Home care

Working in the Home Healthcare Industry for over 20 years I have seen many home health care employees faced with many ethical dilemmas. Ethical dilemmas such as physical abuse in the home environment. As the Ethical Issues in Home Care points out, abuse in the home can cause the home health aide to have their moral values question. I have also heard of home health aide witness signs of abuse such as family members stealing patient’s medications and funds. At times many healthcare workers…

advantages that appear as a result of having access to meal preparation and feeding services. It is important to understand that the best care of older people can only taken when they are cared for in an environment in which they are familiar. Elder people often have a weak memory and therefore it is difficult for them to prosper in an uncertain environment such as a nursing home. Meal preparation also allows older people to work closely with a dietitian to prepare a meal schedule that provides…

families the opportunity to work, children fare better when high-quality care is provided whereas children enrolled in low-quality daycare centers had more detrimental impacts than those who were minimally cared for by their parents and never attended daycare. Though there has since been oversight by government agencies to ensure the conditions of child care agencies, it has been difficult to overlook, manage, and ensure that child care centers have been…

We provide home care Dallas seniorss can count on, whether you need help a few hours a week or around-the-clock care. Our professional caregivers offer compassionate care, when and how you need it. We offer assistance for your daily living and personal care needs. Personal Care Dealing with day-to-day personal care can be a challenge for seniors due to loss of mobility and the effects of aging. Home Care Book providers can help with the following services: Dressing Bathing Toileting…

Senior care is on the minds of many these days. With the aging population comes increasing health care needs. This leaves many families facing the decision of what to do with their aging loved ones. More and more of them are hiring in home care agencies to take care of the needs of elder family members. And there are several good reasons for the rise in popularity of these agencies. One of the big reasons for the popularity of in home elder care/assisted living agencies is their flexibility.…

nursing home settings where prices are set by Medicare and Medicaid (Grabowski, Towns, Grabowski, & Town, 2011). However, if prices could be administratively set and greater than marginal cost, greater competition would increase the quality of healthcare (Grabowski, Towns, Grabowski, & Town, 2011). Medicare and Medicaid set the market prices for skilled and long-term care services for semi-private and private beds, price is set at one hundred and sixty-eight dollars a day for skilled care…

In Home Care Services and Mortality Simply put, mortality is the state of being subject to death. It is a human condition, and it is one that different cultures, religions, and individuals address and face in significantly different ways. During the first part of the last century, most people in America did not live past the age of 65. The primary cause of death in those years was infectious disease that struck suddenly and killed quickly. Over the next 100 years, advances in hygiene,…

How Home Healthcare Can Help You Care For Your Husband After A Stroke If your husband is in the hospital because of a stroke, he probably has a long road of recovery ahead. You're facing a lot of uncertainties right now, and one of them is where he will go once he is discharged from the hospital. Depending on his condition, he may need to go to a nursing home or rehab facility. However, the best option may be for him to return home to his familiar surroundings. That could be possible if you're…

At Home Health Care and Occupational Therapy Occupational therapy is often confused with physical therapy. Physical therapy focuses on improving a person's mobility, but occupational therapy assesses a person's ability to perform daily tasks or "operations" and looks for ways to improve their ability to perform them. The American Occupational Therapy Association puts it this way, "Occupational therapists help people participate in the things they want and need to do through the therapeutic use…

In Home Care and Safety Concerns According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the primary indicator of whether a person will add nearly 20 years to their life after reaching age 65 is their ability to make healthy lifestyle choices. Statistically, it does not matter if there are chronic conditions, diseases, or health concerns. Longevity is based upon the effective management of chronic conditions if they are present, or the prevention of them if they have not yet manifest.…