When You Are Paid 13 Hours for a 24-Hour Shift
America’s neglect of older people extends to the people who care for them at home. The home health aides and certified nursing assistants who work in long-term care facilities and private homes are usually paid no more than the minimum wage and given few, if any,...
Caring For A Loved One At Home Can Have A Steep Learning Curve
Dementia has been slowly stealing Ruth Perez’s memory and thinking ability for 20 years. Her daughter, Angela Bobo, recalled when it was clear that her mother was never going to be the same. “She would put food together that didn’t belong together — hamburger and fish...
How one home health agency earned five stars
Home health agencies are a segment of the medical industry that you may not know about if you or a loved one has never needed one. The companies send therapists and nurses into the homes of Medicare patients to help them recover from an illness or surgery. This summer...
5 assisted living myths
How many of you have promised that you’d never abandon your parents to die in a home? You can imagine the sadness…and the smell, right? But that’s not what I experienced when I visited my grandmother. I’d say hello to the folks at the front...
Home care for cancer patients
There are so many misconceptions about home care. The more I talk to family caregivers, the more I hear people expressing how they wish they’d turned to home care sooner. People resist accepting outside help for a wide range of reasons, many of which are based...
Preparing for the gathering storm
This is last part of Notes from the Problem Child, Arthur Roeser’s caregiving story. Read part one, part two, part three, part four, part five, part six, part seven, part eight, part nine, and part ten. I was helping mom where she couldn’t help herself....Home is Where the Heart is, But is it Safe for Seniors?
It’s familiar and it’s comfortable, but is it safe? A person’s home, as they say, is his/her castle; however, when it comes to personal safety for seniors, there comes a time when that home may have to be reevaluated, renovated or replaced. The problem here is that...The Transition from Home Care to Assisted Living
You’re at home with your loved one, curled up on the couch and watching TV. A commercial for an assisted living facility plays. Your loved one turns to you and half-jokingly says, “Never put me in a home, okay?”
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