A mobile, 12-by-24-foot medical modular home that could be placed in a caregiver’s backyard for rehabilitation and extended care needs could be on the market by January. N2Care, based in Salem, North Carolina, invented the MedCottage, a state-of-the-art hospital room with remote monitoring available so caregivers and family members have peace of mind knowing they are providing the best possible care. The idea is that this house is a way to meet the health care needs of aging baby boomers without having to rely on nursing homes.
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TENDER HEARTS SENIOR CARE INITIATES PROACTIVE MEASURES TO ENSURE CINCINNATI COMMUNITY RECEIVES BEST CARE
Cincinnati, OH, August 1, 2010 – As a son, daughter, sibling or spouse of someone who has, or will need, home care services, nothing is more important than selecting the right caregiver for your loved one. Tender Hearts at Home Senior Care announces a new CAREGIVER QUALITY ASSURANCETM program to identify home care companies and companion care companies that go above and beyond the norm when selecting quality caregivers and ensure the best care is provided.
The CAREGIVER QUALITY ASSURANCE program allows Tender Hearts at Home Senior Care to select the right individual who represents their standards and values of making each client and family member’s experience with Tender Hearts at Home Senior Care pleasant, consistent, safe and worry-free.
Tender Hearts at Home Senior Care is committed to matching each client to the right caregiver through its Caregiver Pre-employment Assessment. This unique technology identifies individuals with the potential to put loved ones at risk. The caregiver pre-employment assessment examines whether an applicant has the right personality and behavioral skills to provide quality care. These criterion include:
- Dependability — Measures the risk that an individual will be undependable, careless, lazy or disorganized.
- Honesty/Integrity — Measures the risk for dishonest behavior.
- Hostility/Aggression — Measures the risk of a person being aggressive, hostile, disruptive or having poor control of their anger.
- Substance Abuse — Measures the risk of substantial use of alcohol or illegal drugs.
Additionally, the assessment measures six core traits that are designed to better match caregivers more closely to the client’s personality and needs.
Tender Hearts at Home Senior Care made the decision to use the Private Duty Caregiver Pre-employment Assessment and become a member of the CAREGIVER QUALITY ASSURANCE PROGRAM, to ensure its clients and their loved ones feel confident in the quality of care received by the caregivers.
For more information about TENDER HEARTS AT HOME SENIOR CARE or CAREGIVER QUALITY ASSURANCE, visit HTTP://WWW.TENDERHEARTSATHOME.com or HTTP://WWW.SELECTACAREGIVER.COM/.
Contact:
Dan Lynch, Founder/CEO
TENDER HEARTS AT HOME SENIOR CARE , 513-234-0805
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Cincinnati families are realizing that there are many options to choose from. Live-in Home Care (wherever home may be) is becoming a great choice for many. Affordable and keeping all the benefits of home. Making the right choice for your loved one is the most important choice not just for their physical well being but for their mental well being too. It is for this reason alone that choosing Live-in home care may be the right approach for your family member today.
There are many stories out there of true grit and self sacrifice when it comes to giving up your life and helping an elderly loved one. An interesting one can be found here -
Crisis in long-term health: Boomers caring for elderly parents, but who will care for them?
- and we here at Tender Hearts are sure there are millions of similar stories all over the world to be told.
But what if your life isn’t too easy to change, to accommodate the extra care and attention your loved one needs?
Well, that is why we are here. Please get in touch if you would like to see how we can help you in the care of your loved one.
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Dr. Donald P. Copley reflects on his experience as a cardiologist to conclude that in-home health care may be the best option for many elderly people with chronic diseases, especially heart disease. As an M.D. practicing in Kenmore, many of his patients sought in-home care from Hospice Buffalo, an in-home care company in the Buffalo, New York area. All of his patients reported a great experience with in-home care, and many even regained strength and were able to continue on with their lives as normal. MORE
Is Attitude Everything?
Successful aging in Ohio is an absence of (or minimum of) disease and disability. A new study of more than 500 persons from age 60 to 98 shows that people who think they are “aging successfully” aren’t necessarily the healthiest individuals. Optimism and effective coping tools, or attitude, were found be essential to successful aging more than traditional measures of health and wellness, according to a study funded by the Sam and Rose Stein Institute for Research on Aging at the University of California-San Diego.
The study showed that persons who regularly read, write and socialize gave themselves higher scores than those who did not. Surprisingly, volunteer activities, which have long been thought to help persons age successfully, were not found to have the same positive influence. The bottom line is that those things leading to successful aging are well within an individual’s control. The key is adopting personal coping mechanisms and remaining as physically, socially and mentally active as possible.
Tender Hearts at Home Senior Care of Cincinnati, Ohio provides the best non-medical home care services with compassionate caregivers. They provide home health care, elder care, live in care, personal care, companion care, respite care, errands, transportation, home helper and senior helper services and all many other types of non-medical senior care. A family owned and operated company in Cincinnati, Ohio serving Hamilton, Butler, Warren, and Clermont counties. Please call us when your loved one needs help at 513-234-0805
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Almost daily some research lab announces the discovery of a link between a certain gene and a dreaded disease, but, the information has been of little use to the general public that mostly has not information on their genetic traits. Starting this month, however, senior citizens who want more insight to make health decisions can buy a kit from Pathway Genomics at Walgreens and mail it to the company for analysis. MORE
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Imagine being able to stay in your own home and receive the round-the-clock care you need. Tender Hearts is proud to offer a live-in care plus program for seniors who require caregiver assistance day and night.
Tender Hearts’ Live-in Care Plus program provides a team of two to three caregivers who live with the client for alternating extended shifts. Our professional caregivers live, eat, sleep, and care in the client’s home for several days and nights at a time while on shift. They are able to provide non-medical assistance seamlessly and unobtrusively.
The ideal candidate for this program is a senior with mild cognitive impairment who is able to do a lot for herself, sleeps through the night, and owns her own home – but who needs or desires 24/7 supervision.
Live-in Care Plus includes:
Tender Hearts caregivers understand that they are invited guests in the client’s home. They are committed to being patient, helpful, considerate, and attentive. All caregivers are trained, insured, and bonded.
Our competitive rates for Live-in Care Plus are $265/day per single client and $330/day per couple. For more information, call us at (513) 234-0805
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The vast majority of senior citizens are taking some type of medication necessary for their well being with 25 percent of them taking more than 3 pills a day. This medication is necessary for their health, yet many seniors do not take their medication as prescribed. This can be for a variety of different reasons, yet can have the same disastrous results.
One way that you can remind your loved one to take their medication is to have a caregiver from an elderly home care service … Like Tender Hearts at Home, Cincinnati.
It can be hard for a senior person to realize that they are reliant on medication when it comes to their health. They may resent the fact that they are getting older and may not take the medication on purpose. This is where the senior caregiver comes in. The caregiver can help remind the of their medications and make sure they stay on schedule. In addition, because they are trained and a professional, your parents will be inclined to take their advice. It can be very difficult for parents who once took care of their children to now be in the position where the children are telling them what to do and taking care of them.
Another factor when it comes to taking medication is that elderly patients can often get mixed up when it comes to their medication. A caregiver has a better understanding of how to keep track of prescription medicines and will make it their duty that your mom or dad takes the right doses when needed. Medication management systems are key to making this work.
Taking care of an elderly parent can be a difficult job for busy people today. Naturally, it can be difficult for children to juggle work, family activities and home care for their parents. Simply reminding your loved one to take their medication often does not work. Even children who seldom forget things can get mixed up when it comes to the prescriptions!
In order to make sure your friend or family member are taking the medications they need to maintain their quality of life, it makes sense to use someone from a home health care service to help them with this aspect of their lives. A caregiver can make sure that your parent not only takes the medication as prescribed, but also takes them on the prescribed basis. This can take some of the burden off of you and also make your mom or dad feel more in control of their lives and not feel so reliant on their children.
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Older adults with evidence of amyloid in the brain but no clinical symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease have structures in the brain that don’t communicate readily with each other, according to researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. MORE
