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The June edition of the Caring Right at Home e-newsletter contains information, advice and support for adult caregiving.
Category 'Planning for Eldercare'
Baby Boomer Caregivers Are the New Normal
Approximately 43.5 million adult children over the age of 50 – America’s baby boomer generation – are caring for aging loved ones, reports the Family Caregiver Alliance. Many of these boomers are the “sandwich generation,” squeezed between working, raising their children and facing their own health needs while providing the best care for their parents and other loved ones. About 10,000 U.S. baby boomers reach age 65 every day, and as people live longer, this generation may be the first to care equally as long for parents as for children.
Occupational Therapy Helps Seniors Live Life to the Fullest
Occupational therapy helps people of all ages to live life to its fullest by supporting them to boost health, prevent—or live better with—injury, illness, or disability. It is a practice that revolves around science and is evidence-based, meaning that the plan designed for each individual is supported by data, experience, and “best practices” that have been developed and confirmed over time.
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.
How a Home Care Agency can Assist with Meal Preparations
For the elderly inadequate nourishment can be harmful, as it can cause low blood sugars, low blood pressure, fainting, and falls. Homecare for our elderly is one of the perfect ways to address these matters. Homecare gives your loved ones support with light meal preparation, always being careful to make adjustments for each individual’s specific nutritional requirements. Many times elderly people may have problems swallowing, therefore homecare agencies even provide them with texture modified diets or thickened liquids to assist them in consuming their food.
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.
Protect Seniors From the Grandparent Scam
Con artists target the elderly because they can be easily fooled. Diminished capacities, such as hearing, vision or memory loss, and large bank accounts make seniors vulnerable to fraud. One type of fraud that targets seniors is the “grandparent scam.”
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