Gallup Poll: Family Caregivers Suffer from Poorer Physical Health
Professional caregivers know that working as a caregiver requires both physical and emotional strength. No two days are alike and seniors may suffer from memory loss and other age-related diseases that progress slowly. A Gallup Poll now confirms that family caregivers suffer from poorer health, especially if they are also working a full time job. […]
Parkinson’s Disease Genes Identified
Senior caregivers for seniors with Parkinson’s disease know the many challenges this disease presents for caregiving: taking medications on time throughout the day, monitoring for falls and understanding memory loss that can occur. Scientists have just identified 5 new genes linked to Parkinson’s disease which could soon lead to a diagnostic test for the disease which currently […]
Wall Street Journal Sues for Access to Medicare Payment Info
Medicare fraud has finally been grabbing some attention now that tax revenue has decreased and the federal and state governments are in need of more money to pay their bills. Medicare has paid out fraudulent claims that amount to $6 billion. Medicare, the health insurance for American seniors, pays for medical doctor visits, hospital stays, some […]
Senior Care Costs
Finding the costs of senior care can lead to a confusing, twisted road. However, the basic fact to know is that seniors in the U.S.A. must privately pay for long-term senior care. Medicare will pay for up to 100 days in a nursing home, with the approval of a medical doctor and this usually qualifies after […]
Congress Considering Co-Pay for Medicare Skilled Care Visits for Seniors
Medicare does not pay for long-term nursing home care and also does not pay for caregiving services in the home. However, Medicare does pay for skilled care visits in the home which are usually a temporary service to assist a senior in recovering from a stroke, hip replacement surgery or another medical condition which can […]
Medicare Home Visit Benefit May Soon Require Senior Co-pay
Medicare pays for skilled home care visits currently, as long as a senior’s medical doctor approves of the skilled home care which only includes visits by one of the following skilled professionals: Registered Nurse (if there is an open wound or medical treatment that requires a R.N. to administer or monitor), Speech Therapists (S.T.), Occupational Therapist (O.T.), […]
Congress Passes National Alzheimer’s Project Act
Professional senior caregivers know that many times senior’s with memory loss often have few if any other health concerns. They are physically active and fit. As memory loss progresses, especially Alzheimer’s Disease, additional physical problems will develop as the body “forgets” to do the things it should to maintain health. At the same time, a […]
Senior Home Care vs. Senior Home Health Care
Senior home care has two different providers: one is called home health and paid for by Medicare for short-term care and the other is called non-medical private duty care. Whenever I ask someone if they know what the term “private duty” means, the answer is “no”. The guesses will be anything from a security system […]
National Private Duty Association Agenda Update
National Private Duty Association, also referred to as the NPDA, is a senior home care industry association focusing on the needs of agencies providing companion senior caregivers and nursing aides in the home, as opposed to the home health agencies providing Medicare reimbursed “skilled” care in the home. The NPDA’s membership consists of national home care agency franchise […]
Senior Caregiver Training: Care for the Caregiver Day
Caring for the Caregiver: are you taking care of yourself as a senior caregiver? Caregiving brings many challenges beyond just delivering the skills of the job. As seniors are dealing with all that comes with the natural process of aging – losing loved ones to death, memory loss, physical challenges and age-related illnesses – the […]
FREE Caregiver Training in Chicago: Oct. 14th
Caregiver training for senior caregivers must be an ongoing process, to keep up with the latest care techniques, most current research on age-related illnesses and to expand skill sets for both the physical and emotional aspects of caregiving. In addition, because the additional stresses of caregiving, from managing the needs of family members and medical […]
Delivering Happiness by Caregiving
Happiness delivered on a Happiness Bus? This weekend, Tony Hsieh, the CEO of Zappos.com, visited Chicago in his “Delivering Happiness Bus” as part of the promotion for his book, titled “Delivering Happiness, A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose”. Tony sold a company in his early twenties for many millions and then began the search […]
