What Is Palliative Care?
Many people associate palliative care with end-of-life hospice care, but palliative care is offered at any stage of disease and can supplement curative treatment.
Category 'Planning for Eldercare'
U.S. Faces the Growing Challenges of an Aging Population
During the next 30 years, the number of Americans over the age of 65 and the proportion of those individuals over 85 are expected to double, impacting the economy, employment, healthcare and social services.
Sandwich Generation Survival Tips
Are you a member of the sandwich generation? If you are raising children while caring for your elderly parents, you definitely are. Read the suggestions on how to protect yourself and your family.
Caregiving Back-Up Help
Arrange qualified in-home care assistance as back-up to the primary caregiver for a Veteran who has Memory Loss. The goal is to be ready to call for a professional in-home caregiver when the circumstances arise.
Emergency Preparedness for Loved Ones With Alzheimer's Disease
People with Alzheimer's disease are especially vulnerable in disaster situations. According to the Alzheimer’s Disease Education and Referral Center (ADEAR), impaired memory and reasoning may severely limit these seniors' ability to cope. For caregivers, it is important to have a disaster plan that incorporates the special needs of loved ones who have Alzheimer's or other dementia.
New Attention to the Role of Home Care
The National Association for Home Care & Hospice recently congratulated Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords as she returned home to continue to receive important treatment and therapy through home healthcare. The Association noted that Americans who are following Giffords’ recovery may become more aware of the critically important work of home care professionals, who provide care every day to homebound, elderly and infirm Americans in the comfort of their own homes.
Playtime Helps Grandparents and Grandchildren Connect
Playtime Helps Grandparents and Grandchildren Connect
A new study has confirmed an old adage: A family that plays together stays together. Researchers from Concordia University of Montreal examined the ways grandparents can maintain close ties with their adult grandchildren. True to the old maxim, recreation emerged as the glue sealing intergenerational bonds.
Living Safely at Home With Alzheimer's Disease
What does this revolution in identifying and even predicting Alzheimer's disease mean for patients and families?
Right at Home Austin West is sponsoring a team in the October 15th Walk to End Alzheimers.
Right at Home Austin West is sponsoring a team in the October 15th Walk to End Alzheimers.
Predicting Alzheimer's Disease
The July 2011 issue of Caring Right at Home examined the importance of early diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease. Traditionally, Alzheimer’s was identified by clinical evaluation and cognition tests. A sure diagnosis was not available during a patient’s lifetime. Today, brain imaging and blood tests allow for an earlier and more definitive diagnosis. And now, new tests may even predict who will develop the disease in the future.
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