Now that you’re employing a Personal Assistant, here are some helpful tips on how to be a good boss. *Patiently show your personal assistant in detail how you like things to be done. *Give positive feedback when your personal assistant performs well! *When your...
From the time you were little, someone was there to hold your hand, give you a pep talk, and take care of you when you were sick. The person doing those things did them out of love. And that’s what being a caregiver means: unselfishly helping someone in his or her...
Caring For Someone With Alzheimer’s With an estimated one in nine people ages 65 and older developing Alzheimer’s, most of us will know a loved one affected by the disease. Because Alzheimer’s patients need an extensive amount of care and...
Talking to Your Parents About Home Care It can be difficult for seniors to ask for and accept help with basic tasks they used to have no trouble doing on their own. Many may not even realize they need help, whether out of denial, cognitive impairment, or the gradual...
Many — if not most — of us will need some type of in-home care at some point in our lives, whether due to injury, chronic illness, or advanced age. It can be hard to give up a piece of our personal independence to rely on someone else to meet our daily needs. Things...
Duties of a Home Care Aide The Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program (CDPAP) allows qualifying Medicaid recipients to hire a friend or family member as a personal care assistant. Personal care assistants help with the necessary daily tasks that allow a person...
People with chronic illnesses and disabilities, especially older adults, often need a caregiver to help them throughout the day. While this role has traditionally been played by one’s family members, the pressures of modern life have made it a difficult one to...
