Caregiver Health Insurance Cost Increases: NPDA Report
The National Private Duty Association’s annual conference is in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania this week. Today’s keynote speech, by Dr. John Bowling, the Director of the PRS School of Aging Services and Coordinator of the Management of Aging Services program at Southern Oregon Univesity, outlined the future needs of aging seniors. What is the future of aging? […]
Caregiver Health Insurance
As Congress debates the healthcare overhaul legislation, Caregiverlist decided to find out if professional caregivers receive healthcare benefits, as oftentimes companies require caregivers to be full-time employees to qualify. The results? Only 26% of Caregivers said “Yes, as a professionally employed senior caregiver, I receive healthcare benefits.” Another 18% of Caregivers said the do not participate in […]
Senior Caregivers: Is Health Insurance a Standard Benefit? Surprisingly, It Usually Is Not
Starbuck’s founder, Howard Schultz, was passionate about finding away to provide health insurance for all Starbuck’s employees. Each Starbucks coffee shop employees several people to take the drink orders, make the coffee and take the money. These positions do not require high level skills but do pay more than minimum wage (the national minimum wage […]
Illinois Revokes Nursing Home’s License
A Chicago Tribune investigative report has been succesful in exposing a lack of compliance to Illinois laws for admitting and caring for nursing home residents. Criminal background checks and risk assessments were not being conducted on new residents, allowing for mentally ill patients and convicted felons to become rent-free residents of Medicaid nursing homes and […]
January 2010 Unemployment at 9.7%: Caregiving Jobs Growing
The U.S. Department of Labor reported this morning that the unemployment rate for January, 2010, is 9.7%, with employment in retail and temporary work increasing. At the same time, the health care and social service industry sector increased from 13.3 % to 17.1 % of the total job market from January a year ago – another indicator […]
Alzheimer’s Clinical Trial Studies Benefit both Caregivers and Seniors
By participating in a clinical drug trial, you will receive valuable medical information at no charge, along with access to medical care which may improve your medical condition. Remember that all medications we currently take first had to be tested in a clinical trial study – and many of these medications work very well. The […]
Caregiver Protection from Healthcare Infections
Recent statistics have shown that more people die from health care facility infections than from cancer in certain areas of the country. These numbers are heavily argued but anyone in senior care knows that many times a senior will be hospitalized and come home with an infection that causes even more problems. My own uncle […]
Caregiver Training Includes Emotional Care
Senior caregivers provide assistance with what is typically called “activities of daily living”, or ADL’s. What are ADL’s? Anything you need to do to get through the day, such as eating, bathing, toileting and maintaining your household. Depending on your health conditions, you may need to adjust your daily activities to comply with medications and […]
Senior Caregiving Jobs
What positions are available in senior caregiving? Anyone who has compassion for seniors and is willing to learn about caring for someone coping with age-related diseases, such as Alzheimer’s Disease or Parkinson’s Disease, can work as a companion caregiver for a senior, assisting them in their homes or in assisted living communities. What other skills are […]
Becoming a Certified Nursing Aide
Many senior caregivers may come to the profession through caring for a family member or personal friend. Many of their caregiving skills have been developed “on the job”. Senior care companies provide services staffed by both companion caregivers and certified nursing aides, depending upon the care needs of the client. Seniors who are dealing with […]
CLASS Act Passes Senate: Natl. Long-term Care Insurance
The Senate passed the Community Living Assistance and Support Services (CLASS) Act on Friday, December 4th, making this act an approved portion of the healthcare reform bill. The word on the street is the healthcare bill will pass, in some form, and this portion of the bill has now been approved. What is it? The CLASS Act […]
Caregiving for Hospice Patients
Senior caregivers sometimes assist seniors who have decided to take advantage of a hospice service for their end-of-life care. Hospice services do provide a Certified Nursing Aide caregiver, when the senior qualifies (by needing additional assistance with bathing and care which a C.N.A. has been trained to provide). However, as the hospice C.N.A. only visits […]
