There are many different elder care options available today. One option that you may want to consider is elderly home care. It allows parents or a loved one to remain at home, in familiar surroundings, and still get the assistance that they need. Often, caregivers include family, friends, or caregiving professionals that provide a wide range of senior home care services. This can be an ideal situation if you are caring for elderly parents or overseeing their care, where their primary...

When the time comes to find a long-term care facility for yourself or a loved one, there are many important decisions to be made. Depending on where you live, you may or may not have many different nursing homes to choose from. While location and budget are very important factors for most people, there are many other things to consider. You will want to be sure that you are choosing a home that provides a high standard of quality and care. The question then becomes how do I find...

If putting your loved one into a <a rel="nofollow" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/article_exit_link');" href= >nursing home</a> is not the right option for you. Perhaps, understanding and utilizing remote <a rel="nofollow" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/article_exit_link');" href= >in-home healthcare</a> would be a helpful addition to the care they are receiving. There...

DATELINE:  PLYMOUTH COUNTY AND AVON, EASTON AND STOUGHTON, MA.   Many frail and home bound elders throughout the community rely on the Nutrition Program at Old Colony Elder Services, Inc. (OCES) in Brockton, a private, non-profit Aging Services Access Point (ASAP) that provides valuable programs and services to elders, their families and caregivers.

But, the non-profit elder services agency needs more volunteers to help prepare and pack meals and deliver them...

ARE WE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE OLD PEOPLE?

Rafael Augusto De Conti

When we are children, we don’t have any kind of natural protection and, unlike the others animals, we need to stay with our parents for many years, what, into the contemporary society, is, basically, the necessary time until we can have money to live by ourselves.

This fact shows us the necessity of the whole society take care of old people and, precisely, show the...

"Families -- the only normal ones are the ones you don't know". Perhaps a harsh statement but the reality is most of us have had some issues within our own families, whether it be sibling rivalry or parental conflict at some time or another. Our personalities don't necessarily change as we age, in fact some our idiosyncrasies are perhaps enhanced and maybe even more annoying to others than they were previously.

According to Audrey Miller, the founder and managing...

Everyday thousands are declined social security and supplemental benefits in one shape or another. For most of us we have earned the right to be entitled to our social security income. When we are faced with a dispute or are told we are ineligible to receive social security income there are proper guidelines to follow for a possibly more favorable outcome.

The OHA is an acronym for the Office of Hearing and Appeals. The decline process usually begins with a simple...

Financial abuse and material exploitation of the elderly may not cause physical injuries or leave scars, but they can have devastating effects and ruin the lives of victims. An elder’s entire life savings can disappear, leaving the victim unable to provide for his or her own needs and causing harmful stress and agitation.

Financial elder abuse and material exploitation occur when an abuser uses an elder’s money or assets in a manner contrary to elder’s wishes,...

One needs to consider a lot of things before making a decision on selecting a good nursing home. In what is a stressful decision anyway putting a loved one in the care of another, so you need to select a nursing home that your loved ones are cared for and that their needs are satisfied. For finding nursing homes in Wales you can use the Internet. The Internet, like for a lot of other subjects, is an invaluable resource for finding information about different nursing homes available at...

A carer is someone who, without payment, helps and supports a partner, child, relative, friend or neighbour, who could not manage without his or her help due to age, physical or mental illness, addiction or disability.

Taking on a role of carer may result in:

• Isolation




• Frustration




• Ill health




• Depression




• Loss of income