Realize you are not alone. Free counseling is available to help with stress management. Counselors understand not only the disease process of your loved one, but can show you ways to cope and find solutions. You may want to enlist the help of a private geriatric care manager. These are specialists who have emerged in [...]
When a person is discharged from a hospital or rehab facility to the home, full time care is needed for a few days to several weeks, depending on the patients rate of recovery. Live in help is very economical and a wise choice for any client who needs ten or more hours per day of [...]
Most clients prefer as few employees as possible. Live in cases generally have one primary live in and a couple of back up aides. A good way of evaluating the need for live in help versus hourly round the clock help is to determine if one person can handle the care load. If not then [...]
Realize you are not alone. Free counseling is available to help with stress management. Counselors understand not only the disease process of your loved one, but can show you ways to cope and find solutions. You may want to enlist the help of a private geriatric care manager. These are specialists who have emerged in [...]
Be careful what you take your meds with. Don’t mix grapefruit with your meds because it can be a toxic combination by raising the level of some medications in the blood. Calcium-rich dairy products or antiacids can prevent antibiotics from being properly absorbed into the bloodstream. Ginkgo biloba can reduce the effectiveness of blood-thinning medications, [...]
