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Emerging Services Help Hospice Patients Reduce Anxiety About Pets’ Future

Hospice News

“In our quest to provide the absolute highest level of patient care, we saw the need to fully incorporate pets into our care model,” Crawford said in a blog post. Our volunteers can help with a pet’s daily needs – things like walking, feeding, and cleaning litter boxes. We can get pets to grooming and veterinary appointments.

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Challenges With Feeding Elderly Patients

Hope Hospice

Feeding elderly patients can sometimes be challenging. Let’s review some best practices for feeding elderly patients. This might mean feeding young children in the home at a different time or location, so that you avoid distractions and too much noise. Tips for Assisted Feeding. First, create a calm environment.

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

Comfort Home Care

From the characteristic tremors and rigidity to challenges with balance and mobility, Parkinson’s presents a unique set of obstacles that can make even the simplest tasks daunting. In-home caregivers provide a much-needed respite to family caregivers so they can recharge and attend to their own needs.

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Fall Prevention

Hope Hospice

Fall prevention is an important topic for caregivers of elderly individuals. If no obvious injury is present, have the person roll onto their side. Falls are dangerous at any age, but older people are especially prone to injuries for a few reasons. Getting up too quickly or in the wrong way could make an injury worse.

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Dementia and Appetite Decline

Hope Hospice

For a person living with dementia, this process is on overdrive and it may cause him to not see a caregiver approaching from the side, or even a plate of food in front of them if he is not directly looking at it. Hope Hospice offers a free education series for family caregivers. Vision decline. Tips to help make mealtime go smoothly.

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Top 10 Complaints from Home Care Clients

Home Care Pulse

. – Complaint #7: Caregivers who can’t prepare a meal. – Complaint #5: When more than 1 or 2 caregivers are assigned to them. – Complaint #4: When their care plan isn’t taken into consideration while being matched with a caregiver. Complaint #7: Caregivers who can’t prepare a meal. Guide Contents: 1.

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Let's Talk About Blood Pressure

Seniority, the Mavencare Blog

Considering the prevalence of high blood pressure, it’s important for seniors, their loved ones, and their caregivers to be informed about what it means to have a blood pressure condition, and the strategies for managing blood pressure. How do caregivers help seniors manage and monitor their blood pressure?

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