It can be challenging to figure out when the right time to hire in-home care is. Look for warning signs and discuss it with your loved one when you feel home health care could be beneficial. Here are some warning signs to look out for: wandering away from home, leaving the stove on, not eating …
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Home health care includes a wide range of in-home services that an individual may receive due to an illness, injury, or simply just with aging. Home health care services may include: hourly or live-in home health aide services, Alzheimer’s care, Parkinson’s care, long or short term care, hospice services, and more. When searching for home …
This January, as our loved ones are by themselves, we want to make sure they don’t fall prey to obvious scams. They may not deal enough with technology to recognize when something is off. This is why scammers prey on older people more than anyone else. Fraudsters target older adults using a variety of scams …
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When a family decides that it is the right time to hire an in-home caregiver, it is important to seek trustworthy and professional services. When going through a home care agency, they often have a rigorous hiring process for their home health aides to ensure the safety and protection of their clients. Additionally, most agencies …
Jennifer Brown from A Caring Hand Services walks you through some updates regarding our Services and Covid-19. We are here to assist you!
Karen Brown started A Caring Hand Services Inc. when she saw the importance of matching the right caregiver to the client. Each home health aide is carefully screened. Karen has been in the home health care business since 1985. She personally selects which home health aide will go to which client. “I only hire home …
Caregiving can cause major changes in family dynamics. Physical, emotional, social, and financial issues can arise, affecting the roles, responsibilities, and feelings of each family member. Such widespread change to the family dynamic can lead to increased tension and frequent disagreements. Constant friction can be frustrating, but learning what goes into healthy, two-way communication can …
Hospice care is a special kind of care that focuses on the quality of life for people and their caregivers who are experiencing an advanced, life-limiting illness. Hospice care provides compassionate care for people in the last phases of incurable disease so that they may live as fully and comfortably as possible. A serious illness …
As COVID-19 continues to spread across the country, it has never been more important to practice social distancing. Although the virus can cause severe illness to people in any age group, our elderly community is most at risk, making social distancing for them even more necessary. Social isolation could put seniors at risk for anxiety, …
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As the days shorten and cool, we enter the holiday season, a time of connection, and memory-making. The arts offer a meaningful medium for this memory-making, especially for those living with dementia and their loved ones. As the Covid pandemic continues, it is especially important to take care of the elderly and make sure they …
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