Elder Care Advice on How Often Seniors Should See the Doctor
If your loved one is determined to age in place, they will need a team of professionals to help manage their care. This likely means they have different doctors for different things, elder care to help at home, family caregivers, and any specialists needed to ensure they are aging as well as possible. This can […]
Elder Care Tips For Vacationing With Your Senior Loved One
You are ready for one vacation while summer is still here and school year routines take over. As your mom’s family caregiver, you don’t know what to do. It’s easier to bring her with you, but it’s also going to be stressful to do that. How do you travel when your mom’s health and mobility […]
Elder Care Can Help You Spend Quality Time with Senior Loved Ones
Sometimes it can be hard to spend quality time with your senior loved one who is aging in place. Elder care can help make this happen!
Death and Dying..Have that Conversation!
Yesterday at a senior forum I attended there was a discussion on communication and what you want to happen when you reach your end of life times. The one absolute certainty in life (taxes aside) is if you are alive today, you will die sometime in the future. Unfortunately our society seems to be in […]
Joining the Journey
I attended a great presentation today on how to reduce hospitalization in persons with dementia. There were about 80 participants that asked very good questions. Most in attendance either had a spouse or close friend who were in varies stages of dementia. The one question that struck me was from a gentleman whose wife was […]
Relax Away the Stresses of Caregiving
With an aging population and changes in health care, such as shorter hospital stays, more and more caregiving is being provided by family members. If you’re a caregiver, you know that taking care of a loved one can be very rewarding. But being a caregiver can be stressful at times. It is important to take […]
4 Myths About How to Act When Someone’s Dying
By Paula Spencer Scott, Caring.com senior editor (This is often an unspoken topic in our society, but so important in the transition from this life to the next. Please help spread this message by reposting. Steve Kramer) People often adhere to a code of conduct about the end of life that’s just not rooted in […]
Changes Could Improve Medicare and Seniors’ Health
If you’ve been frightened by all the gloom and doom talk in Washington about the future of Medicare, the good news is that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) actually strengthens the health care program for seniors and offers preventive services that should boost your health. The act also starts to close the so-called and much […]
Making Tax Time a Little Bit Easier
Reprinted from the Senior Spirit Newsletter, a CSA Publication It’s that time of year again, a time of teeth-gnashing and pencil-crunching, as we haul out our receipts and statements from last year and prepare to do our federal income tax returns. As tax deadline approaches, you may not be aware of all the deductions available […]
Press Release-Best of Home Care Award
Blessings! For Seniors Companion Care Receives “Best of Home Care” Award Goodyear- 2/08/2013 – Blessings! For Seniors Companion Care today announced that it has been recognized with Home Care Pulse’s “Best of Home Care” distinction. Awarded to the top 50% of agencies in client satisfaction scores from Home Care Pulse, Blessings! For Seniors Companion Care […]
