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Home Care Assistance
Home care assistance is on the rise. Who does your parent trust the most? Probably YOU! They trust you with their care before they trust a complete stranger. I’ve been providing care for my 100 year old mother for over 16 plus years. I’m constantly searching for new and better ways and products that’ll help […]
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Caregiver Duties and Responsibilities…
Caregiver duties and responsibilities for the elderly… My duty and job as a caregiver became so much more when I officially became mom’s primary caregiver. Tasks that I took over was: all of mom’s finances doctor appointments meal preparations bathing and dressing shopping for mom grooming keeping the house mow yard do laundry This is […]
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Your Guide to In Home Personal Care
The 2018 Ultimate Guide to In Home Personal Care I moved in with my mother while going thru a tough divorce never thinking I’d actually end up being mom’s in home personal care aide. I figured I’d be there just a few weeks or months. A few short weeks later mom came close to having […]
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Family Caregivers May Have To Pay a Price
Family Caregivers May Have To Pay a Price When an Aging Parent Wants to Die At Home. More and more I see adult children caring for their elderly parents at home and for family caregivers there may be a price to pay. I don’t think many adult children even think about the time when their […]
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100 Years Old is a Whole Lot of Living
I have not given it much thought of all that I need to be grateful for, like mom turning 100 years old. We often don’t remember to think of all the things in our life that we could enjoy and appreciate. I look at mom turning 100 years old on May 20th and she is […]
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A Financial Income Backup Plan
As a family caregiver, it’s smart to have A Financial Income Backup Plan. Today I will have a plan, I may not follow it exactly but I will have a plan. What about you? Adult children want to keep their aging parent at home if at all possible. When we as children see […]
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Memory Loss Problems Not Always In Elderly
Memory loss can be identified with … mild memory lapse such as forgetting where you put your keys or reading glasses, though worrisome, are normal, experts say… Dementia patients however, forget where they are or to go to the bathroom. Alzheimer’s Disease is irreversible. I go blank many times wondering if I’m losing my memory […]
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Odor of Incontinence and How To Cope
Odor of Incontinence and how to cope with it. The odor of incontinence is something that you will experience when caring for an elderly parent who has problems with urine and bowel control? You are not alone. The smell or offensive urine odor of incontinence alone is tough to deal with. It can be embarrassing […]
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Medicaid Recovery Estate Secret They Don’t Want You To Find.
Medicaid Recovery Estate Secret they don’t want you to find. Do you know the medicaid recovery estate secret? Family Caregivers have had enough! Sacrifice your life, then find yourself on the curb? It’s admirable to give up our life and family to care for an elderly parent but we’re a “HUMAN” Too! YES, we have […]