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Elder Care At Home - What Are Your Options?
Many surveys have shown that people prefer to stay in their own homes as long as possible as they age. We should not be surprised. Most of us would rather stay where we are comfortable than move to someplace unknown with new schedules and someone else's rules.
Plowing Through the Problems of Elder Care
As baby boomers watch the years fly by, one of their biggest concerns is sorting through the many problems of caring for their elderly parents. When is it no longer safe for our elderly parent to stay home alone? How can we maintain our jobs, our home, our children, and care for our parents all at the same time?
5 Myths You Should Know Before Choosing Elder
Myths associated with selecting quality nursing home care suggest quick and easy ways to identify quality care. In fact, relying on these myths can lead to disastrous results. I have identified a few of the most common myths in hopes of helping you avoid some of the problems commonly found in many nursing homes.
Elder Care Safety Issues
Many family members feel that a deadbolt on the front door of their parent's home will take care of any elder care safety issues that might harm them. There are other safety issues that family members never stop to consider and those considerations include what their parent's state of mind is, the structural soundness of the building that they are living in, and the quality of the company that they keep.
How Does Assisted Living Work?
Assisted living facilities are meant for senior citizens and the disabled who require housing, and assistance with activities of daily living (ADLs) such as bathing, dressing, and assistance with taking medicine. These facilities enable people to follow an independent lifestyle and at the same time provide the right type of assistance needed in day-to-day activities.
Long Term Care Provider
A large percentage of long term care is given at home generally by non compensated labor. That means usually a child, spouse or relative is caring at home for the ill or injured person. This can be a difficult situation as it proves to be is taxing on the caregivers, and can frustration and burn out.
Aging Wisely: 10 Tips for Caring for Aging Parents
More than 50 million people provide care for a chronically ill, disabled or aged family member or friend during any given year. Individuals caring for their aging parents face challenges on a multitude of fronts: financial, emotional, medical and legal. Here are some steps to take now and in the future that can help make what is inherently a stressful situation more manageable.

China to establish subsidy system for elder care servicesChina will establish a subsidy system for elder care services, which will enable low-income senior citizens who are physically challenged or live alone to move to rest homes or enjoy home care services on government subsidies. (Mon, 08 Nov 2010 01:12:36 -0800)
Home Instead Senior Care Provides Needed Help and Emotional Connections for Elderly In Tucson this HolidayHome Instead Senior Care Provides Needed Help and Emotional Connections for Elderly In Tucson this Holiday Home Instead Senior Care - Tucson, headquartered in Tucson Arizona, announced today that this years Be a Santa to a Senior program set to begin November 22 December 19 and distributes gifts to the elderly in Tucson - will be bigger and better than ever before with nearly 1,800 seniors ... (Sun, 07 Nov 2010 22:26:59 -0800)
GeckoSystems Reveals Heightened European Interest Due to Elder Care Robot TrialsCONYERS, GA--(Marketwire - November 8, 2010) - GeckoSystems Intl. Corp. ( PINKSHEETS : GOSY ) announced today that two different European organizations have expressed interest in conducting their own elder care robot trials using GeckoSystems' "life support" personal robot, the CareBotT. GeckoSystems is a dynamic leader in the emerging mobile robotics industry revolutionizing their development ... (Sun, 07 Nov 2010 21:10:27 -0800)
Barb Clapp Advertising & Marketing Acquires New Client, LifeSpan NetworkMid-Atlantic Senior Care Provider Association Signs on with Award- Winning Maryland FirmBALTIMORE --... (Mon, 08 Nov 2010 04:53:48 -0800)
2-county elder care program marks 20 yearsFLORENCE Leaders in Pinal County communities, staff and service providers gathered recently to recognize Pinal-Gila Long Term Cares two decades of service in the two counties. (Sat, 06 Nov 2010 22:42:10 -0700)
Program will deliver to needy seniorsHome Instead Senior Care, nonprofit agencies and retailers will sponsor Be a Santa to a Senior, a program that collects, wraps and delivers gifts to lonely and needy seniors in Peru. Santa to a Senior trees go up in (Sun, 07 Nov 2010 20:43:36 -0800)
Murphy and Malisow Present at Elder Law of Michigan's Long Term Care Medicaid Boot CampLANSING, Mich., Nov. 5, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Elder law attorney and Michigan Medicaid expert David Shaltz will host Elder Law of Michigan's Medicaid Long Term Care Boot Camp in Southfield December 2, 2010 and in Grand Rapids on December 10, 2010. Art Malisow, of Mall, Malisow & Cooney in Southfield, and Laurie Murphy, of Miller Johnson in Grand Rapids, join Mr. Shaltz as local experts ... (Fri, 05 Nov 2010 08:11:45 -0700)
Be a Santa to a seniorHome Instead Senior Care wants residents to play Santa Claus to hundreds of Mississauga seniors. (Fri, 05 Nov 2010 11:22:14 -0700)
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