Showing posts with label Manchester. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Manchester. Show all posts
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Thursday, April 19, 2012
Hiring Senior Care Services for Your Senior Parent (Part I) By Peter Mangiola Rn Msn
If you’re senior loved one is growing old, perhaps you’re wondering whether or not he needs
some types of senior care services. How do you know if he needs to be relocated to a nursing
home, if he requires in home senior care services, or if you’re capable of providing senior care
yourself? Today, more than ever, seniors have more options when it comes to senior care
services. While everyone does not need 24-hour care, it could be difficult to determine the best
option at times. In addition, many seniors will not acknowledge that they need help, so often it’s
up to their family members to figure out the best option for them.
Independent living communities may be the right place for your senior loved one if he wants to
maintain their independence and doesn’t have any life-threatening health concerns. Aside from
being able to live in their own apartments, your loved one will have a chance of living with other
seniors. Seniors who are healthy and want to get involved in some senior activities and need
some company will receive plenty of benefits from this arrangement. Being in a social
community will not make them feel like you’re placing them in a nursing facility.
Nursing facilities are recommended for elderly seniors who need round-the-clock care. Often,
they are those suffering from devastating illnesses such as Alzheimer’s and dementia. Roundthe-
clock there will be nurses to help your loved one with his daily duties. Although this is the
most expensive option, nursing homes are often the best arrangement if you have critically ill
parents. While you want to provide care for your ailing parents, it might not be possible for you
to care for them because you lack both time and training.
In home senior care services are good for your parents if they don’t have serious health problems
and they want to keep their independence for as long as they can. This is recommended for
seniors who are having trouble performing their daily tasks. If you notice that they forget such
simple things as doing the laundry, keeping the house clean, taking their medication, and
cooking their own meals, then you know it’s time for them to hire in home senior care services.
In home care providers can offer them help not only in performing activities of daily living or
ADLs, but also in personal care such as grooming, bathing, dressing, and eating.
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Elder Home Care (Part II) By Peter Mangiola RN Msn
Home Care Services
In-home evaluation can help determine the right type of care and services that your senior loved one truly needs.
Caregivers can provide any of the following services: conversation and caring companionship, meal planning and preparation, grocery shopping and transportation, laundry and other light housekeeping services, assistance in walking, bathing, hygiene, dressing, and eating.
This wide range of services can be classified as follows:
Alzheimer’s or Dementia Care
If your loved one has Alzheimer’s or dementia, then you should contact those who are experts in providing this specific care. To make your senior’s life more trouble-free, caregivers often customize a caregiving plan that adjusts quickly to your senior’s changing needs. Make sure you hire caregivers who had been trained to handle this kind of client whose activities they should closely monitor and whose medication they should administer on time.
Daily Visits
If your loved one does not need a high level of assistance each day, you can enroll him in a program that provides him with the right amount of attention and service. It can range from a one-hour to four-hour daily visit, from five to seven days each week, during which caregivers provide companionship, medication reminder, meal preparation, and hygiene assistance (if necessary). This kind of part-time service affords family members peace of mind knowing that someone is paying their loved one a visit on a regular basis.
Sitter Services
Naturally, you want to stay with your loved one every single moment of the day, however, this is virtually impossible. If he or she is in a hospital, assisted living facility, nursing home, or continuing care community, you can ask a caregiver to monitor his or her stay so you can take some rest. These caregivers, who can be available 24 hours a day, can give you access to a quick-start in-home care services, allowing your senior loved one to make a seamless transition back home.
Veteran’s Services
You might not know it, but a loved one who has served in the US armed forces is qualified to receive home care assistances from the Veterans Administration. With this program, you can reimburse your home care expenses if your veteran loved one satisfies certain criteria and this include the following:
• Veteran must have had a total of 90 days or more of service time and must have served at least one day during a war.
• Surviving spouse must have been married to the deceased veteran.
• A doctor’s prescription that says the veteran has need of daily aid.
• You should not have more than $80,000 in savings and checking, excluding your home or vehicles.
• Veteran must have received a general or an honorable discharge.
• You are not on state assistance like Medicaid or other subsidized programs due to low income.
Monday, March 12, 2012
When Choosing A In Home Health Care Or Companion Care Company Experience Counts Thats Why Choosing Senior Helpers Of Point Pleasant Nj Takes Pride In Their Ceo Maria Porchia Rn
When Choosing A In Home Health Care Or Companion Care Company Experience Counts Thats Why Choosing Senior Helpers Of Point Pleasant Nj Takes Pride In Their Ceo Maria Porchia Rn
Maria Porchia has worked in geriatric nursing her entire career, devoting herself to ensuring the health, dignity, and well being of all of her patients. Since Maria was five years old watching her mother care for her ill uncle, she knew what she wanted to do with her life. Today—as an Adult Critical Care Life Support-certified Registered Nurse—when working with her patients, instead of seeing illness, Maria sees opportunities for improvement; she understands where differences can be made and what sort of care is needed, individually, for every patient.With nursing always in mind, Maria began her career in high school volunteering as a candy striper in the areas of medical-surgical and geriatric care. Looking to gain an increased understanding of nursing and all that geriatric care entails, Maria continued her education by working as a Patient Care Technician through college. While in the college nursing program at the University of Pennsylvania Hospital/Methodist Hospital, she helped nurses and assistants and worked wherever she was able while gaining a more complete understanding of hospital administration and operations. Because she likes speaking with patients and enjoys helping people, Maria’s work has become a natural extension of her life. Maria is especially drawn to the elderly, the history the senior community has experienced, and the life stories this unique group of people has to share. Although all the nursing disciplines interest Maria, it is in geriatric nursing that she experiences true symbiosis.
To Maria, the senior population is a viable and vibrant sector in the community. Because of this, Maria purchased two Senior Helper franchises, (located in Ocean County and parts of Burlington County, NJ) working with her husband, Peter , to ensure seniors are treated with respect, dignity, and compassion. Strong-willed, but always concerned, Maria is able to focus on the needs of her clients, advocating for them and ensuring that they always receive the best care possible. Because of her vast geriatric background and profound understanding of nursing, Maria is easily able to create a perfect and unique match for each client with the appropriate companion or Certified Nurse Assistant, always working to maintain the patient’s home lifestyle with independence and grace.
When not at Senior Helpers, Maria serves as Nurse Consultant at Pennsylvania Hospital. This role enables Maria to experience the cutting edge of geriatric care. In her Consultant Nurse Capacity, Maria assists the weekend director; ; and works with families, other nurses, and patient care technicians. Because she maintains a deep commitment in both environments, Maria is constantly implementing viable improvements into the care she delivers. What is most unique about Maria is that she is unparalleled in her ability to handle our aging community, incorporating the entire family network in the ongoing care of its senior member. Because she has a proven history with Alzheimer’s and dementia patients, she can easily attend to those special needs, helping to reduce the family’s anxiety and restoring the family unit regardless of the distance or illness involved.
At Senior Helpers, working with patients is an ongoing process that involves continual follow-up and follow through, each client represents a relationship that is maintained through the patient’s lifetime and is always evolving and managed with a team approach with members who—like Maria—are focused, expert, compassionate, and authentic
Caring For Your Aging Parents In Brick Nj And Toms River Nj
Caring For Your Aging Parents In Brick Nj And Toms River Nj
Are you caring for your aging parents and also your young
children? Then you are part of the “sandwich generation.” This
generation of people are still dealing with parenting issues with their own
children but also the needs of their elderly parents. Being caught in
the middle of the two can feel like a tug-o-war that often leaves you
feeling guilty and overwhelmed. Having a plan and setting boundaries will help
you achieve much needed balance in your life.
 It’s easy to get overloaded when you have to split your time between the kids, work, your spouse and your elderly parents. And don’t forget, you still need time for yourself too. The most important thing to remember during this season of your life, is that if you are not healthy and rested, you won’t be any good to others. Make sure you are getting enough sleep, not skipping meals and having at least an hour of quiet time to yourself in the evening before bed…or in the morning before every one wakes up. Have a plan. Get together with your siblings and others who can help care for your parent. Share the duties and make it clear what the expectations are from each person. If you have 2 or 3 other adults who can take turns going to your parents home and helping them with every day activities like bathing, eating properly, medication supervision and other basic needs, this eases the burden on everyone involved. Set a schedule so everyone knows what day they are visiting, and what activities need to be accomplished. Last but not least, don’t be afraid to ask for help. Taking care of elderly parents is sometimes like taking care of another child. If you are overwhelmed and feeling guilty for time spent away from your parents, or not spending enough time with your children or spouse, look into your options for assistance. Senior Helpers in Brick, Jackson, Toms River and Manchester, NJ can provide in-home elder care for your loved ones. There are ways to lighten your load….and everyone in the family will be happier if momma is happy! What are your biggest concerns about taking care of your aging parents |
Sunday, February 12, 2012
Comparing the Costs Effective Senior Care Options (Part I)
Comparing the Costs Effective Senior Care Options (Part I)
Senior Helper
When you’re facing the difficult decision of what kind of elder care option is best for your aging loved one, finances will always be an important consideration. There are basically 3 different senior care options for your loved one, so let’s look at the costs associated with each:Move the Parents into Your Home
There are many unseen costs associated with this option. One of them is the moving expenses. If you decide to move your parents out of their home, you will not only need to get rid of a whole bunch of furniture and personal items, you will also most likely want to put the house up for sale. This entire process could put a lot of stress on your loved ones, but it will also cost a lot of time and money. What’s worse, the housing market in most parts of the country is at or near record lows for the past decade. This means you’re unlikely to get nearly as much for the home as you could if you wait to sell until the market goes higher.
Another cost to moving the parents in with you is time. If you choose this option, you become their primary caregiver. If you are already working and/or have kids to take care of, this could put a big strain on your already busy schedule. In fact, it may force you or your spouse to either cut back to part-time or give up their job entirely.
Put Your Parents into a Nursing Home
We’ve all heard the horror stories of elderly going off to the nursing home, where they are basically shut off from the outside world. They feel trapped-like they’re in a prison-and lonely. The stress of the situation tends to create more health problems. Even aside from the “human” cost, this is a very expensive option financially as well. We’ve already talked about the moving costs, but now that they’re in the nursing home, the expenses can quickly eat up their remaining assets. All in all, there is very little upside to the nursing home option.
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Thursday, February 2, 2012
Home Health Care May Be Just What the Doctor Ordered
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Health Care May Be Just What the Doctor Ordered
For many decades, people have associated health care
with going to a doctor, hospital, or some other medical facility. However,
there was a time when health care was mostly administered in the home. Back in
the days when America was being settled and many families were living out on
the frontier, they had very few hospitals around. Most received home health
care from a town doctor who would make house calls to patients, doing
everything from delivering babies to caring for the elderly-all inside the home
of the patient.
In recent years, home health care is making a
comeback. Though the doctor making house calls is no longer commonplace, home
care agencies are becoming more and more popular. There is a good reason why in
home care is trending upward-it addresses 3 specific needs that hospitals and
other medical facilities have a difficult time with:
- Convenience:
Being able to stay at home is the wish of most people with some kind of
illness. But until recently, those who needed some kind of long term care
had little choice but to have it administered in a medical facility.
Today, they can simply hire a home health care agency and have it all done
without having to leave their house.
- Affordability:
This is a big one. Hospital bills are higher than ever, and there is
increasing pressure in busier hospitals that are overwhelmed with patients
to get them out of there as quickly as possible. Today, it’s not unheard
of for someone to stay in the hospital just a couple of weeks and rack up
several thousand dollars in bills. Conversely, there is no cost for the
patient to sleep at home in their own bed. This helps keep costs lower.
- Better Quality Care: As mentioned in point #2,
hospitals in many places are overly burdened these days, meaning the
quality of care suffers. With most home health care agencies, a nursing
professional is assigned to a specific patient, and administers 1 on 1
care for as long as needed. For this reason, the level of quality with in
home care is normally much higher.
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