Learn more about how you can help your loved ones with in home care. When Should You Move To Memory Care? Finding a memory care facility or assisted living center for your loved ones is never something that you look forward to. Sadly, there is a great need for memory care centers, with over 30,000 assisted [...]
Home care agencies and home care networks have faced ongoing operational challenges due to a variety of reasons. Rapidly fluctuating regulatory requirements related to the home care industry have been almost constant over the past several years now. Patients and their family caregivers are much more likely to be more active in their healthcare planning […]
Electronic Visit Verification: Here’s what Home Health Care Providers need to know in 2019. A new year is upon us and this means big changes for the healthcare industry. While we have seen a lot of changes and technological advances in 2019 (in terms of each type of service), this still leaves room for thoughts […]
Learn more about how you can help your loved ones with in-home care. Interventions save lives. Nurse intervention is considered the backbone of home care. The term "nursing intervention" describes any type of action a nurse performs to improve their patients' comfort and overall health. Those who are considering the advancement [...]
According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, an average of 7 in 10 adults over the age of 65 will require long-term care at some point in their lives. Another statistic reads that 68% of older adults in residential care or nursing homes have some degree of cognitive impairment. With those facts [...]
Believe me when I say everyone has a hard time addressing the topic of future long-term care plans with an aging loved one recently diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, or any other stages of dementia or types of dementia. Ever since you can remember, your parents have taken on the responsibility of raising you and taking care [...]
One of the most common questions patients and their loved ones ask is: What are the different types of dementia? Dementia causes problems with a person's memory, thinking, and ability to reason properly. Dementia occurs when parts of the brain, which are in charge of how we learn and retain information, holding our memories and [...]
The fact of the matter is: planning for mid-stage, and late-stage Alzheimer's care is usually the furthest thing from your mind when a loved one is first diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease and memory problems. Before you can plan for the progression and future care of this Alzheimer's, you must tend to your loved one [...]
Whether you're 80 or 8 years old, music is a universal language that people of any age can relate to and enjoy. Music is not only influential on many levels, but its value reaches far beyond mere listening, especially in those that suffer from memory impairment. Most everyone enjoys music, but does listening to [...]
Care Requirements by Stage As we mentioned before, at the first diagnosis of dementia, the patient often times will not require any care assistance and will be able to live independently. However, as their dementia progresses, care will eventually be needed. In fact, by the time a patient reaches middle-stage to late-stage dementia, they will [...]