Home Health, Hospice, and Elder Care
Assistive equipment is any kind of tool or device that can help simplify caregiving or make the environment safer for an ill, disabled, or elderly person.
Finding appropriate home health and hospice care providers needs some research. Here's what you need to consider when evaluating a provider.
Life expectancy in the U.S. has increased in recent years. This has created a fairly new and growing area of healthcare and provider services, known as elder care. Elder care covers a wide variety of issues. Read on to learn more.
Home safety is important when you're caring for an ill, aging, or disabled person. Use this helpful checklist as a guide.
A caregiver provides assistance in meeting the daily needs of another person.
Grief moves in and out of stages from disbelief and denial, to anger and guilt, to finding a source of comfort, to eventually adjusting to the loss.
Hospice care usually involves relieving symptoms and providing psychological and social support for the person and their family. The goal of hospice care is to provide the terminally ill patient peace, comfort, and dignity.
Detailed information on home health, hospice, and elder care, including types of provides, paying for care, and choosing a provider
Many types of medical and social home healthcare services are available: nursing care, physical therapy, pharmacy services, transportation, and home-delivered meals.
Home healthcare services may be paid for directly by the patient, through insurance coverage, or through other public or private sources. Most hospice care programs are provided to the patient regardless of the patient's ability to pay. Read on to learn more.
If you are unhappy with the home health or hospice care you are receiving, you should notify the provider's administrator, your state health department, and the Better Business Bureau.
Detailed information on home health, hospice, and elder care, including types of provides, paying for care, and choosing a provider
The biggest problem with palliative care is that many people are referred for care too late. By starting this type of care early, and by using the right type of pain management, nearly all pain problems can be relieved or reduced.
Pressure injuries, also called bedsores or pressure sores, can develop when you are confined to a bed or chair.
Palliative care focuses on improving a patient's quality of life by improving the symptoms of his or her illness, such as pain, shortness of breath, and difficulty sleeping. It's used with a variety of ailments, including cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, kidney failure, or congestive heart failure.
A skilled nursing facility is a place where people can stay who are medically stable but need more nursing care than is typically provided in an assisted living facility.
Assisted living (AL) is a setting for older adults or in some centers, adults of any age who are living with disability.