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Give the Gift of Home Care For Holidays
Holiday Gift to Your Parent The Holidays are here, with the joy and stress of the season. It is an opportunity to begin home care for a loved one who may need some personal care assistance. Home Care...
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Take Care this Holiday Season With Home Care
BOCA HOME CARE SERVICES WISHES SAFETY, BETTER HEALTH & JOY TO YOU AND YOURS. And All The Best in 2013! This BLOG has been promoting safety, and home care for the past year. Our focus is on...
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“Tender Moments & Memories”– Musings by a Devoted Daughter/A.K.A. Caregiver
As with most families, the primary caregiver is likely to be the spouse, daughter or son. One of our newer clients is 103 years old and is down here for the winter with his daughter. Other adult...
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Introducing Home Care in Dade County – South Florida
Miami Jewish Home Care, LLC From the team that brings exceptional Home Care to Broward and Palm Beach counties, the Bensmihens are now serving Dade County. Joseph and Lisa have over forty years of...
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Make Your Home Care Experience a Success
We at Boca Home Care Services understand what a big step it is to have a caregiver come into the home. They are only “strangers” at first. Once rapport is established a warm interaction and helpful...
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5 Tips For Caregivers
Have you found yourself in charge of the care of another? Are you confused by the million new responsibilities and worries and stresses? You are not alone. There are books, magazines and blogs a plenty...
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What Caregivers Can Do For Seniors When On A Tight Budget
Managing a Tight Budget There is no retirement age for budgets. As we move into the retirement years we hope that what we have put aside, invested, and earned enough social security to see us through....
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6 Tips on Independent living for Seniors
Seniors living Independently Every person views independent living differently. For some it is lonely and a burden to keep up the house and yard. For others it is peaceful and comfortable to live...
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Hurricane Preparedness – Plan For Your Elderly Parents Safety
Hurricane Preparedness For Your Elderly Parents Natural and man-made disasters make the news almost every day. The news talks about the damage, destruction, the survivors and those not so lucky. To...
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Early Symptoms of Parkinson’s Disease
Parkinson’s Disease Parkinson’s disease is a degenerative disease of the central nervous system. Degenerative means that it continues to get worse from the onset. Sadly, there is no cure for...
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Warning Signs of the Most Common Heart Diseases
Senior woman with heart attack Annually, over 831,000 people die from heart disease, making it the #1 killer of Americans; however, millions more have symptoms of cardiovascular disease, as well. Some...
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Top 10 Nutritional Needs As We Age
Nutritional Diet for Seniors and Elderly Health is a state of being that can be relative to what we put into our bodies. We cannot cure all illness or stop the hands of time. What we can do is treat...
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Managing the Different Stages Of Alzheimer’s
Managing Alzheimers & Its Stages Alzheimer’s is a disease that progresses in stages. As the person that you are taking care of advances from the early to middle and then to the late stages of this...
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How to Be the Caregiver of an Elderly Loved-one and Stay Sane
With the burgeoning elderly population in the US and other Western countries, more and more people are finding themselves in the position of having to take on the role of caregiver to an elderly loved...
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The Many Responsibilities of the Sandwich Generation
“The Sandwich Generation” is a term created in 1981 by Dorothy Miller. It referred to a segment of the Baby Boomer Generation whose lives were complicated by the need to meet multiple responsibilities....
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How to Help a Loved-one with Terminal Cancer
When a loved one is diagnosed with cancer it impacts everyone close to him or her. For many people a diagnosis of cancer may mean having a short time to live, which is why it can be a very frightening...
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Four Ways a Home Care Aide Can Help You Take a Break
Caring for an elderly family member can be incredibly rewarding… but, at the same time, it can be overwhelmingly exhausting. This doesn’t mean that you would ever want to stop — it just means that you...
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Respite Care for Family Caregivers is Essential
In the previous post, we spoke of the necessity of taking a break when you are the caregiver of an elderly loved one. This article will expand on that topic and point out how essential respite care is...
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What Can Non-Medical Home Care Do for You?
When a loved one becomes seriously and chronically ill, or simply just needs more help with their daily living activities, there are many difficult decisions to make regarding their care. If you have...
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Help Your Aging Mom or Dad with the Assistance of a Compassionate Home Care Aide
Aging is a normal part of life. As we get older, it’s common to need a little more attention and assistance. Many adult children place their aging parents into a nursing home, with good intent;...
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