Posts Tagged ‘elder care crisis’
Dysfunctional Families Facing Death Wreak Havoc at End of Life
Dysfunctional families facing death and dying have flawed fractured family conversations. They engage in destructive accusations lobbed at others. They see one another as enemies anddemonize one another.
Read MoreCaregiver Assessment- Can it Prevent Caregiver Burnout?
The caregivers own physical and mental health is often ravaged. They have to do medical tasks that years ago family caregivers never had to do. If they were paid by an agency, this would be a workman’s compensation nightmare for the company, yet these family caregivers are never even paid.
Read MoreHow to Assess the Caregiver and Avoid Hospital Readmission
All our assessments have left out the major fact – care is an exchange. To receive care, the patient/client usually needs a family caregiver to give or supervise it. That family caregiver is the glue that holds it all together and his or her inner bond begins to break with the strain of caring.
Read MoreCat Burglar’s Stealing Retirement Funds Under the Trump Administration
According to a New York Times editorial opinion“ The fiduciary rule, properly enforced, would prevent banks, brokerage firms and insurance companies from steering customers into overly expensive products and strategies when comparable lower-cost option is available; such steering annually drains tens of billions of dollars in excessive fees from Americans’ retirement savings.”
Read MoreHow to Assess the Caregiver and Avoid Hospital Readmission
All our assessments have left out the major fact – care is an exchange. To receive care, the patient/client usually needs a family caregiver to give or supervise it. That family caregiver is the glue that holds it all together and his or her inner bond begins to break with the strain of caring.
Read MoreHow Can You Improve Your Midlife Sibling Relationship Post Labor Day
Did you spend Labor Day with midlife and care of your aging parents came up. Did you wake with a horrible hangover- either from too much booze or just amplified emotional tension that turns you inside out next morning.
Perhaps it involved arguments over aging parent care?
How to Assess the Caregiver and Avoid Hospital Readmission
All our assessments have left out the major fact – care is an exchange. To receive care, the patient/client usually needs a family caregiver to give or supervise it. That family caregiver is the glue that holds it all together and his or her inner bond begins to break with the strain of caring.
Read MorePull to Move Elder- Premptive Move Before a Crisis
The “Pull” to move can be getting ahead of gradual disability.Few people. unfortunately do this. This relocation is made by an older person who anticipates gradual disability in aging.…
Read MoreWhat is a Geraitric Care Managment Care Plan?
Geriatric Care Managers (GCM’s) uses a care plan to solve older clients problems. But what is a care plan? A care plan is a strategy to repair the holes…
Read MoreWarning Signs on Visiting Mother’s Day
Take more than a gift if you visit an aging Mom on Mother’s Day. Take a check list for red flags. If you can go and see Mom…
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