Home Care Seniors, Elderly Care, Companionship – Sonoma County, CA
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by Julie Ann Anderson on November 16, 2011
ScienceDaily (Jan. 10, 2011) — A large proportion of Medicare expenditures for nursing home residents with advanced dementia, a terminal illness, is spent on aggressive treatments that may be avoidable and of limited clinical benefit, according to a new study by the Institute for Aging Research, an affiliate of Harvard Medical School, published in the [...]
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by Julie Ann Anderson on September 12, 2011
The Loneliness Factor Loneliness – it’s one of the most serious obstacles to good nutrition that your senior loved one could face. In the United States, approximately 40 percent of the population age 75 and older – 6.7 million people – lives alone, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. These seniors face significant socialization challenges, [...]
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by Julie Ann Anderson on August 29, 2011
10 Senior Mealtime Challenges Research conducted for the Home Instead Senior Care® network reveals 10 mealtime challenges for older adults. The following percentages refer to the number of seniors who believe these are challenges for older people who live alone. After each are tips for how to make the most of mealtimes for older adults [...]
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by Julie Ann Anderson on June 1, 2011
While family caregivers and senior care professionals might recognize that an older adult needs help, seniors often don’t want it, potentially putting their health and safety at risk. Family caregivers may lack the communication skills needed to talk with their aging loved ones about this sensitive subject and the practical knowledge of the options and [...]
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by Julie Ann Anderson on December 2, 2010
We are continuing our series of local senior living and healthcare facilities available in Sonoma County. This week, we feature Summerfield Healthcare Center. If your elderly loved one has a stay at Summerfield, they’ll be comforted knowing that there is 24-hour support and a number of social activities. The 58-bed facility has a family-like support [...]
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by Julie Ann Anderson on September 22, 2010
Here at Home Instead Senior Care of Sonoma County, we want to help our readers better understand all the senior living and senior care options available in the area. So we’ve been highlighting a few of the assisted living centers and nursing homes nearby and this week we’re featuring the Golden LivingCenters, which are conveniently located in both [...]
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by Julie Ann Anderson on September 13, 2010
Every so often, we feature one of the local assisted living or skilled nursing facilities in the Sonoma County area on our blog. This time, we’re profiling Apple Valley Care and Post-Acute Rehabilitation. Apple Valley Rehabilitation strives to make its residents feel like they’re living in the coziness of a hotel during what is, hopefully, [...]
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by Julie Ann Anderson on February 24, 2010
For a reasonably healthy senior, a nursing home still is probably not the right choice. But for the senior who truly needs skilled medical care and intense supervision, a nursing home may be exactly the best place to live. If your elderly parent or loved one – perhaps a mom, dad or aunt — is in the [...]
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