Minnesota Leads the Way in Senior Care
Minnesota’s comprehensive senior care programs may well become the nation’s standard. In addition to scoring a first-place position in AARP’s 2014 State Long-Term Services and Supports (LTSS) Scorecard (also in 2011), Minnesota’s Department of Human Services announced in a July 1 press release a plan to award $3.5 million to providers of services to older Minnesotans, as […]
4Pics 1Word App Useful for Dementia Prevention: Caregiverlist Senior Care App Review
Senior caregivers can work with their senior clients to exercise their brains to prevent the onset of dementia or Alzheimer’s disease. The app 4Pics 1Word shows users four images and asks them to find the word that links all of the pictures together, then enter the word using the letters in a bank provided at the […]
Facts About Senior Care
So few of us plan for our long term care, yet the majority of us will need to avail ourselves of professional senior care at some point in our lives. By 2030, the U.S. population aged 65+ will exceed 70 million. According to the American Geriatrics Society, the vast majority of these older persons will […]
Rosetta Stone App Helps Caregivers: Caregiverlist Senior Care App Review
Senior caregivers may encounter senior clients or relatives of their senior clients whose first language is not English or who solely speak another language. The Spanish speaking population in America in particular continues to grow. To effectively communicate with senior clients or families of their senior clients, caregivers can use the Rosetta Stone app to learn […]
Does Your Power of Attorney Include a HIPAA Release?
Seniors and family caregivers often find it difficult to discuss plans of action for when the elderly family member is incapacitated or no longer able to speak for themselves. It’s a challenging subject, but one worth tackling before it’s needed. If you don’t, the circumstances can be dire. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, […]
Hospital Readmission: Revolving Door for Some Seniors
Part 1: Hospital-to-Nursing Home-to-Hospital My mother always believed that if she ever found herself in a skilled nursing facility, she would never go home again. That’s a scary prospect for a senior, especially since nursing homes have become an extension of a hospital stay, with Medicare footing the bill for the first 100 days. That stay includes […]
Ear Machine App Tests for Hearing Loss: Caregiverlist Senior Care App Review
Hearing tests are usually something seniors will avoid at all costs. The idea of needing a hearing device means you have finally crossed the line into old age and many seniors avoid going down this road until their hearing problem has become a very real problem – causing awkward moments for their friends and family. […]
States React to AARP Scorecard
Much has been made of AARP’s released report 2014 State Long-Term Services and Supports (LTSS) Scorecard. In fact, I covered the results in a recent blog. Since the report’s release, state politicians and policy makers have been scrambling to either issue statements strongly urging for their state’s commitment to long term care improvement or stridently patting themselves […]
Senior Care Opportunities in an Aging World
I’m often asked if senior care, specifically in-home senior care, is really the fast-growing employment opportunity that we always say it is. Consider this: These are just some of the highlights from the U.S. Census Bureau report, 65+ in the United States: 2010, released in June 2014. Prompted by the Baby Boom generation, those born in the years following […]
Become a Certified Senior Caregiver
It takes a special kind of person to become a professional caregiver. Many start as caregivers to aging family members and they experience first-hand what a difference compassionate care can make in the life of a senior. However, caregiving is much more than a fulfilling vocation; those who decide to become certified caregivers find it is […]
MapMyRun App Suggests Run Routes, Tracks Progress: Caregiverlist Senior Care App Review
Exercise, particularly cardio, provides stress relief and fitness for senior caregivers to maintain health. The MapMyRun app makes it easy for anyone to start running and track their progress over time by offering suggested routes using GPS and tracking distance run, time and calories burned. Running provides a great exercise option because it allows the […]
Long Term Care Scorecard: Best and Worst States
When I was a kid, Florida and Arizona were the retirement states of choice. My parents and their friends decided that, after decades of Midwestern winters, the promise of warmth and sunshine, coupled with the notion of never picking up a snow shovel again proved too enticing to pass up. At their first opportunity, many […]