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Aging Experts Speaker Panel

by Family Private Care | Jul 21, 2011 | Community Events

Family Private Care is pleased to be a sponsor of Free Help for Family Caregivers!!! This free event is open to the public and features a variety of experts on aging. The speakers will address: Retirement Income: Where will it come from? They will also teach How to...

Importance of Private Duty Home Care

by Family Private Care | Jun 20, 2011 | Caregiving, Home Health Care

As the words imply, private home care is assistance given to people who have trouble taking care of themselves and such service is provided in the comfort of the clients’ homes. Care is given by trained or skilled professionals to ensure that all provisions of health...

A Bit About Falls

by Family Private Care | May 19, 2011 | Healthy Living

A couple months ago we had done some research on the impact that falls have on seniors. We posted some articles on falls, hoping that seniors and the family caregivers and professional caregivers who serve them would be helped by this information. You may have noticed...

Home Care 101

by Family Private Care | Mar 23, 2011 | Home Health Care

When you want your elderly loved one to stay at home instead of an institution or facility and there’s no one in the household who can actually assist or provide care, then you must consider hiring a personal “carer” (Sitter, Companion, Aide or Nurse) who can stay at...

Fall Protection for Senior Adults

by Family Private Care | Mar 17, 2011 | Caregiving, Healthy Living

Our last entry discussed the role that private duty in-home care has on fall protection, and helping aging adults remain independent and in their own residence. This topic seemed to strike a cord among the Elder Home Care community because most geriatric professionals...

Fall Assistance Helps Seniors Remain At Home

by Family Private Care | Mar 7, 2011 | Healthy Living, Home Health Care

As professionals in the Senior Home Care/home care field and working with many elderly adults, we have seen first-hand the risk that falls pose to elderly men and women. Frequently, seniors are admitted to Home Care as a result of a recent fall. Other times, the fall...

Home Care – Helping Seniors Stay Independent

by Family Private Care | Mar 1, 2011 | Caregiving, Home Health Care

Home care, or Senior Home Care, is the opportunity to have a screened, professional caregiver come to a senior citizen’s place of residence (whether home, senior living community or hospital) to assist with various Personal Home Care needs, companionship, meal,...

Home Care – The Best-Kept Secret!

by Family Private Care | Jan 19, 2011 | Home Health Care

We are continually amazed at the excitement of others when they finally learn about home care that is available to care for a loved one. Having been in the Elder Home Care field for nearly 15 years, we take for granted the fact that seniors have many, many options...

Home for the Holidays

by Family Private Care | Nov 17, 2010 | Caregiving, Healthy Living, Home Health Care

The holiday season is a time that can be especially stressful for families with an elderly loved one who is dependent on a caregiver. Case in point: Mom lives at a nursing home or assisted living facility and she loves it there. But, she wants to come home for the day...