Home Health Care Blog
Navigating Senior Care Services – A Guide to Acronyms:

It is so difficult to understand people when they speak in letters rather than words. The medical profession and governmental organizations in particular seem to have their own language comprised of acronyms. This can be immensely frustrating to us civilians. Here is a guide to acronyms most having to do with Senior Care Services, Home … Read more

Your Aging Parents Have A Personal Emergency Response System – Do They Test It Monthly?

         For Every Senior Who Has an Emergency Response Button, You Must Test it Monthly to Make Sure it Works and Keeping You Protected.      It is so gratifying to see more and more clients who already have PERS button on their wrist or around their neck—especially when they live alone. We recommend to … Read more

How to Transition Successfully from Hospital to Home Hospital re-admissions are a scrooge of the health care system and costing huge amounts of taxpayer money. Soon hospitals across the U.S. will be penalized for an avoidable re-admission of each patient. This new tact will hopefully work towards lowering the re-admission rate. Since the hospital staff … Read more

Does Medicare Cover That?

Medicare almost by definition covers visits (not staying with) by a Registered Nurse, Physical Therapist, Occupational Therapist, Speech Therapist, and a CNA- for a bath visit. The “skilled” medical professional comes in, does what is needed and goes onto the next patient’s home. Read more