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Taking good care of a family member with dementia requires ongoing adaptation to the individual’s changing needs. As the disease advances, there comes a point when 24-hour dementia care becomes not just beneficial but necessary for ensuring the safety, well-being, and good quality of life for the person.
Reflect back to your teenage years. Remember how important it was to find a safe spot to be on your own, to shut out the world, turn up the music, and write your most secret thoughts in your diary?
The big day is here: Dad’s first day with his new caregiver! If your family is similar to many, you might be feeling a variety of emotions: relief, anxiety, and uncertainty, to name a few. These emotions are common and perfectly normal. Just a little advance preparation and planning for this important milestone will help […]
When you begin to detect the warning signs that care in the home is needed for someone you love, it is very common for the individual to resist the idea. After all, admitting the need for help isn’t easy, especially for a person who prizes their independence and privacy. Yet what do you do when […]
Benjamin Franklin certainly had it right: An ounce of prevention is really worth a pound of cure. When it comes to uncovering and addressing mobility issues in the elderly, prevention is essential. Falls in older adults result in 3 million emergency room visits, 300,000 hip fractures, and 32,000 deaths each year, according to research by […]
When it comes to home care in Irvine, CareWorks Health Services is the home care agency that families prefer. Our personalized care plans ensure that every individual we care for gets their specific care needs met, and we update care plans as needed so that our services are always best suited for the seniors […]
There has long been an assumption that when someone received a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease or another form of progressive dementia, the only real option was nursing home care. After all, it’s unrealistic for someone to live alone with dementia and continue to reside at home – or is it? Data demands the necessity for […]
If there is one particular positive after-effect regarding the pandemic, it is the awareness generated for the plight of family caregivers. Managing work and home life has always been an incredible challenge for caregivers of older adults. As Lindsay Jurist-Rosner, CEO of Wellthy, explains, “Caregiving went from a silent struggle to being in the spotlight […]
Researchers at the UC San Diego School of Medicine who thought they were studying connective tissue cell protein received quite a shock when they instead stumbled upon a treatment to eradicate the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease in mice. Not only that, but the treatment could potentially be beneficial in a variety of conditions that call […]
Preparing to leave the hospital? Download our free guide to learn what questions to ask before discharge, what supplies and support may be needed when going from hospital to home care, and how to create a safer recovery plan. Being discharged from the hospital can be challenging, as a number of factors may have changed […]
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