Archive for October, 2009

Background Checks For Caregivers – Check For Quality and Follow State Laws

Background Checks come in many different flavors, which leads to confusion for both the person agreeing to a Background Check and those conducting them.  As the owner of a Senior Home Care Agency, with hundreds of senior caregivers hired, I Read the rest of this entry

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Elderly Home Care and Caregiver Stress

Influenza (flu) is a contagious respiratory illness that is caused by flu viruses. The symptoms usually come on suddenly and can include fever, headache, fatigue, dry cough, sore throat, runny or stuffy nose, muscle aches, nausea, vomiting or diarrhea. Read the rest of this entry

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Latest smart care giver news – “In sickness and in health”

If you’ve been keeping up with my blog posts lately you’ll know I’ve come to adding a few news posts from around the web on this subject. I’ve got a couple more today that are new and updated, so let me know what you think of em…

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Nanny Babysitter – Find A Nanny, Babysitter, Senior Caregiver And Pet Sitter All In One Website

There are households that have family members aside from kids who will need to be looked after. They may also need someone to look after an elderly Read the rest of this entry

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Print Story: Studies: Some nursing home elderly get futile care – Yahoo! News

Print Story: Studies: Some nursing home elderly get futile care – Yahoo! News

LOS ANGELES – A surprising number of frail, elderly Americans in nursing homes are suffering from futile care at the end of their lives, two new federally funded studies Read the rest of this entry

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Dickies and Cherokee Medical Scrubs For the Professional Elderly Caregiver

Thanks to the efforts of professional and volunteer caregivers, many elderly people are able to maintain a high quality of life in their homes, in spite of their medical conditions. Others are helped to return to their homes and normal lives after Read the rest of this entry

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Live-in caregivers subject to abuse: critics – Yahoo! Canada News

Live-in caregivers subject to abuse: critics – Yahoo! Canada News

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TORONTO (CBC) – Some advocates within Canada’s Filipino Read the rest of this entry

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What is the socialization process of caregivers?

What is the socialization process of caregivers?

Your question is vague. Do the caregivers need socialization or are you asking about socializing the ones the care givers care for? There is no “process” that I know of for socialization, you just get Read the rest of this entry

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5 Tips For Alzheimer’s Care-Givers
 by: Carla James

Taking care of a loved one with Alzheimer’s is a hard job. The person is changing into someone else. They no longer have control over things they think and it can be scary for everyone. Read the rest of this entry

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Caring For Aged Parents? Beware Caregiver’s Stress

Caring For Aged Parents? Beware Caregiver’s Stress

Copyright 2006 Dr. Eileen Silva

Do you, like many other Baby Boomers, now find yourself caring for aging parents or other older relatives or friends who have health problems, disabilities, Read the rest of this entry

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