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The Diabetes Symptoms You May Not Be Aware Of
Learn which symptoms to routinely check for when managing diabetes.
Let’s get serious and take a hard look at the statistics: as many as 29 million Americans are currently diagnosed with diabetes—over 9 percent of the entire population.
Diabetes is more rampant in the United States than ever before, and providing care for a loved one impacted by diabetes symptoms is an everyday event. While each person’s experience with the disease is unique, there are certain diabetes symptoms that can crop up with little to no warning, requiring that diabetics and their care providers alike be on the lookout each and every day.
Following are just a few important examples from the American Diabetes Association of diabetes symptoms to watch for on a routine basis:
Overwhelming fatigue
Blurred vision
Cuts and/or bruises that are slow to heal
Reduced weight – even when … Read More »
Join Hired Hands Homecare at our TWENTY-FIFTH Marin Senior Information Fair!
Greetings! Join us today, Oct. 24 from 9am – 3pm at the Marin Senior Information Fair. There’ll be tons of great information for and about Seniors. Get your Flu vaccine, and make sure you stop by the Hired Hands Homecare booth to say hello to Blake and Kirsten. We’d love to answer any questions you may have about how we can help families and their senior loved ones!
Hired Hands Homecare is proud to celebrate 25 years of participation in the Marin Senior Information Fair, and supporting the seniors and families of Marin County.
For more information about the Marin Senior Info Fair, please visit https://marinseniorfair.org.
The Top 5 To-Dos When Caring for Parents
Review these essential tips when caring for senior parents.
Now that your mom is no longer able to drive, and is starting to move around a bit more slowly, you and your siblings have decided to split her care needs amongst yourselves. One of you will have to take her to the doctor’s office, grocery store and beauty shop. Another person needs to help with her household chores and laundry. And of course, the yard and flower beds need to be maintained. But there are additional crucial aspects to caring for parents that need to be addressed as well, yet often go unnoticed until there’s a problem.
The following list of to-dos to keep in mind when organizing a plan of care for your aging parents is a great place to start:
File all important personal documents like financial information on … Read More »
RESPECT MY PRIVACY!
Greetings!
Today, we wanted to take a minute to shed light on an urgent matter that directly affects ALL Caregivers throughout California.
Governor Brown now has Assembly Bill 2455 on his desk, and it is not clear whether he will sign the Bill, or veto it like he has previously. If signed into law, AB 2455 would require the State to send ALL Registered CAREGIVERS’ PERSONAL CONTACT INFORMATION to unions. That is right, the State will distribute private information, including cel numbers, allowing unknown people to contact our Caregivers at any time. This is a huge blatant attack on privacy rights. There are no other industries that have such requirements, because it is such a huge breach in legal privacy typically given to all employees. Why Caregivers?
What can you do??? The most important thing to do TODAY is to CALL … Read More »
Did You Know About These Veterans’ Options for Paying for Care at Home?
The Santa Rosa, CA home care team at Hired Hands explains veteran’s benefits for care.
Many times, families make the assumption that as long as their loved one is covered by Medicare, paying for care at home isn’t something they need to consider. Unfortunately, however, this is a common misconception. As we noted in a previous blog post, most people use private funds in paying for care at home. There are a couple of alternatives to consider though for veterans and their spouses. The top home care company Santa Rosa, CA, Hired Hands Homecare, outlines the details to help those who have served in the military to access all of the resources available to them in paying for care at home.
First to consider is the Veterans’ Aid and Attendance program, which helps wartime veterans and/or their spouses with paying for … Read More »
How to Pay for In Home Care: Napa Senior Living Experts Have the Answer!
Our Napa senior living experts have tips on options to pay for in home care
At some point, it’s likely your aging parents will require a little extra assistance in order to remain safe and independent, and if they’re like the vast majority of older adults, they prefer to age in place at home. The first question that usually arises is how to pay for in home care services. The Napa senior living team at Hired Hands Homecare hears this question often, and we have the answers you need.
When it comes to paying for in home care assistance, typically services of a non-medical nature are paid for out of pocket. For this reason, assessing your finances and determining what assets are available to assist in paying for home care services is essential.
The Napa senior living experts at Hired Hands Homecare have compiled … Read More »
Santa Rosa Transitional Care After Heart Surgery: The 3 Top Care Concerns
Santa Rosa home care offers transitional care considerations to keep in mind.
After recovering from heart surgery, an intricate web of transitional care needs develops, from nutritional changes to incision care, pain management, swelling minimization, and more. The last thing an older adult wants after returning home from such a traumatic event is to face the need for rehospitalization.
Hired Hands Homecare, the top-rated home care company Santa Rosa, CA families trust, wants to help make sure your senior loved one recovers completely and as quickly as possible from heart surgery, and shares the following guidelines for effective transitional care:
Caring for the Incision
Instructions on how to care for the incision will be provided prior to being discharged from the hospital. Issues to be aware of include:
Always keep the incision clean and dry.
The incision can be gently washed (don’t rub) with soap. Do … Read More »
Let’s Talk… Home from the Hospital!
Today, we’re proud to be presenting to hospital Discharge Planners and Case Managers at the 15th Annual Case Management Conference in Napa. Kirsten, Phyllis and Erick are discussing our innovative Coming Home Program, where we work very closely with Discharge Planners and Case Managers BEFORE patients are discharged from the hospital. Building this bridge establishes new standards of communication, assuring superior transitions home, resulting in better outcomes and reduced hospital re-admissions. We’ll even bring our Caregivers in to the hospital for specialized training before the Client is sent home. We’re working together. Better Communication = Better Care!
For more information, please contact us at Info@HiredHandsHomecare.com, or by phone at 866-940-4343 to find out more about our senior care in Napa, CA.
Fun with Seniors in Corte Madera!
Kirsten and Blake had a great time today at the Annual Senior Fair hosted by Corte Madera Parks & Rec.
A fun day seeing friends, industry partners & the community. Thanks to everyone for supporting Seniors in Corte Madera!
Best Ways to Provide Older Relatives a Sense of Purpose and Senior Independence
“Here, I can help you with that.”
“Don’t overdo it now!”
“Why don’t you sit here and rest? I’ll handle that.”
How often have we made comments such as these to older adults—with the very best of intentions, of course? We want to do what we can to help our older loved ones, to help them stay safe and to take care of them in the same way they took care of us when we were growing up. However, there’s a concealed risk in trying to do too much for older individuals and depriving them of the ability to do as much as possible for themselves – the threat of harming their self-esteem and sense of purpose in life and making them feel robbed of their senior independence.
Take, for example, an elderly gentleman who spent his entire life … Read More »
