It always makes me sad to hear the families of an elder say “Mom made me promise to never put her in a nursing home”. That is simply a promise that most families today cannot keep. If a caring son or daughter finds that they have to break that promise, they may feel guilty for [...]
Encyclopedia of Elder Care, 2nd Edition
June 30, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Encyclopedia of Elder Care, 2nd Edition The Encyclopedia of Elder Care is a state-of-the-art resource featuring nearly 300 articles. Topics include acute and chronic disease, home care including family-based care provisions, nursing home care, rehabilitation, health promotion, disease prevention, education, case management, social services, assisted living, advance directives, palliative care, and much more! New features [...]
Legal Aspects of Elder Care
June 30, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Legal Aspects of Elder Care Planning, providing, and evaluating geriatric care raises a wide variety of legal issues for health and human services practitioners and those who advocate for, develop, and enforce the public policies within which services are delivered. This text offers excerpts from selected statutes and regulations, judicial opinions, and the legal and [...]
Elderly Home Care: Best Option for Elder Care
October 10, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Elder care is such an issue that many of us might find ourselves dealing with it. We could be facing the duty of caring our elderly loved one, elder parents or a friend. The issue of elder care becomes significant when cases of broken bone or signs of dementia occur between elders. Added to this [...]
Resources For Elderly Care That Can Help Keep Elderly In Their Own Homes
September 10, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Elder care, sometimes referred to as long-term elderly care, includes a wide range of services that are provided over an extended period of time to people who need help to perform normal activities of daily living because of cognitive impairment or loss of muscular strength or control. Elder care can include rehabilitative therapies, skilled nursing [...]
A Cocoon of Comfort for the Senesced: Elderly Care Services
August 11, 2010 By Leave a Comment
“.. he thinks about his boyhood, and he mourns his vanished youth…..I am in the straight for Fifty – and grow younger every day” -Henry Lawson, (When there is Trouble on Your Mind) Yes, youth is indeed a beginning of new life, a transition from innocent youth to mature youth. The rolling years of fading [...]
Old Colony Elderly Services to Hold ?elder Care Expo for Seniors and Their Caregivers? on April 15th
July 12, 2010 By Leave a Comment
The Expo is designed to broaden the community’s awareness about resources available to help manage elder care issues. Throughout the day, attendees can visit information booths that promote good health and well-being and receive free health screenings. At 11 a.m., Allen C. Waltman, M.D., Director, Geriatrics, Signature Healthcare PrimaryCare Affiliates will present the workshop “Primary [...]