresh career challenges, factors like job satisfaction, a healthy work/life balance, and the potential for personal growth all matter.
For a family caregiver experiencing a high level of stress, finding the right senior home care agency to help you and your loved one age safely at home is critical. How do you find an agency that will meet your family’s needs?
If you’re beginning to think it’s time for senior care for your loved one, but you want to be sure before discussing it with them, here are five signs that can confirm you’re making the right decision.
Since getting stranded at home is also a possibility for those special seniors in your life, helping them prepare for the unexpected should also be a family priority. If that sounds like a plan, here’s how to design the perfect emergency survival kit for your aging loved ones.
As your parents grow old, it’s not unusual for them to have trouble remembering things, like family birthdays, the date, or where they put the car keys. But if Mom or Dad’s memory loss is happening more frequently and causing them to get frustrated, it could be a common condition known as mild cognitive impairment (MCI).
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