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Therefore, it is important to know what steps to take before and when additional care is necessary, to avoid a crisis.

Where can you find care at home or at an assisted living facility?

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Here are 10 tips for choosing an in-home caregiver:

1. Assess Home-Care Needs: Evaluate the help that is needed in the areas of health care, personal care and household care. 2. Write a Job Description: Write out a job description based on the help that is needed. 3. Develop a Contract: The job contract is based on the job description and should include: Wages, Hours of Work, Employee’s Social Security number (because you must report wages paid to the caregiver to the Internal Revenue Service), and job description. 4. Where to Find a Caregiver: Identify the pool from which you can find a caregiver. You may have neighbors or…

A basic package includes about a dozen motion sensors placed strategically around a house. They can provide adult children with a stunningly detailed rundown of a parent’s day.

a growing number of startups that use monitoring technology to revolutionize elder care. These companies are also betting on a big market as the baby boomers enter old age.

What’s In A Wired Home?

In addition to camera monitoring, companies offer other kinds of services to help keep track of an elderly person’s daily activities.

As Americans live longer than ever, some will find it difficult to stay in their beloved homes: Steep stairs or a slippery shower can pose dangers, and standard houses are not wheelchair accessible.

It’s a common problem — and an expensive one. Making a home accessible can cost tens of thousands of dollars.

A “Village” in the world of the aging is an organized network of volunteers dedicated to doing what is needed for seniors to stay in their homes.

For an annual fee, these communities help seniors manage household tasks they can no longer handle and arrange transportation when they can no longer drive.

Posts Tagged ‘home care’

Whether you are caregiver, spouse, child, friend, Senior Life Care Planning’s comprehensive services will help you, and help your loved one.

Aging parents can pose a problem for their baby boomer children.

Senior Life Care Planning offers you independent advice about home care versus assisted living facilities.