Finding a Caregiver: Why This Is So Often a Last-Minute Task
Finding a senior caregiver is often an “immediate” need. People who have not experienced the need for senior care for a family member usually do not understand why senior care is so often very quickly needed. Senior care, like many things in life, is something most people just hope they will never need. And because […]
Caregiver Careers: More Primary Care Medical Doctors Needed
Senior caregivers assisting as family caregivers or working as professional caregivers know the challenges of senior care. The work can be difficult and the while the pay is above minimum wage and there are some moments of down-time…..the real pay is in the fulfillment of the work, not the paycheck. Caregivers who truly love the industry […]
More Than 1/3rd of Parkinson’s Disease Patients Suffer From Dementia.
Parkinson’s disease impacts many seniors in their later years, although some people are diagnosed with the disease when they are younger, such as actor Michael J. Fox. This week, as 3,000 experts in neurology gathered for the annual European Neurological Society (ENS) meeting in Barcelona, Dr. Heinz Reichmann shared study results involving 1,331 German Parkinson’s disease […]
Criminal Background Checks Conducted by 92% of Employers and 100% of Senior Care Companies
Caregivers applying to job positions by senior care companies must pass a criminal background check. Many individuals have concerns about what information may be on their background check but with technology advancing, it is easier than ever to both monitor the information on your background check and to purchase a background check on yourself. The […]
Family Caregiver Survey Participants Needed: Win a $50 Gift Card
The family caregiver role commands various roles: walking assistance, preparing meals, taking out garbage and more. Every caregiver has different experiences depending on the senior’s needs. Caregivers of older adult relatives—spouse, parent, sibling, partner, or other close person—may fill out a survey and be entered to win a $50 Wal-Mart gift card. Caregivers must also provide transportation for this person, […]
Senior Fall Prevention in a Video Game
How many seniors fall each year? According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 2.3 million nonfatal fall injuries among older adults were treated in emergency rooms in 2010, and the direct medical costs of falls was more than $28.0 billion. The death rates from falls among elderly men and women continue to rise. Blue Marble Game […]
Caregiver Job Interviews: Study Shows 81% of People Lie in Job Interviews
Interviewing job candidates for any position is never easy. Job candidates perhaps don’t mean to lie, but the fact is that most do embellish something about themselves to appear more qualified for the job. In some cases the lies may be acceptable – saying you have 2 years of experience instead of 1 year but […]
World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
Elder abuse happens—about 2.1 million seniors are victims. Additionally, for every case reported, an estimated 5 elder abuse cases go unreported. The senior population continues to grow, with seniors living longer lives while needing senior caregiving services for some of those years. By 2050, this age demographic will be the largest. With this in mind, […]
Inside the Dementia Epidemic: Indie Award-Winning Author Shares Story About Caring for Mother
Martha Stettinius is the award-winning author of the book “Inside the Dementia Epidemic: A Daughter’s Memoir,” and until recently a “sandwich generation” caregiver for her mother, Judy, who had vascular dementia and probable Alzheimer’s disease. When Judy, 72, could no longer live alone in her remote lakeside cottage—when she stopped cooking and cleaning, lost a lot of […]
What You Should Know About Seniors and Drug Addiction
Guest blogger David Tews, Ed.D., Clinical Director at Soft Landing Recovery, weighs in on the recent uptick in senior drug abuse. The last time we spoke to Dr. Tews, we discussed senior binge drinking. Here, he talks about the alarming increase in drug addiction in the elderly. Drug abuse among seniors is on the rise. According to […]
Memorial Day Adds Emotions to Caregiving
Memorial Day, like so many American holidays, has evolved to become a 3-day weekend and a time to connect with family and friends. Older Americans, however, very often do feel the true meaning of Memorial Day as they are reminded of all the friends and family members who have passed away. Caregivers will experience the added […]
Florence Nightingale: Is She Still Relevant?
Caregiverlist’s team celebrated Nurses’ Week recently, a week recognizing the field of nursing which culminated in the birthday of Florence Nightingale. Every nurse and Certified Nursing Assistant (and almost everyone else in the world) has heard of Florence Nightingale, who established the Florence Nightingale School of Nursing & Midwifery at Kings College London, the first […]
