10 Caregiving Industry Facts You Should Already Know
If you are considering a career in-home care, these ten fun facts will help you decide if it’s the right choice for you.
6 Steps to Navigate a New Caregiver Role
6 Steps to Navigate a New Caregiver Role 6 Steps to Navigate a New Caregiver role was newly published to help Manage Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia provide a comprehensive guide for families navigating this caregiver role: Caring for a loved one with Alzheimer’s often comes with unexpected challenges. Boston University experts neurologist Andrew Budson, [...]
Detective Caregiver
Detective Caregiver by Gary Barg, Editor-in-Chief Detective Caregiver to assess if your loved one needs caregiver help. Now that a summer is upon us where we feel at ease about traveling once again (except, of course, when standing at the gas pump), it is time to put on our deerstalker hat and reflectively puff on an [...]
How to Protect Seniors from Financial Scams
If you’re currently caring for aging in place senior, protecting them from financial scams is probably a priority. Thankfully, doing so is possible when taking these steps.
Top 10 Traits of a Caregiver
What does it take to be a good caregiver? Read on to learn more about the top qualities that professional caregivers should have.
Trip and Fall Prevention Tips for Seniors
One of the biggest fears for that aged 65-and-over is tripping and falling. In fact, one-in-four older Americans trip and fall every year, and falls are the leading cause of both fatal and nonfatal injuries in the elderly population.
Not Everyone is Cut Out to be a Caregiver
Not Everyone Is Cut Out to Be a Caregiver Carol Bradley Bursack Each of us is unique, with our own talents and flaws. Often, our so-called faults are merely ways in which we differ from society’s ever-changing expectations. For example, it used to be a given that married couples would have children if possible. [...]
How to Survive as a Caregiver: Six Essential Tips
How to Survive as a Caregiver: Six Essential Tips by Dorothy Kelley Have you ever found yourself thrust into a job that you would never have applied for, and for which you didn’t have the background or training? For which you felt you were unsuited in so many ways? And for which you are not allowed [...]
5 Easy Steps to Become a Professional Caregiver
A rapidly aging population combined with a heightened desire to age in place has created the “perfect storm” for employment opportunities within home care. If becoming a professional caregiver interests you, this handy roadmap could be your pathway to success.
How Can I Find a Professional Home Caregiver?
You decided that it might be best to hire mom a professional home caregiver. But where do you start? Finding the right in-home caregiver for an aging loved one can be challenging. Taking these steps should help simplify your search.
