Is Your Homecare Provider “Paying For Your Vote?”
By Michael Fife, A.C.T. Home Health, Denton LIVING WELL Magazine
Ethics is a hot topic today for many industries, and healthcare providers are under the microscope more than ever before. Because of the intensely competitive nature of our economy, many homecare providers are seeking new and innovative ways to gain market share. […]
Tough Decisions
Finding qualified caregivers for your loved ones
By Linda DeGraffenreid, Unlimited Care, LIVING WELL Magazines (Texas markets)
Today, there are many options for you to consider when the time comes that a loved one can no longer function at a level of independence that maintains their current health and safety in their present environment. […]
How to Take Control of Your Healthcare
By Megan Adams, LMSW, First Texas Home Health, Texoma LIVING WELL Magazine
When faced with healthcare concerns, symptoms that affect your day-to-day life, or overwhelming diagnoses, patients often are left feeling powerless. As a home health social worker, I often help patients take control of their situation by partializing their problems so they are less overwhelming. […]
How to deal with diabetes
Courtesy Southeast Louisiana Home Health, Northshore LIVING WELL Magazine
Diabetes is a metabolic disease that is a lifelong chronic illness. It manifests itself by high levels of sugar in the blood that result from defects in the body’s ability to produce and/or use insulin. Symptoms of high blood sugar include blurred vision, excess thirst, fatigue, frequent urination, hunger, weight loss and more serious diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA). […]
Financial Planning For Elder Care Options: Don’t Forget a Geriatric Care Manager
By Dianne Boazman, LCSW, CMC, and Betty Landreaux, LCSW, CMC, Home Care Solutions, New Orleans LIVING WELL Magazine
One of the most universal New Year’s resolutions is taking charge of one’s personal finances. Even though older adults may be enjoying retirement, there often is stress and worry about future care costs. A geriatric care manager can play a key role as older adults grapple with the realities of their future. […]
Louisiana Home Care of Slidell brings healing home
By Suzanne Cooper, Director of Nurses, Northshore LIVING WELL Magazine
Everyone knows there’s no place like home.
That’s especially true when recovering from illness or injury. Louisiana HomeCare Slidell provides high-quality home health services to local patients in the comfort of home. […]
Transition Care: Life after a Hospital Stay
By Amanda Romano, Scottsdale LIVING WELL Magazine
Very few problems arise that present the same level of concern as an unforeseen, unexpected event that lands a senior loved one in critical care. It can happen without warning, and unfortunately, the lingering effects often last a lifetime. Regardless of whether it’s a minor issue or something more serious like a fall, heart attack or stroke, any health-related event presents a series of challenges for not only the affected individual, but for the family charged to care for them as well. […]
Living With COPD
By Heather Branch, RN, Southeast Louisiana Home Health, Northshore & New Orleans LIVING WELL Magazines
As fall rolls around once again, so do all those pesky allergies causing inflammation and sometimes infection. The elderly, especially, need to be proactive in preventing flare-ups (exacerbations) of respiratory diseases such as asthma and bronchitis. […]
Alzheimer’s, A Disease Without Boundaries
By Karin LaRocca, R.N., BSN, CEO of In Your Home Care, Northshore LIVING WELL Magazine
Very often the initial symptoms appearing in a loved one with Alzheimer’s disease are remembered in hindsight, a little like viewing an accident in the rearview mirror. At first, his difficulty in recalling words may seem like nothing, perhaps no more than a lack of sleep or a “senior moment.” Then she may begin repeating herself, asking the same questions over and over again. […]
Choosing the Right Rehab
By Susan Rogers, MSG. Prestonwood Rehab, Collin LIVING WELL Magazine
There have never been more options available for someone needing to regain their health and strength. Today, patients can choose from rehabilitation hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, outpatient clinics and home health care. […]
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