How can you find the very best home health aides? There is a traditional debate, among consumers and professionals, as to whether it is better to hire help through an agency or through “friends.” If you are currently seeking home health care services, you must wrestle with this issue, and decide for yourself. […]
The entire experience of having home health care assistance would be vastly improved if both the caregiver and the client would remember two things: to spend time talking to one another about the job at hand and to remember their manners. The human interaction needs to be as positive and productive as possible, and both […]
Are you having trouble maintaining consistency with your caregiver(s)? Are you experiencing a lot of turnover with your home health care staff? Does the front door of your home appear to be revolving and admitting new caregivers every weekend? Families tell me that they hate the thought of changing caregivers. Here is some professional advice […]
Yes, I know this is not a real word. Nevertheless, it can be the only solution to serious problems: elder abuse and elder neglect. I am describing the unfortunate circumstance of an elderly person, who depends on one caregiver, usually a live-in home health aide. The sense of dependence is so great, that the […]