Employee Benefits That Emphasize Work-Life Balance
Offering perks, and implementing health and wellness programs, separates you from your competitors and are affordable on any budget
Stacy Martin, WorkLife Balance Plans, LLC, LIVING WELL Magazine (formerly SENIOR Magazine) […]
How to Choose a Home Care Agency
Brittany Hartman, Jordan Health Services, Collin LIVING WELL Magazine (formerly SENIOR Magazine)
Simply put, home care is health care delivered to you in your own home. […]
Patients’ “Right to Choose”
A Fundamental Requirement for a Better Healthcare System
By Michael Fife – director of marketing, A.C.T. Home Health, Denton LIVING WELL Magazine (formerly SENIOR Magazine)
Just as our “right to vote” is fundamental to a better government, so is our “right to choose” a fundamental requirement for a better healthcare system […]
Making Life Easier for Seniors
Rick Cseak, Home Helpers of Denver, East Denver LIVING WELL Magazine
This past winter, I noticed my neighbor shoveling snow off her sidewalk. I was surprised to see her knowing she had just had surgery on her hip a few weeks earlier. I walked over and we started chatting, as I casually took the shovel and finished up the walkway. […]
What Is Hospice?
Joan Weems, RN, Owner/Administrator Victory Home Health & Hospice, Texoma LIVING WELL Magazine
What is hospice? That is a question I am often asked. It is difficult to explain in a very few words, but hospice is an approach to healthcare that is designed to support the physical, emotional, social and spiritual needs of those who have life-limiting illnesses or conditions. […]
Be Prepared:
Avoid the Parent Care Crisis
Dianne Boazman, LCSW, CMC and Betty Landreaux, LCSW, CMC, NCG, New Orleans LIVING WELL Magazine
How can I allow my mother to stay in her home? Dad needs help but I just can’t be there all the time. […]
A Transition Nurse Makes Patient Discharge Easier
Janet Perreault, Summit Home Health Care, Colorado Springs LIVING WELL Magazine
Although hospitalization is difficult, the discharge to home can prove at least as much, if not more, of a challenge. Patients go from having a nurse just a call-light away, to having to manage their own needs with much less assistance. […]
By: Dave Hildebrandt, MD Home Health/MD Home Assist, for SENIOR Magazine (Scottsdale edition)
A recent study revealed that the cost of full time non-medical home care will average $45,000 per year in the state of Arizona (based on 44 hours of care per week). […]
Trips to the Emergency Room (ER) can be stressful, especially for a person living with Alzheimer’s or another form of memory impairment. Symptoms and behaviors of memory impairment vary greatly between individuals, and it can be difficult for ER staff to know how each person will react in this situation. Following are some tips for professionals and caregivers to use as guidelines: […]
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