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The Importance of Home Healthcare for Discharge and Beyond
Strong and independent: we strive as individuals to be both. However, for many of us, there eventually comes a time when we are no longer able to care for ourselves. For senior patients, recognizing this change can be challenging. The desire to continue living independently can blind older adults to the potential health and safety […]
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How Do You Keep Your Loved One From Returning To The Hospital?
It often comes as a relief when our senior family members return from an unexpected trip to the hospital. All parties involved are thrilled when a senior is able to be discharged after a fall or illness without further complications. Although it may seem like this is a good point for our concerns to subside, […]
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Additional Income for Seniors Seeking Senior Living: How to determine a senior’s eligibility for Aid & Attendance benefits in just five minutes.
Emily Schwarz, President, AidandAttendance.com Are you a wartime veteran, or the surviving spouse of one, and considering a move to a senior living community? Do you require assistance, support, or care from another person on a regular basis? Or are you a caregiver trying to find a financial solution to help pay for your loved […]
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Discharging Seniors from In-Patient Care – What’s Next?
First, do no harm – the Hippocratic Oath that all health care providers take upon their graduation from medical school, promising to always put their patient’s well-being above their own. When health care providers are making even the toughest of choices when it comes to their patient’s care, they are always striving to do what […]
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Everyday Tips for Memory Loss
By Nyaka Mwanza Forgetfulness and difficulty concentrating are common and often accepted parts of getting older, and not necessarily a sign that something serious is wrong. Sometimes, though, forgetfulness and memory issues can be a sign of a bigger health problem, such as lesions in the brain. Brain lesions are a type of damage due […]
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Identifying Delirium vs Dementia and Choosing Appropriate Interventions
by Amanda Barbera, BSN, RN, CSA Whenever a senior is not thinking clearly, is forgetful or acting out of character, friends, family and caregivers generally assume that the senior may have dementia. Though these symptoms are all common signs of dementia, they are also very typical symptoms of delirium. Dementia and delirium appear very similar, […]
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Finding Senior Living for an Adult with a Mental Health Condition
by Candy Cohn, CSA® Candy Cohn’s father was in his late 80s when he unintentionally stopped taking his medication for bipolar disorder. During this time, he experienced a significant mental health crisis that resulted in hospitalization and intensive treatment. After this episode, Candy came to the realization that her aging parents needed more support, medication […]
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Technology and Seniors
by Steven Moses, CSA CDP CPRS More and more seniors are becoming familiar with communication technology, especially over the last year and a half as they have lived through isolation caused by the pandemic. But while COVID has certainly accelerated older adults’ interest in tech, this trend was already on the rise. In 2000, only […]
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Working with a Certified Dementia Practitioner
by Beth Friesen, RN CCM CSA CDP CADDCT Seniors living with Alzheimer’s Disease or other forms of dementia experience a unique aging journey, as memory loss affects every aspect of their day-to-day lives. Certified Dementia Practitioners® (CDPs) are specially trained and equipped with a unique knowledge of the memory loss community, and seniors and their […]
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Did you notice something different while visiting your loved ones?
Pay attention to these behaviors over the holidays At last, the holiday season is here. After nearly two years of caution, social distancing, and isolation due to the pandemic, many of us will finally have an opportunity for long-awaited in-person visits with parents, grandparents, and other elderly relatives. During the celebrations, family meals and gift […]
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