Home health Aide Resources

If you haven’t already encountered it, there’s a good chance you or someone you love will need long-term care at some point in your life.

There are a lot of decisions to make around long-term care, including whether to opt for home health care. Hiring a home health aide is popular for many families and caregivers.

Currently, there are an estimated 15 million home-care patients and more than 600 million patient visits annually in America.

Choosing between long-term health care options is a big commitment. But there’s a reason home health care services are […]

It can be pretty challenging to live with chronic illness, but this is a reality that many Americans face.

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• Social Opportunities
• Safety
• Decreased Hospital Time

It’s estimated that four out of five adults will struggle with chronic illness, including heart disease, arthritis, or osteoporosis. An estimated 50% of those people will have at least two chronic conditions. However, you mustn’t let chronic illness prevent you or a loved one from living a full, enjoyable life.

Home health care is often viewed as a negative sign […]

The average American life expectancy is 78 years, with a child born in 2015 having an average life expectancy of 78.8 years, according to the National Center for Health Statistics.

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• There Are Multiple Types of Home Care
• There Are Multiple Payment Options
• It May Need to Be Prescribed
• It’s Good For Caretakers
• It’s Not Just for the Elderly

You can expect to live a long time as an American, and home care may be more of a possibility as you get […]

Nursing homes have long been the default consideration for aging relatives who start to require a little extra help to manage their lives.

The new reality, though, is that people, more and more, are opting to remain within their own homes for as long as possible.

And, despite the steady progression of time, it is possible for older relatives to comfortably continue to inhabit their primary residences. The missing piece of the puzzle is, simply, home care – and there are a variety of means by which that needed care […]

Home care is not something most of us want to think about for our parents and multiple reasons.

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• Forgetfulness
• Hygiene Issues
• Strange Bruises

For one thing, considering home care for your parents meets upending the traditional parent-child dynamic. You’ll be taking responsibility for their needs, where for much of your life, it was vice versa. You may feel guilty about hiring someone to care for them. This isn’t necessarily fair to yourself, but it is a valid and understandable emotion to experience.

However, home […]

Choosing a great home health aide for your senior relative is key to safeguarding their health and welfare.

Working as a home care aide can be very rewarding, and allows a person a fair amount of flexibility in organizing their work/life balance. Those factors, combined with readily-available training, means that there are a lot of homecare workers out there. Having more options is always good, but finding the right aide for your loved one in such a large pool is not as simple as it may seem.

That’s why Special Touch […]