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How In-Home Care Can Support Seniors with Alzheimer’s Disease

Always Best Care Senior Services

Allowing your aging parent to continue living in their own home for as long as possible helps them to maintain routines in a familiar environment. Moving them to assisted living or a nursing home may create more confusion and frustration for them, especially if they do not require that level of care. Services are Flexible.

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Some Lesser-Known Services Of Health Care Agencies

Executive Care

Seniors can receive these services in senior care facilities, such as assisted living communities. While many enjoy living in these facilities, this communal style of living isn’t for everybody. They can also escort them to social events and appointments when it is safe to do so. What else do these agencies do?

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Creating a Senior-Friendly Home: Tips for Adapting Your Living Space for Aging in Place

Comfort Home Care

The practice of “aging in place” has become more attainable as more seniors rely on in-home care rather than moving to assisted living facilities. Knowing what changes are necessary to ensure your living space is safe and comfortable can be overwhelming. But it doesn’t have to be with a little guidance and support.

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Aging in Place: Strategies for Seniors to Maintain Independence at Home

Community Home Health Care

As seniors enter their golden years, many prefer to age in the comfort of their own homes rather than transitioning to assisted living or nursing facilities. Community Home Health Care caregivers provide companionship, engaging in conversations, participating in hobbies, and accompanying seniors to social events or appointments.

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5 Tips for Caregivers Caring for Senior’s with Limited Mobility

Caregiver Support Services

Start with adaptive bathroom equipment, such as a raised toilet seat, a shower chair, and a handheld showerhead, to make bathing and toileting more manageable. In the kitchen, provide adaptive tools like easy-grip utensils and devices that assist in opening jars and containers.

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New Prognostic Models for Older Adults: Alex Lee, James Deardorff, Sei Lee

GeriPal

So the two examples that I would talk about are treatment for osteoporosis that hinges on the 10 year risk of fracture, and then treatment for hyperlipidemia that hinges on predicted 10 year cardiovascular events. We know that functional difficulties, so needing help with dressing or bathing, is an important risk factor for mortality.

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How State and Local Agencies on Aging Help Older Adults: Susan DeMarois, Greg Olsen, and Lindsey Yourman

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But, for a majority, it’s a first time event. We’ve also talked to a lot of older adults who have been living with a parent. Susan: “…I want to live independently. There are traditional reasons why older adults are homeless, and many of them, they’ve been longstanding, they’ve been unhoused.