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Navigating Home Health Care, and Tips to Help Make the Right Decision.

Navigating home health care can be very stressful.  We get calls from people inquiring about care, community assistance options, or even just guidance. Each individual is treated with respect and dignity.  South Florida currently has plenty of options and finding the right one can be exhausting, confusing, and extremely frustrating.  It doesn't have to be.  How do you know which is the best one for you, and/or your family dynamics? Navigating through home health care, and understanding what sets one apart from ... Read more

Home Care Mistakes

Home Care Mistakes Home Care Mistakes result in frustration and stress, or worse. They can occur during an already difficult medical/health situation. An unsatisfied experience is often preventable. People seek out help at home when they are either post-surgery, undergoing an illness, are a primary caregiver, or have a long term, degenerative disease ( i.e. Alzheimer's Parkinson, Stroke, Cancer). Many home care mistakes occur because not enough information is given, or requested. Errors to Avoid Because in-home care improves safety, hygiene, nutrition, medication compliance, ... Read more

Hurricane Covid-19

Hurricane Covid -19 Hurricane Covid-19 season is upon us. We have had two named storms already in May. Forecasts for an above average season have us all on edge. Because the Corona virus is changing our lives, plans, movements and so on, we must begin preparing and making plans now. Licensed Home Care companies must know, in writing, what a client's hurricane plan is and their degree of care needs. This focuses on safety and compels thinking about what one's individual plan is. ... Read more

Diagnosis: Parkinson Disease – What Next?

DIAGNOSIS: PARKINSON DISEASE -  What Next? Parkinson disease is a progressive Neuro-degenerative disease characterized by the brain’s inability to produce enough Dopamine (Neurotransmitter). Because no two people with Parkinson disease are exactly alike, there are many possible symptoms experienced by each individual person.  There is no definitive cause though there appears a good case in the literature that it is largely environmental – toxins in soil. Firemen have a disproportionate amount of PD diagnoses. It is not a genetic disease per se but it is common in families ... Read more

ElderCare Nutrition

Eldercare Nutrition is a Big Part of Being a Caregiver Grocery shopping and meal preparation are as important when caring for a senior retiree as it is for a growing child. We all do better when we are well-nourished. Eldercare nutrition means a heart and brain healthy diet. Heart and brain issues often show up later in life. Illness, pain, loneliness or depression can cause poor nutrition. Our health, energy, and well-being are tied to good nutrition from the foods we eat. Nutrition ... Read more

Millennial Caregivers – The Shock Ahead

Millennial Caregivers - Be Kind to Your Grandchildren Millennial Caregivers are the next wave of family caregivers to take care of aging Americans. With ten thousand baby Boomers turning 65 daily, the tsunami has begun. The cutoff for Boomers is 1964 so there are many waves to come. Millennial caregivers will be the ones to care for them as they age, become ill and need help. With the tide of seniors with Alzheimer's disease or other dementia, the need for monitoring grows ... Read more

Compounding Pharmacies: An Option for Your Prescriptions

Compounding Pharmacies Provide Personalized Dosing Compounding Pharmacies are equipped to get the dosages of prescription medications down to the smallest degree. This means you don't have to cut pills or tablets into smaller doses, since few of us can get each half or quarter cut in uniform sizes. This is especially true if Arthritis has affected your hands.  Compounding Pharmacies can take your prescription and fill it either in pill, lozenge, liquid, creams or suppository forms for easier ingestion. For many people ... Read more

Returning Northerners to Florida

Returning Northerners Begin Their Migration to Florida   Returning Northerners to Florida are first seen by their car transports arriving. Every October begins the migration of the "snowbirds" who claim South Florida residency. To locals, this means longer waits for doctor appointments and seating at favorite restaurants, let alone very crowded streets. The traffic becomes troublesome and is filled with folks who don't know, or forget that here; you can make a right turn at most red lights. Do you have a Local Doctor? In addition ... Read more

Dementia Driving Interventions

Dementia Driving and Safety Dementia driving at some point becomes a safety issue. Some characteristics of normal aging include changes in vision, hearing and slower reaction time. Add a Dementia into the mix, most commonly Alzheimer's Disease or Lewy Body Dementia and the person may have to seriously give up driving or be forced to hand in their license. Older drivers have been behind the wheel for fifty plus years and it is a huge part of their being independent. Driving is ... Read more

Recognizing Depression in Aging Adults

Becoming Depressed is not an Inevitable part of Aging Being depressed isn't normal in aging or at any age. If it was, all seniors would be suffering from it and we know that is not the case. That is not to say that many people; including older adults do not deal with it at some time in their post retirement years. Illness and health issues do occur more frequently in older people and debilitating diseases or medical conditions which alter one's life ... Read more
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