Posts Tagged "aging in place"
They say when you own a home, the jobs are never done, right?
Improvement projects can be exciting. And sometimes they are just necessary, such as installing safety features. It’s crucial to ensure that you’re working with the right contractor when completing a task. This way you have confidence that your money is well spent, the job gets done right, and you won’t need to re-do it later. But how do we know who is a GOOD contractor?
Ask the Right Questions
Asking the right questions can help you understand the contractor’s experience, process, and approach to your p…
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Care partners of people living with dementia must often cope with their loved one asking the same question many times a day. Why does this happen? How can a care partner respond helpfully while keeping their sanity?
Case Study: “Where’s James?”
Twelve, Anita thought to herself. This was the twelfth time today that she would have to explain to Mom that her son, Anita’s little brother, died of a heart attack years ago at the age of 45. This question came so frequently that Anita had numbed herself. “James is gone, Mom.”
She watched her mother’s face as she …
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Home Health Rehab has become a valuable and essential mode of providing rehabilitation services to people of all ages and medical necessities. As defined by the American Physical Therapy Association, “Home health care is provision of skilled therapy services in the patient’s place of residence.
Home care may actually be provided in the patient’s residence, the caregiver’s home, a hospital emergency room, skilled nursing facility, residential facility, group home, hospice, or elsewhere in the community.” [1]
Types of Home Health Rehab
There are two different t…
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Older adults can make 2022 even better by following – and perhaps even falling in love with – some of the biggest wellness trends this year.
And one of the best things about wellness is you can focus on one, several or all areas of it.
Wellness covers a lot of ground – physical, social, intellectual, financial, spiritual, emotional and occupational. Some areas might be more important than others to you now, as the pandemic still lingers on. And other areas might be more important as the year – or years – goes by.
What’s important, is to focus on wellness trends tha…
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Older adults can find a variety of fun places to go and things to do this holiday season. And the possibilities must feel great after last year when the pandemic restricted us.
There’s an event or activity for almost everyone, no matter the traditions and holidays you celebrate. You can also find something enjoyable regardless of your activity level.
Things to see for the holidays
Here’s a variety of the many things to see throughout the greater Philadelphia area during the holidays.
Macy’s Christmas Light Show. Full disclosure: I started with this because it’s …
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