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What You Need to Know About Parkinson’s and In-Home Care

Comfort Home Care

In this article, we share vital information about Parkinson’s Disease, the role in-home care can have in managing its challenges, and the qualities to seek in an in-home care provider. Eating, bathing, dressing, grooming, mobility, and toileting are crucial for maintaining health and independence.

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Influencing Outcomes

Chicago Caregiving

Once familiar with your new environment, you may feel more at ease to truly be present for your loved one. If you normally take care of the patient’s basic needs at home, offering to help your nurse with feeding or bathing may provide emotional reassurance to you and your loved one. Read the original article.

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Caring for Someone with ALS

Traditions Health

In this article, we review the definition of ALS, common ALS symptoms, and how you can better help and support your loved one by seeking the assistance of hospice care services. Eventually, all the muscles that a person can control are affected, forcing the person to use a ventilator and/or feeding tube. What is ALS?

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The Secret is Out: Hospice Recertification Made Easy!

Hospice Nurse Hero

RECOMMENDED ARTICLE: Hospice IDG Top Time Wasters & How to Avoid Them. Simply put, you must compare the present to the past. For example, if your patient was eating 50% upon admission and able to feed themselves, and now they require assistance with feeding and are only eating 25%, you should state it in detail.

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Ep.7: How to Navigate Social Media Marketing in Home-Based Care

Home Care Pulse

And, and there was an article that was written a few years ago that I shared that there was this woman, she has like 20 like a million followers on Instagram and she couldn’t sell 26 t-shirts. So there’s one that’s called bathing with dementia. It’s not what I wanna see on my feed. I’m like really?

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Brenda’s Story: A Lesson in Battling Burnout and Retaining Top Care Professionals

Home Care Pulse

Article Contents: – Introduction – Battling Burnout in Post-Acute Care – Brenda’s Story – Are Your Brenda’s At Risk of Leaving – How to RETAIN Your Top Care Professionals – Take the Initiative – Next Steps Article Contents: 1. Print Article Introduction 2. But she left.

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