Whether families hire a caregiver privately or through an agency, Kayla Cook, owner and director of Caring Excellence at Home, says they need to let their expectations be known from the first. Do they want the caregiver to engage the client with games and conversation? Do they … [Read more...] about Hiring a Caregiver: Establishing Expectations
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Staying Safe, Happy, and Connected
The year 2020 has been all about making plans and then having to deal with whatever life throws your way. Staff at personal care, assisted living, and memory care communities continue to work to keep residents socially active, emotionally healthy, and physically safe from … [Read more...] about Staying Safe, Happy, and Connected
Be Prepared For Doctor Visits
Taking the elderly to a physician’s appointment allows them to get out of the house and be engaged in their own health issues by confiding in their physician and receiving a reassuring response.Developing a good plan for regular medical follow up is important to:• Allow for … [Read more...] about Be Prepared For Doctor Visits
Don’t Be Duped: Red Flags
Scammers are persuasive and believable, whether they are pretending to be an IRS agent collecting taxes, posing as a grandchild who’s in jail and needs bail money, acting like an IT professional to get a virus off your computer, creating a fake social media profile, or professing … [Read more...] about Don’t Be Duped: Red Flags
Don’t Be Duped
How fraudsters are taking advantage of COVID-19 to scam youKathleen (*not her real name) was smitten. She received multiple texts like this each day from her new beau. In her 60s and widowed in 2019 after more than 40 years of marriage, Kathleen found herself lonely during the … [Read more...] about Don’t Be Duped