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Homecare Explained: What It Is, What to Expect, How to Pay For it & How to Find It

What It Is Homecare, also known as in-home care, is nonmedical care provided in the client's home. It includes custodial care and assistance with activities of daily living such as...Read entire article »

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Home Health Care Explained: What It Is, What to Expect, How to Pay For it & How to Find It

What It Is Home health care agencies provide in-home skilled nursing and other home health care services, such as physical and occupational therapy. Home health care agencies are licensed...Read entire article »

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The Difference Between Homecare & Home Health Care

Getting confused about what kind of professional caregivers are available to you? There are two basic types of care in the home—one is home health care and the other is...Read entire article »

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Homecare: The Differences Between Full-Service Agencies, Private Hire & Referral Agencies

Homecare, also known as in-home care, provides a caregiver to work in your home and help with activities of daily living (ADLs), instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs) and...Read entire article »

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Alzheimer’s Care Explained

Alzheimer's disease, the most common form of dementia, is a progressive, degenerative brain disorder. Brain cells shrink or disappear, gradually destroying a person's memory, ability to learn and make judgments....Read entire article »

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Activities of Daily Living: What are ADLs and IADLs

The senior care industry uses the terms activities of daily living (ADLs) and instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs) to describe a person's level of functioning in performing everyday...Read entire article »

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Tips & Resources for Aging in Place

As I visit endless Web sites for senior living, I never cease to be amazed by the luxurious ambience that many of these facilities offer. With chandeliers, antique furnishings...Read entire article »

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Alzheimer’s Homecare Explained

Alzheimer's disease will have significant and life-changing effects on both the patient and the caregiver involved. Caring for an individual afflicted with Alzheimer's at home presents difficult challenges. The most...Read entire article »

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Aging in Place: Tips for Your Home

As part of my work with Gilbert Guide, I visit countless Web sites for senior living; I never cease to be amazed by the luxurious ambience that many of these...Read entire article »

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Dementia: Tips for the Newly Diagnosed & Their Spouses

During a recent Alzheimer’s convention I attended a seminar in which all panel members were part of a couple; one spouse in each pair had recently been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s....Read entire article »

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Talking to Your Elderly Parents: 6 Surefire Ways to Communicate Effectively

Effective communication is essential to every relationship, particularly so in a caregiving situation. Often it is not what you say, but how you say it that determines how your message...Read entire article »

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Long Distance Caregiving: How a Geriatric Care Manager Can Help You

Last month I received two comments about long-distance caregiving, a situation that is all too common and always challenging. Caregiving is sometimes a complicated task, and any difficulty can become...Read entire article »

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When to Consider a Geriatric Care Manager

Welcome, readers. In this first column, I discuss what a geriatric care manager like me does, and when to consider using a care manager. My following missives will be guided...Read entire article »

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Face Sheet: Patient Information At-a-Glance

A face sheet is used by physicians, caregivers and care managers so that an individual’s health and medical requirements along with personal preferences are listed in an easy-to-use format. Download...Read entire article »

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Private-hire Home Caregiver Application

Download the Private-hire Home Caregiver Application to help you outline work experience, education and references along with much more. Employers can use this tool for assessing and comparing private-hire caregiver...Read entire article »

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Who Pays for What: Coverage-at-a-Glance

Searching for senior care can lead to many questions about which services are covered by insurance providers and which must be paid out of pocket. Gilbert Guide can make figuring...Read entire article »

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What Is…Homecare?

Homecare (also known as in-home care) is professional care that an individual receives in the home. Homecare aides provide companionship and assistance with the activities of daily living (ADLs),...Read entire article »

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What Is…Home Health Care?

Home health care encompasses skilled services such as nursing, and physical and occupational therapies, to be administered in your home. These services must be prescribed by a doctor. Home health...Read entire article »

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What Is…Aging in Place?

Aging in place refers to the concept of seniors staying in their own homes rather than moving out when their health needs change. This same idea also applies to residents...Read entire article »

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What Is…Paratransit?

Paratransit is a service that provides transport, usually in vans or buses, to seniors and the disabled. There are no fixed routes or schedules. Paratransit providers are operated by public...Read entire article »

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What Is…Palliative Care?

Palliative care reduces the amount of pain or suffering from a disease or illness. Often palliative care is administered when the actual disease course cannot be treated—or when treatment of...Read entire article »