Caregiver Employment
As the population ages, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects the personal and home care aide job category will more than double in the next ten years. If you are looking for job stability, becoming a senior caregiver could be the career for you. While advances in medicine are enabling seniors to live longer, […]
Seniors Receive $250 Economic Recovery Payment
Most seniors who receive Supplemental Security Income or Social Security benefits will enjoy a $250 check in May as a result of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, which was recently signed by President Obama. But for some seniors, the money raises more questions than answers. It is important to communicate with them […]
Nursing Home Shootings
Yesterday, a Certified Nursing Aide’s estranged husband entered a nursing home in Carthage, North Carolina, where she was employed, and killed 7 residents and a nurse during his shooting rampage. Usually the nursing home deaths which make the news are related to mistreatment of residents or improper care procedures which lead to death. This is one of […]
Certified Nursing Assistant Rescues Infant
The shootings in Alabama this week brought the spotlight to a Certified Nursing Assistant who came to the rescue of a 3-month old baby who was the one survivor on the front porch of the shooter’s uncle’s home. With the baby’s mother shot and killed, along with four others, Alina Knowles quietly crept onto the porch to avoid being […]
Medicare Coverage for Caregivers?
Former first lady Barbara Bush just exited intensive care at the Texas hospital where she received a new aortic valve for her heart. At age 83, she will be able to recover and continue to enjoy an active life as an American senior. This is a perfect example of why there is a continued need […]
Senior Care Jobs
Even with the slowing economy and the highest rate of unemployment in decades, there remains a strong demand for senior caregivers to meet the staffing needs of senior care companies. Caregiverlist’s Career Center connects caregiving job applicants to hiring companies in their area for both part-time and full-time senior care jobs. Senior Home Care Agencies are constantly […]
Caregiver Taxes
With a few of President Obama’s cabinet nominations running into some tax issues (issues such as sort of not paying them), questions about tax requirements for household help are being asked. Basically, just as companies must provide for payroll taxes for employees (the company chips in for part of the taxes along with the employee) […]
Computerization of Health Records Benefits Seniors
President Obama’s stimulus bill has passed and now we must hope that it is implemented with some oversight and accountability (the same accountability we want the banks and others receiving bail out dollars to uphold). As with all bills that pass the House and Senate, this one too will include many items that cannot please all […]
Caring for the Caregiver
Many times when a family member develops medical conditions which require extra care, relatives will step in to assist with caregiving. Then, either because the care needs progress or becasue the family members must go back to work, it becomes necessary to hire a professional caregiver. Regardless of whether the caregiver is a paid professional or a […]
Certified Nursing Aide
One of the first questions a senior will ask when needing additional care services is: what duties does a Certified Nursing Aide perform? My answer is always that the Certified Nursing Aide is the person who performs the “hands-on” care in a nursing home or in hospitals. The department of public health in each state […]
January Unemployment at 7.6% but not for Caregivers
Although the unemployment rate for January has been reported as 7.6%, the good news is that jobs actually increased in the healthcare industry. Medicare does not provide for longterm care in a nursing home and because of this, more and more seniors are making the decision to receive one-to-one care by their own professionally managed […]
Nursing Home Inspections and Nursing Home Violations
The government has been advertising the Medicare.gov website to let seniors know the nursing home inspection reports are available online (they also allow other websites to download this information and Caregiverlist also provides it). I have been hearing the ads on NPR and elsewhere. The nursing home inspection reports are a nice starting point for […]
