Easing the struggle of the family caregiver
Help My Senior seeks to speak to caregivers’ concerns in their various struggles to help their loved ones. Together, we can make a difference.
Medicare Advantage plan cutbacks highlight need for quality 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...
Family problems: why kids dump mom and dad into a nursing home
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...
Home care agency vs. placement agency – which is better?
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...
Loneliness accelerates aging more than smoking
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...