We often hear of cases where an elderly person starts to needs a little extra help with Activities of Daily Living and a well intentioned family member, friend, or even someone from the church offers to ‘help’ take care of them. Unfortunately, these good intentions usually fail to consider the following: personal liability worker related […]
Category Archives: Clients
When we meet with seniors in their homes, one of the questions we ask about is what they eat. Unfortunately, we find that many elderly people simply don’t have the resources, energy or desire to cook healthy meals. They live on snacks, unhealthy frozen dinners and fast food. Some just skip meals altogether. In fact, […]
Caregiver selection is the most important thing we do at Capability Homecare. If you think about it, in some regards our caregivers are our ‘product’ and we work hard to have the best possible ‘product’ on the market. To do this we go through a very extensive hiring process- of which I thought I would […]
This is the time of year when things start to get pretty busy around Capability Homecare. We find that after the holidays people tend to realize that their parents need help. Some people opt to move their folks into an Assisted Living or a Memory Care facility, but most people prefer to stay in their […]
I was walking my dog a few months ago when I saw a sign in an office window that read ‘pain is not a lifestyle’. For some reason that sign really resonated with me- even though at the time I was not suffering from any pain. Little did I know that two months later I […]
Every time I talk to someone about using hospice, most people say “I only wish we would have started it sooner.” My own grandfather is a perfect example of this. We knew his life was near the end- but we didn’t want to admit it. Starting hospice felt like an admission that his death was […]
I’ve written about being aware of scams that people try to pull on seniors before- but today I need to share another one- that hit a little to close to home. Recently, our recruiting manager’s in laws were the target of a scam. Unfortunately, they fell for it and ended up losing a significant amount […]
Last month we celebrated World Alzheimer’s Day- and so I wanted to take a minute to share with you all about this disease and how it affected my family. Many of you know that my grandmother suffered from Alzheimer’s- it was a sad disease that took over her body and changed her into a stranger. […]
Many people are under the assumption that if you have High Blood Pressure you will show symptoms that will alert you to the disease. Unfortunately, this is not the case. Most people who suffer from Hypertension show no signs or symptoms at all- and it is only when there is an emergency that it becomes known. The […]
Have you ever heard of a virus that has side effects so painful that it can cause severe depression and sometimes even lead to suicide? Did you know there is something you can do to prevent it? Just by getting a single shingles vaccination, people can be protected from shingles and in turn be protected […]
