Making Your Home Dementia-Friendly: A Guide
With 80% of people with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias living in their homes (CDC), creating a dementia-friendly environment can make a huge difference. Dementia can impact memory, reasoning, senses, and mobility, so adapting the living space can help make daily life safer, easier, and less confusing. Here are some tips for creating a dementia-friendly home.
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What is Respite Care and What Does it Look Like?
Gayle craves just a few hours a month apart from her caregiving to get together with friends, but her mom is a fall risk every time she gets up.
Ken’s wife had a stroke leaving her partially paralyzed and she gets very upset if he leaves the house, even just to get groceries.
Bev’s dad has dementia, is frequently confused and a risk for wandering away from their home. He’s frequently awake […]
Fact and Fiction: Caring For and Financially Supporting Aging Parents
Supporting aging parents can be a tremendously rewarding experience for their adult children. It’s a tangible expression of love and gratitude for the sacrifices and care our parents provided us. Beyond the emotional fulfillment, such assistance helps ensure our parents’ well-being and dignity in their later years. It also strengthens generational bonds, fostering a sense of belonging and reciprocity.
But, supporting aging parents can be a tremendously challenging experience, physically, emotionally, […]
Having a Caregiver is…Mentally Freeing!
We often hear from clients and their families who regret having “put off” looking into additional in-home care services. Things didn’t get better. It was always on their mind. Here’s how having a caregiver is mentally freeing for clients, for family caregivers, and for family members who live far away.
For Disabled Individuals and Seniors
Reduced Guilt
Clients fortunate enough to have a sibling or adult child caring for them have reported feeling […]
Avoiding Medicare Regrets: 7 Things to Know
“Medicare enrollees regret not revisiting their plan’s drug coverage yearly. They don’t realize that drug manufacturers can change their prices annually which can trigger changes in their plan’s Prescription Drug Coverage. For example, a medication you take might move from tier one to tier three, with a much higher deductible. It’s super important to revisit your plan’s prescription drug coverage during the Annual Enrollment period.” That’s the first of Kimberly […]
Public Care Managers: Your Compass Through Life’s Twists
Many individuals with disabilities and the elderly receive assistance navigating life issues with the help of a Care Manager. Care Managers conduct thorough assessments of their clients to determine needs and goals, assist in identifying available resources, and help with coordinating/managing in-home and community-based services. Public Care Managers may work for your local Office on Aging or The League of Human Dignity (in Nebraska.) There are also private Geriatric […]
