Hidden Spy Camera-Preventing Nursing Home Elder Abuse
For millions of Americans the issue of aging parents and where and how to house them has become huge. And the bad news is it is only going to get worse. With more baby boomers getting to retirement age, a big demand is being placed on nursing home and assisted care facilities and especially their […]
Developments in Care; The Single Assessment Process
The single assessment process (or SAP) aims to provide person-centred care to service users and their carers in order to ensure that the elderly are treated as individuals rather than simply patients. Due to the number of separate agencies often communication between the organisations isn’t clear which leads to people being assessed more frequently than […]
Bathe In Comfort And Safety With A Walk In Bath
There are many things that people really do not look forward to when they get old - the main one being lack of mobility. Not being able to get about without some sort of aid is one thing but not being able to clean yourself is another: totally demoralising.
But that doesn’t have to be the […]
Death By Health Care Rationing
Some European nations place a financial value on a single year of life. If an individual’s health care exceeds this amount, health care treatment is denied. Do we, as Americans, really want the government deciding whether we live or die? It is time to take matters into our own hands by learning […]
Avoid Problems With In Home Caregivers
With aging comes the strong likelihood that we will need a caregiver; someone to help with daily tasks and personal hygiene. Often it is not practical for family members and friends to provide all the assistance that a loved one needs. Finding a caregiver usually falls on females in the family as they are the […]