by Kevin Banet | Oct 6, 2022 | Home Care
Short-term rehab and other healthcare professionals take note – Good home care services are now more important than ever in the light of unwelcome changes in many Medicare Advantage plans. The medical news site KHN reported that nursing homes say that Medicare...
by Kevin Banet | Sep 29, 2022 | nursing homes
As a social worker, have you ever wondered how some adult children seem to just dump their parents in a nursing home and never visit them? That question was posed on Quora.com. Kurt Guntheroth, a software engineer and Forbes contributor, came up with these answers...
by Kevin Banet | Sep 20, 2022 | Case Study, Home Care
Is your loved one about to be discharged from rehab? Are you thinking of hiring a low-cost caregiver? Beware. Cheaper does not always mean better. Search the internet and you’ll find a plethora of caregivers, some of which charge lesser fees … they seem too good to be...
by Kevin Banet | Sep 17, 2022 | Home Care, mental health, News
When you help a needy person, there is always a price to pay. Years ago I befriended an older single woman who needed rides to church on Sunday. I didn’t mind the extra time to pick her up – what was unexpected was how long it took to talk to her on the phone. Rosella...
by Kevin Banet | Sep 11, 2022 | Home Care
Have you ever been really sick but your doctor was not able to put his finger on what you had? It might have been an invisible illness. An invisible illness causes pain and harm. But like a malicious ghost, it cannot be seen. Examples are chronic fatigue syndrome,...