Comfort Home Care

JUNE 2, 2023

Since June is Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month , it is the perfect time to examine how senior caregivers in Rockville, Maryland, can effectively manage memory care for their loved ones diagnosed with Alzheimer’s or dementia. Having the proper support when managing memory care is vitally important.

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Freedom Home Care and Medical Staffing

DECEMBER 5, 2023

November is National Home Care and Hospice Month, a time to honor the millions of home care professionals who provide essential health care services to patients and families in their homes. Home care and hospice care also support the emotional and social well-being of patients and their families, by providing comfort, education, and respite.

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Freedom Home Care and Medical Staffing

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

November is National Home Care and Hospice Month, a time to honor the millions of home care professionals who provide essential health care services to patients and families in their homes. Home care and hospice care also support the emotional and social well-being of patients and their families, by providing comfort, education, and respite.

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Freedom Home Care and Medical Staffing

NOVEMBER 25, 2023

November is National Home Care and Hospice Month, a time to honor the millions of home care professionals who provide essential health care services to patients and families in their homes. Home care and hospice care also support the emotional and social well-being of patients and their families, by providing comfort, education, and respite.

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Hospice of the North Coast

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Navigating the journey of a loved one with dementia can be daunting, particularly as the disease progresses. Amidst the challenges, the compassion of hospice care for dementia shines as a beacon of hope, offering comfort, dignity, and understanding during life’s final chapter. Who Makes Up the Hospice Team?

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Comfort Home Care

JUNE 3, 2022

There are countless studies that prove the health benefits of staying active. As we get older, regular physical activity and exercise will help keep us both physically and mentally healthy. Helping our patients stay active and energized is often a top priority of ours. 5 Benefits of Staying Active. Brisk Walk.

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Nurse.com

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Haines says pandemic stresses seem to have exacerbated violence against nurses in the ED with some patients blaming nurses for COVID-19 no-visitor policies and other safety measures. Getting involved and taking action. This legislation would help hospitals to develop more uniform plans to protect employees from violence,” Haines said.

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Seasons Hospice

OCTOBER 27, 2022

However, there are many ways to keep your mind active and healthy. In this blog post, we will discuss some tips for maintaining mental health during hospice care and as a caregiver. Additionally, exercise has been shown to reduce the risk of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. How to Keep Your Mind Sharp As You Age.

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Minority Nurse

MARCH 4, 2024

These services help people live as independently and safely as possible when they can’t perform everyday activities on their own. Community services (adult day care centers): Community-based facilities that provide care and activities for older adults, typically during daytime hours. What is Long-term Care?

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Comfort Home Care

MARCH 29, 2022

There are a few types of care that might be beneficial for anyone suffering from Alzheimer’s disease or dementia. At Comfort Home Care, we specialize in Alzheimer’s and dementia in-home care for patients in Rockville and nearby communities. Types of In-Home Care Services for Alzheimer’s or Dementia Patients.

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Minority Nurse

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

The Vanderbilt-led study will build on the burgeoning national effort to unite ICU clinicians and primary care providers in providing comprehensive care for patients starting when they are discharged from the ICU and continuing through transitional outpatient care. Caregivers will be assessed for PICS-family and caregiver burden.

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Comfort Home Care

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

At Comfort Home Care, we’re proud to offer the best in-home care services available to Rockville patients, from Alzheimer’s and dementia care , Parkinson’s care, to assistance with the activities of daily living,, fall prevention, and several other programs including Assisted Living Facility care.

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Traditions Health

JANUARY 24, 2022

Dementia patients are often susceptible to mood, behavioral, and physical health changes that are associated with changing seasons (i.e. It is important for care providers of a loved one with dementia to understand how changing seasons can affect someone with dementia and what can be done to help prevent any concerns from developing.

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Hope Hospice

JUNE 30, 2022

Communication and Dementia. Learning how to communicate effectively with someone who has a dementia related disease is very important. Learning how to communicate effectively with someone who has a dementia related disease is very important. Communication and caregiving go hand-in-hand. And do you understand them?

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Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

MARCH 16, 2023

At a time of year when everyone is focusing on springing forward, it is also important to remember that some of the patients that we serve daily have a skilled need to maintain. Question: Are professional therapy services available under Medicare only for patients who are improving or who are expected to improve? Answer: No.

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Comfort Home Care

MARCH 4, 2022

For others, it may be daily or weekly help with the activities of daily living. At Comfort Home Care, we are proud to offer a wide variety of in-home care services for our Rockville patients. At Comfort Home care we help our patients manage their long-term illnesses like Parkinson’s Disease and Dementia.

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Hope Hospice

JANUARY 11, 2022

People living with dementia generally do not need to follow a special diet, unless they have co-morbidities or allergies that have certain requirements. However, since dementia is a progressive condition, care providers will need to become increasingly more involved in food preparation and serving relative to the person’s status of decline.

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Hope Hospice

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Dementia dramatically affects a person’s entire being, and its progression is impossible to stop. A person living with one of the various diseases that cause dementia may experience symptoms from memory loss to speech problems and vision decline, but the greatest complaints are boredom and loneliness.

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Comfort Home Care

JUNE 11, 2023

Why Caregivers Need Respite Care Caring for a loved one, especially those with Alzheimer’s and dementia , can be a full-time job and can take a toll on your mental and physical health. It also offers the patient additional companionship, personal attention, and assistance with supervised activities.

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Hope Hospice

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Family care partners and professional caregivers alike get frustrated with dementia-related behaviors that are barriers to providing care and improving quality of life for the person in their care. Other dementia-related illnesses such as Lewy Body Disease, Fronto-Temporal Dementia, and Vascular Dementia also commonly present sundowning.

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Hope Hospice

JULY 23, 2020

Persons living with dementia commonly exhibit challenges with eating, but the reasons vary. In the early stages of dementia, when a person may still be caring for himself or functioning with limited assistance, the problem might be simply forgetting to eat. Lack of physical activity. Be patient. Memory trouble.

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Hope Hospice

JANUARY 15, 2021

Hope Hospice is using animatronic pets to help lessen the impact that pandemic-related isolation has had on its patients. But here we are, nearly a year into this pandemic, and our patients continue to go without the benefit of face-to-face companionship visits from our volunteers, and in many cases, even the patient’s own family.

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Boca Home Care Services

MARCH 6, 2022

As for factors affecting the prognosis and management of these pathologies, they include progressive spinal degeneration, dementia, physical inactivity, and age-related perception and processing of pain. Back Pain Relief In Elderly People: Alternative Treatments, Therapy, And Lifestyle Modifications. Physical Therapy. Alternative Treatments.

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Hearts for Hospice & Home Health

JANUARY 6, 2021

Jean, FNP Due to its busy nature, providers in the Emergency Room (ER) may not immediately identify patients for hospice care. Approaching patients or family members about hospice can also be challenging-especially if they have specific questions. Hospice is for patients who are at the end of life. What is hospice?

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Traditions Health

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Alzheimer’s patients require additional care as their illness progresses from the early to mid stages of the disease to the late stages. Hospice care is a way to help ensure your loved one gets the care they need with activities of daily living, pain management , and more during the final stages of Alzheimer’s.

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Comfort Home Care

AUGUST 30, 2022

We offer several different kinds of home care services, including Alzheimer’s and dementia care, special needs care, and end-of-life care. A personal care assistant, or PCA, helps the elderly, those with disabilities, and those recovering from an illness or accident with the activities of daily living, or ADLs.

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Comfort Home Care

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

In Rockville, and throughout Maryland, Comfort Home Care specializes in senior home care , Alzheimer’s and dementia care , and injury recovery care. No two patients are alike – and a one-size-fits-all healthcare solution doesn’t exist either. However, different types of agencies provide different types and levels of services.

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Hearts for Hospice & Home Health

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Assessing seniors for isolation and loneliness COVID-19 has made it difficult for seniors to participate in: Social gatherings Communal dining Exercising in groups Social programs at senior centers Volunteering Home health clinicians assess patients for social isolation and loneliness. How are you staying active? Are you lonely?

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Hospice 101

APRIL 27, 2020

As a hospice nurse during this time of COVID-19, I’m seeing the effects of disconnect on facility patients, I’m seeing the sadness and loneliness in their eyes, and I’m seeing the physical effects this is having on them. And YES, do this even for your loved one who has dementia or might be in memory care.

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Hope Hospice

JANUARY 11, 2022

Feeding elderly patients can sometimes be challenging. Let’s review some best practices for feeding elderly patients. Consider eating aids for patients with impaired movement. Lastly, be patient. With practice, the activity can go smoothly for you both. First, create a calm environment.

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The Nurse Break

DECEMBER 15, 2022

In order to target damaged tissues, recruited leukocytes extravasate from nearby capillaries into the wound bed by way of vasoactive mediators such as histamines, bradykinins, and free radicals, which are largely triggered by complement activation, mast cell degranulation and cytokine release (Li et al., Read other clinical articles here.

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Hope Hospice

JUNE 29, 2022

Many people who fall, even those who are not injured, develop a fear of falling that may cause them to limit their activities. Vision decline, especially in people with dementia, can cause a misstep or other loss of balance. Fall prevention is an important topic for caregivers of elderly individuals. Cognitive impairment.

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Evidence-Based Nursing - BMJ blogs

MARCH 19, 2023

. & associates CEO, Founder – Client Centered Governance ® Essentials Certification & Nonprofit strategic planning services. GGVisionarEase Warehouses for Death – Decades ago, research I completed for an undergrad paper drove me to pen ‘Warehouses for Death’ as its title. Those memories have never left me.

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GeriPal

MARCH 3, 2022

This idea that for critically ill patients in the ICU, geriatric conditions like disability, frailty, multimorbidity, and dementia should be viewed through a wider lens of what patients are like before and after the ICU event was transformative for our two guests today. GeriPal podcast with Linda Fried on frailty. Julien: I do.

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Home Care Pulse

DECEMBER 6, 2022

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Evidence-Based Nursing - BMJ blogs

OCTOBER 30, 2022

The next blog in our series focussing on how research evidence can be implemented into practice, Julie Bayley, Director of the Lincoln Impact Literacy Institute writes about the power of nurses in research and how nurses can support the whole research journey. . Research is a funny old beast isn’t it?

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Home Care Pulse

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

But, you know, I, I would always find myself wondering, well, what’s happening to my patients when they go home? 6: The State of Training in 2022 During a 10-minute online survey, agencies were asked to share more about their challenges, successes, and future goals around their employee training programs. So I was let go.

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