Home Health Care Blog
Six Steps to Reduce Stress to Calm Your Mind, Body & Spirit

  We Know about Relaxation and Other Stress Reducing Techniques. The Trick is to Practice and Master them to help Reduce the Stress We have and the Continual Stress of Caregivng. Review Some Basic Tips to Calm Yourself During the Day. Caregiving is one of the most stressful responsibilities imaginable. You are responsible for the … Read more

An Obama proposal would make home care more costly by allowing for overtime pay to caregivers. This will effect hours of care, number of caregivers, Long Term Care insurance coverage and possibly evenallowing people to remain at home.  Take Action and communicate to your representatives. The Miami Herald > Opinion > Letters to the Editor … 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

 With Boomers needing more and more care, State and City services are being stretched beyond capacity and need more funding. A State Lottery for Elder Care Services and Alzheiemr’s/Dementia Day Care Centers may help ease funding woes.   November 25, 2011|By Sherry Picker I attended the Sun Sentinel-sponsored “caregivers” forum at Lynn University last week. … Read more

Having Planned his Retirement years ago, the need for constant updating brings this gentleman to a Geriatric Care Manager from a Home Care company to discuss his Discharge Plan from Rehab and the next few years. Mr.  L. was readying himself to return home to his wife after about 2 months away in hospital and … Read more