As any caregiver will tell you, providing in-home care for aging parents or for loved ones who are dealing with cognitive memory loss, is more than a full-time job. Often, fatigue, stress and financial strains can become an issue for even the most patient caregivers. That can reduce not only the quality of care that you are able to provide, but negatively affect your own health, too.
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Many of us who deal with aging parents suffering from dementia have faced the difficulty of imparting to them bad news, or of trying to convince them to accept care that they need when they can no longer live independently. Sometimes, these conservations can become quite heated.
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What does a geriatric care manager bring to the table? It may seem like an extravagance, but in most situations, having a care manager who can look out for the needs of a loved one is a worthwhile investment. As the baby boomer generation begins to enter its golden years, the role of caretaker gets more convoluted. From adult day care to full-time housing, a care manager knows all the things you don’t about senior services.
For an elderly person living on a low or fixed income, finding affordable senior housing can be challenging.
Advances in senior healthcare and geriatric care management are enabling more people to remain in their homes longer.
Where, in the past, many chronic conditions used to require early placement in a skilled nursing center, today with appropriate levels of medical supervision and assistance, a senior is often able to age in place with minimal intervention.
If you’re a primary care provider for an elderly family member, especially if you’re a long-distance caregiver, one of your greatest concerns is likely how to make sure that your loved one is safe on their own. Just like you, our skilled nursing team understands that older adults are the segment of the population at greatest risk of suffering a serious, and even life-threatening, injury from a fall.
Every team needs a committed captain, and Peggy Slade-Sowders knows a thing or two about senior care management.
After 30 years working in the senior care field as a dietician, she suddenly found herself in the role of caregiver, managing her husband’s care as he recovered from a cerebral hemorrhage. This caregiving experience instilled in her a desire to help other families who faced similar situations, suddenly finding themselves responsible for the increasing needs of an ailing or elderly loved one.
At ERH, we know that so many of our residents spoke with their families as they were making the decision to move into a senior living community. But for every older adult that chooses to move into a retirement community in Cincinnati, there’s another who chooses to remain at home.
