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How’s Professional Care different from Family Care?
As soon as the effects of aging start showing in the behaviour of our elderly parents, we understand that they need care. But assessing which type of care is best for them, professional care or personal care, can be a challenge. Usually, caring for parents in their senior years starts with providing some amount of ...
Best Possible Caregiving for Elderly Parents
Caregiving for Elderly Parents
Caregiving for elderly parents can be an overwhelming job that falls upon our shoulders within the blink of an eye. While seeing our independent parents slowly becoming dependent hits our hearts with emotional turmoil, the sudden load of caregiving for elderly can leave us shattered and overburdened. But it is important to ...
Personalized Advice for Communicating Effectively with Seniors
Communicating Effectively with Seniors:
Sometimes it can be very hard to communicate effectively with seniors. Half of the time people find it very hard to decipher what they say, and the other half of their time is spent in patiently explaining to senior people what heir point of view is. Frustrating it may be though, the ...
Complete Guide to Home Health Care in Houston
Home Health Care in Houston
Home health care, as the name suggests is providing home care to the elderly or injured. The range of services offered is very broad, and varies for every individual. If you’ve just begun looking for a senior home health care plan for your loved ones, or want to request at home ...
How to Care for Adults with Special Needs
Caring for disabled seniors or seniors with special needs is a double whammy of sorts. The reason being, first, they are disabled. Second, age is not on their side anymore. Professional caregivers have to be extra careful while tending care for adults with special needs, as they have to be handled delicately else they might ...
Out of Hospital Do Not Resuscitate Order (OOH DNR) (Texas)
What is an OOH DNR?
In Texas, the Out of Hospital Do-Not-Resuscitate program allows people to decide that they do not want to be resuscitated. The program allows people to declare that certain resuscitative measures will not be used on them. Per the state, those resuscitative measures specifically listed in the OOH DNR legislation are cardiopulmonary ...
What problems do FAMILY caregivers face when taking care of a loved one?
Family caregivers have arguably one of the toughest jobs, a job which often might turn out to be thankless. Majority of family caregivers do not receive any form of compensation for their services and have to put up with a lot of sacrifices in terms of their personal space, time and even livelihood. Here are ...
Assisted Living Facility and Personal Home Care features and differences
When it comes to elderly care, Assisted Living and Personal Home Care are used interchangeably. While the primary motive and the basic tenets of the two services are the same, there are some crucial differences that set these two services apart. Depending on the individual requirement of an older adult, one can choose between either ...
Addiction & Aging- Signs & Safeguards
Addiction & Aging
"Addiction & Aging" If I were to say addiction and senior citizens in the same sentence, you would naturally assume that I would say something like Local senior citizens took time out today to visit the local high school to educate kids on the dangers of addiction. When someone says addiction, nine times ...
Home Health Care
What is Home Health Care?
Home Health Care consists of a wide range of medical services that is given wherever you call home. The goal of care is treat an illness or injury. It is to help you recover from an illness, regain your strength and help you get back on your feet as soon as ...