Why You Should Consider a Career in Senior Home Care
If you're looking for a career that is both challenging and rewarding, senior home care might be perfect for you! Learn more about what to expect from this type of work.
A Caregiver’s Guide to Assisting a Senior Manage Their Finances
Failing to discuss financial matters with Mom or Dad could put you at a disadvantage should you ever have to manage their money or take over those decisions entirely. What follows are several tips for having “the money talk” with that special senior in your life.
Best Practices When Interviewing to Become a Caregiver
If you are interested in becoming a professional caregiver or already are one, using these interviewing tips will help ensure that your job search is a more rewarding one.
How to Find Your Calling as a Professional Caregiver
If you are “wired” to help, serve, support, nurture, and connect with others, working as a caregiver could be your calling – a profession that could be far more satisfying than any job you’ve ever had before!
Flexible Scheduling – The Benefits of Professional Caregiving
Is your rigid job schedule keeping you from having a healthy work-life balance? There are many benefits to being a professional caregiver – starting with the job’s flexible scheduling aspect.
8 Reasons You Should Make a Career Change to Home Care
If you are passionate about serving others and making a difference while unleashing your full potential, a career in home care might be the golden ticket you so desperately need.
How to Honor Your Caregiver During Home Care & Hospice Month
If there’s a special caregiver in your life, November is National Home Care & Hospice Month – making it the perfect time to show them how much you value and appreciate their sacrifice.
Why Many Veterans Are Becoming Home Care Heroes
It takes a special kind of person to serve in the military; someone who’s willing to put the needs of others before their own. In that regard – and in other ways – professional in-home caregivers and veterans share many of the same traits.
What Activities of Daily Living (ADLs) Do Caregivers Help With?
7% of all Americans aged 65+ require at least some assistance to perform activities that they previously could do on their own. As a result, millions of independent seniors each year rely on informal caregivers or professional caregivers to assist them with what are commonly referred to as “activities of daily living,” or simply “ADLs.”
Ways to Keep Your Aging Parents in Their Home
Home is where the heart is, hence, many seniors prefer to age at home. However, they may need some help, so here are some crucial steps to take to ensure the safety of aging parents.