Top 5 Conditions that Affect Seniors

January 8, 2009 – 12:26 pm

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Top 5 Conditions that Affect Seniors:
1. Hypertension
2. Diabetes
3. Alzheimers
4. Cancer
5. Incontinence

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Assisted Living Facility

January 7, 2009 – 5:09 pm

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What is Assisted Living?
Majority of seniors today may not need 24 hours round the clock skilled nursing, because they are fairly independent. However there maybe some daily activities such as grooming, bathing, and medication that they may need help with.
If your family member fits this mold, then an Assisted Living Facility would possibly be the best fit.

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Nursing Home

January 6, 2009 – 5:08 pm

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What is a Nursing Home?
A nursing home is a place for people who don’t need to be in a hospital but can’t be cared for at home. Most nursing homes have nursing aides and skilled nurses on hand 24 hours a day to care for the needs of the residents.
Nursing homes can have a many different styles; some look and feel like a hospital and others like a home. They often don’t have a fixed day-to-day schedule and may let couples live together. The staff provides medical care, as well as physical, speech and occupational therapy. Some nursing homes have special care units for people with serious memory problems such as Alzheimer’s disease.  There might be a nurses’ station on each floor.  Staff members are encouraged to develop relationships with residents.
Nursing homes are not only for the elderly, but for anyone who requires 24-hour care.

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In-Home Care

January 5, 2009 – 4:41 pm

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What is In-Home Care?
Many seniors prefer In-home care as their preferred senior care solution.  As the saying goes, there is no place like home. That’s why many people choose to stay in the comfort of their own home as they grow older.  A wide variety of services can be provided to recovering, disabled, chronically or terminally ill persons within a home.  More and more people are electing to live independent, non-institutionalized lives and are receiving in-home care as their physical capabilities diminish.

In-Home care services generally are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Depending on the patient’s needs, these services may be provided by an individual or a team of specialists on a part-time, intermittent, hourly, or shift basis. Read more…

Hospice Care

January 4, 2009 – 5:14 pm

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What is a Hospice?
The original term of Hospice was a sanctuary for weary or sick travelers. But modern day Hospice’s  still carry the same mantra, but are more inclined to patients who are at the stage in life where they are sick to a point of no treatment. Although the term Hospice coincides with a morbid feeling, depending on your circumstance, Hospice Care may be the best solution.

The goal of Hospice Care is to  alleviate symptoms and improve quality of life. Most hospice patients enter into Hospice care when there is a life expectancy of six months or less. When treatment for illnesses are no longer working or if a patient no longer desires to continue with that treatment, hospice becomes the care of choice in that scenario. The mantra of hospice is to affirm life and view death as a natural process. Hospice is not designed to hasten death or “help” someone die, but rather to help patients live the remainder of their lives as fully as possible. Most people, if asked, will say they dream of a peaceful, comfortable death surrounded by their loved ones. And through hospice care, a team of caring, trained professionals can give that peace and comfort to fulfill that dream. Read more…