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Sharing Family Caregiving Duties To Optimize Your Parent's Care
Orig Post carepathways.com | Re-Post Careprodx 3/16/2016
Congratulations on your family caregiver position whether it be a volunteer undertaking or maybe a less enthusiastic acceptance. Caring for an elderly parent is a challenging task even for a professional caregiver. With that in mind, focus your efforts on getting the whole family involved so that the bulk of caregiving does not fall entirely on your shoulders.
Some common obstacles you may run into are siblings / relati
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26th Jan 2024
Temporary Bathing Solutions Can Save Thousands of Dollars
The situation is all too familiar. Someone we love is home, mostly if not completely immobile, living on the main floor of the house without access to bathing facilities. Often times it is a temporary situation such as recovery from surgery or a stroke. Sometimes it's a temporary situation as we make our loved one's as comfortable as possible prior to their passing on. In practically all situations, we wish we could help them bathe.However, adding a handicap accessible ba
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26th Jan 2024
Tax Credits For Aging In Place Get A Step Closer
Source: nextavenue.org | Re-Post Careprodx 8/4/2016About a year ago, Next Avenue described a clever idea from Louis Tenenbaum, of HomesRenewed.org, to create federal tax credits that would help people age in place safely and independently by subsidizing the cost of retrofitting their homes. The idea just got a baby step closer.Recently, a (barely) bipartisan group of Congressional members introduced The Senior Accessible Housing Act (HR 5254, for the C-SPAN crowd), which would provide a tax
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26th Jan 2024
Stationary Shower Chair Uses
When it comes time for a caregiver to purchase a shower chair for someone in their care, the multitude of choices can be intimidating. Who thought that a shower chair purchase could be so confusing. Over the next few blogs, we will take time to break down the various shower chair types and the reasons for choosing one shower chair over another. Stationary Shower Chair: As the name implies, this describes the basic non-moving, set in place shower chair or shower bench. These types o
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26th Jan 2024
The Benefits of Gait Trainers
Gait Trainers are designed for individuals that do not have the functional gait (walking) skills or postural control to safely and independently use a standard walker. Gait Trainers are available in posterior (rear) or anterior (front) models. The benefits of Gait Trainers include:-Supports an upright body posture and natural gait pattern-Encourages early cognitive and learning development-Cardiopulmonary strengthening and conditioning-Reduction of flexion contractures-Increases spat
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26th Jan 2024