Geriatric Care Plan

As a caregiver, you may wonder if it’s time to add a geriatrician to an aging loved one’s care team. Any senior can benefit from a geriatric physician, but this decision depends on an elder’s unique healthcare needs.

Interested in taking care of elderly parents at home and getting paid? There are many resources that pay family caregivers for their services.

One of the biggest challenges for long-distance caregivers is helping aging parents plan for their future health care preferences. Making advance care plans is a key step for your parent to take to be sure that their health care preferences are known.

A veteran caregiver with more than a decade of experience offers tips for time management and shares his robust system for organizing daily tasks and reducing caregiver stress.

It is crucial for seniors and their family members to fully utilize all resources available to them. Social workers are an excellent source of support and guidance for those dealing with medical issues, caregiving and the end of life.

Experienced caregivers share the most efficient and innovative aspects of the care plans they have created for their loved ones. Use these examples to see if you could incorporate some of their tips into your own caregiving routine.

Busy adult caregivers may unintentionally place caregiving responsibilities on the shoulders of children who are unprepared to handle them.

A daily routine and dementia care go hand in hand, benefiting patients and caregivers alike. The repetition involved in adhering to lifelong routines can help keep seniors oriented, preventing distraction, anxiety and frustration.

Once you’ve selected a reputable home care company, the next step is to actually begin services. Preparing for a home health aide’s first shift will help you feel more comfortable and know what to expect.

It is not unusual for each elderly parent to have different caregiving needs at different times, and coordinating individual care plans will help with care.

It can be a real shock when a care facility notifies a family that it is evicting their aging loved one. Learn about the nursing home discharge and appeals process to prevent an unfair or unsafe discharge.

One of the most frustrating aspects of dementia is its unpredictability. You never know when it will manifest, how quickly it will progress or how it may change you or your loved one. My only advice is to embrace the unexpected.

Have you ever considered what would happen to your loved one if you couldn’t care for them? When another person depends on you for so much, it’s crucial to plan for the worst and hope for the best.

Home health aides can help seniors extend their independence both inside and outside the home. Learn how professional caregivers enrich clients’ daily routines by accompanying them to doctor appointments, religious services, social events and more.

The 2015 Cost of Care study reveals where to find the cheapest long term care in America, as well as where in the country long term care is the costliest.

It helps to look at aging as a potential fire; the chance of a major disaster is low, but you can still evaluate the potential risk areas and plan for unexpected crises with aging emergency 'fire drills.'

For family caregivers, spring is the perfect time to not only clean and organize their homes but also refresh their care plans. Use this pro/con method to evaluate and improve your caregiving routine.

For people with dementia, home care offers customizable one-on-one care and specialized services in the comfort of one’s own home.

Take an active role in determining whether in-home care is meeting your loved one’s needs and your own expectations. Consider these 8 questions to evaluate if a senior is receiving quality care.

One of the most exhausting parts of being a caregiver, from my point of view, is that there's always the threat of an emergency that we are responsible to handle. We are literally on call 24 hours a day, seven days a week.