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Category Archives: senior in-home health care
How to Handle Long-Distance Caregiving
Being a caregiver can be a difficult task, especially if you’re doing it long-distance. How do you know if help is needed? How can you help from far away? How can you tell if your loved on is being taken … Continue reading
Posted in Caregiving, communication, elder abuse, elderly, encouragement, Healthcare Decisions, home care, Life Transitions, Long-Distance Caregiving, senior in-home health care
Tagged Caregiver, Caregiver.com, elder abuse, financial assistance, geriatric care managers, Long-Distance Caregiving, National Institute on Aging, neglect
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Congressman Todd Platts Joins Lutheran Home Care & Hospice for a Home Visit
Joan Schildt, 76, has a nurse from Lutheran Home Care & Hospice visit her daily to provide care to a deep wound. The nurse changes the dressing on the wound, applies medication and evaluates the wound for complications. In addition, … Continue reading
Posted in Congressman Todd Platts, health care continuum, health care copays, home care, Home Health, Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act of 2011, Medicaid, Medicare, Medicare cuts, Medicare regulations, News, re-hospitalization, senior in-home health care, Title XVIII of the Social Security Act
Tagged Congressman Todd Platts, Health care continuum, Health care copays, home care, home health, Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act of 2011, Medicaid, Medicare, Medicare cuts, Medicare regulations, News, Re-hospitalization, senior in-home health care, Title XVIII of the Social Security Act
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Vacation?!? What Will We Do With Mom (or Dad)?
It’s that time of year again when many of us are going on vacation. For those of you who are caring for an elderly mother, father, or other loved one at home, vacation may seem like a dream, a very … Continue reading
Posted in assisted living, elderly, Events, grandparent, home care, Long-term care, nursing home, nursing home care, Private duty care, Respite, safety, senior in-home health care, summer, summer safety, Uncategorized, Vacation, Wellness
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Thanks for Voting Us Best of York!
Lutheran Home Care & Hospice “soars into first place with their county-wide support,” for providing senior in-home health care according to the York Sunday News’ Best of York County contest results published yesterday. Nearly 9,000 ballots were cast to select … Continue reading
Posted in Best of York, home care, Home Health, Hospice, Long-term care, Medicaid, Medicare, senior in-home health care, Wellness
Tagged Best of York, health care decisions, home care, home health care, hospice, long-term care, Medicaid, Medicare, senior in-home health care
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