As the nation’s baby boomers steadily continue to join the ranks of our octogenarians, a new trend is rising: a combination of assisted living and home health care. At one time, mere decade ago, the phrases “assisted living,” and “home health care” were mutually exclusive. The first, assisted living,meant uprooting your loved one from their [...]
Being faced with the demoralizing possibility of enrolling our elder in a senior home care program is difficult at best. A senior home care facility, while in many cases might be adequate, has a tendency to lack a certain je ne sais quoi that in home care is able to offer in droves: it is [...]
Our seniors have taught us everything we know. They have reared us, and given us protection from the world and its evils while we grew up, then released us into that world to make out own way, and ideally, to enhance it for our children. They have taught us to “pay it forward”– to do [...]
Family members and other care givers for people with Alzheimer’s disease, varied severities of autism, Down syndrome, and other dementia related cognitive impairment conditions are well aware that the propensity to wander off or get lost can be a problem. Those practicing elder care in Las Vegas are no different. As a matter of fact, [...]
A common expression says that the only certain things in life are death and taxes. While getting older is not a guarantee for everybody, it is a high probability for the majority of Americans. With this probability comes the question; “Will my loved ones need some type of in home assisted living service in their [...]
While the people of the Baby Boomer group ages, they are seeing an unprecedented condition; how to care for their own aging parents. Coupled with the need of the parents is the need of the Baby Boomers themselves. Most of these people are still actively working, involved with their own kids and may not always [...]
When an elderly parent can no longer safely live alone it is typical for one adult child to take on the majority of the senior home care required. Often this is the perfect solution in the early stages of care, with the child living nearest to the parent or the one who has the least [...]
Often when an elderly parent is your senior in care at home holidays become a stressful, demanding season. With gifts to purchase and wrap, places to go, and people to visit, both the patient and the caregiver become exhausted to the point of illness and begin to count the days until the season is over. [...]
The vast majority of people in their golden years would prefer to live at their home rather than go to some type of assisted living facility. Research states that most of our elderly citizens actually live at their place until it is no longer physically possible. Unfortunately, many of these people need a bit of [...]
November has been recognized as a time to bring awareness about people suffering with Alzheimer’s disease. The latest estimates show that over 15 million people offer care to at least one relative that suffers from this crippling condition. As the number of Alzheimer’s patients grows there is a need for people to understand more about [...]
