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Donate to PRO!July 2, 2016
CALIFORNIA END OF LIFE OPTION ACT
The CALIFORNIA END OF LIFE OPTION ACT was signed into law on October 5, 2015 and just went into effect on June 9, 2016....
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March 31, 2016
WHAT TO LOOK FOR AND QUESTIONS TO ASK BEFORE HIRING A HOME CARE AGENCY
While finding a caregiver on your own may initially appear to be less expensive, the cost difference becomes negligible when time, taxes, insurance and...
December 31, 2015
COPING WITH CAREGIVING
It can be a labor of love, and sometimes a job of necessity. A total of about 43 million U.S. adults provide unpaid care...
November 29, 2015
SWALLOWING DIFFICULTIES – A SERIOUS PROBLEM
SYMPTOMS, THERAPIES & TIPS Especially during the holidays, swallowing issues need to be kept in check. Drinking plenty of fluids is critical, however, drinking the...
November 29, 2015
IMPORTANT DECISION AFFECTING OVERTIME PAY TO HOME CARE WORKERS
Effective October 13, 2015, home care workers (home health aides, personal care aides and certified nursing assistants) will be subject to the Fair Labor...
November 1, 2015
FAMILY HOSPICE CARE RAISES AWARENESS DURING NATIONAL HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE MONTH
November is National Hospice and Palliative Care Month and Family Hospice Care will be recognizing its Colleagues and Volunteers all month for the extraordinary...
November 1, 2015
THE RIGHT TIME TO ASK FOR THE KEYS - HOW TO DECIDE
Washington, DC — Older driver and drivers with some chronic illnesses (hereinafter referred to as “Senior Driver” even though they may not be senior)...
September 30, 2015
CAREGIVER STRESS – TAKING CARE OF THE CAREGIVER
The definition of a caregiver is one that provides help to another person in need. In the Parkinson’s world, this is typically an adult...
September 1, 2015
DEBUNKING HOSPICE MYTHS
In the past 40 years, attitudes towards death and dying in America and much of the rest of the world have slowly changed. The...
April 29, 2015
SAVE A LIFE
It is time to view the medical world differently. The following information is a “sign of the times” in health and medicine. Ask yourself,...
April 1, 2015
KNOWING WHEN YOUR LOVED ONE IS NO LONGER SAFE AT HOME
It wasn’t too long ago I finally took time out of my busy schedule to take a trip to my mom’s house. Phone calls...
January 31, 2015
QUALITY OF LIFE-PALLIATIVE AND HOSPICE CARE
Palliative care is meant to make the patient more comfortable. To palliate is to make a disease or its symptoms less severe or unpleasant...
September 30, 2014
WHAT IS SUNDOWNING, WHAT CAUSES IT AND HOW DOES IT IMPACT THE CAREGIVER?
Sundowning is basically a group of symptoms that may come with or without a disease. By itself, it is not a disease; however, it...
August 31, 2014
POLLS SHOW HIGHER STRESS IN CARING FOR SPOUSE
So you’ve promised “in sickness and in health," but whose health? One new poll shows that being the caregiver to an ill spouse carries...
July 31, 2014
MUSIC THERAPY, PALLIATIVE CARE, AND MYTHS ABOUT GRIEF & MOURNING
Because music is non-threatening, enjoyable and enhances brain function, people of diverse ages, backgrounds and abilities can gain therapeutic benefits through music therapy. Music...
