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Orlando Home Care | When A Loved One Needs In-Home Help in Orlando FL

When A Loved One Needs In-Home Help By Kristen Gerencher, MarketWatch SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — The signs can hit you quickly or sneak up on you gradually. But what do you do if Mom or Dad isn’t safe living alone anymore? “The worst thing you can do is ignore it,” said Bob Mecca, principal of […]

RN managed professional home care | Partners in Healthcare

Living each day watching your loved ones struggle with life can be the biggest challenge you face. Life never seems to get better unless you can find the best home health agencies close to your home, that offer RN managed professional home care. Living each day watching your loved ones struggle with life can be the […]

Orlando Home Care | Caregivers Orlando, FL: Facing Reality

Facing Reality: Caregiving Has Changed Your Life By Carol Bradley Bursack One question that is often asked on the AgingCare.com forum is, “How do I deal with the reality of leaving behind the life I had in order to become the primary caregiver to my parents?” The words used vary by the questioner, but the […]

Orlando Home Care | Seasonal Affective Disorder in the Elderly

Millions of people around the world suffer from Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD). The Mayo Clinic describes the condition as a type of depression that occurs at the same time every year, usually during fall and winter, and which makes people feel moody and lethargic.  SAD easily affects elderly people, as they are often housebound through […]

Orlando Home Care | Why Patients Aren’t Getting the Shingles Vaccine in Altamonte Springs, FL

Shingles and its painful complication, called postherpetic neuralgia, result from reactivation of the chicken pox virus, which remains in the body after a childhood bout and is usually dormant in the adult. Up to a third of all adults who have had chicken pox will eventually develop one or both of these conditions, becoming debilitated […]

Orlando Home Care | What to Ask Your Parent's Doctor about Alzheimer's

When a parent is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, it is natural to find yourself at a loss for words. It’s also natural to then have many, many questions. Your parent’s physician can help answer these questions. The following are some important questions to ask: Why do you think it’s Alzheimer’s disease and not something else? […]

Orlando Home Care | Should Mom Be Living Alone in Altamonte Springs, Florida?

Should Mom Be Living Alone? by Jacqueline Marcell  Recently I received a call from Michelle, an exasperated adult daughter asking if there was any legal way to get her elderly father to stop yelling, screaming and berating her, and to accept a caregiver so she could move out of his house. She had moved in […]

Home Health Care Orlando | End of Life Care

End of life care is a sensitive and important aspect of home care for both the client and his or her family. Our staff is available 24 hours a day to provide emotional, spiritual, and physical support to your loved one and the family. We are fully engaged and work closely with the family and […]

Orlando Home Care | U.S. Court of Appeals Upheld DOL Rule

The Department of Labor issued the Home Care Final Rule to extend minimum wage and overtime protections to almost 2 million home care workers. The rule was challenged in federal court, but on August 21, 2015, a U. S. Court of Appeals issued a unanimous opinion affirming the validity of the Final Rule.This opinion upholding the […]

Orlando Home Care | Partners in Healthcare of Altamonte Springs, Florida Participates in the Alzheimer's Association Memory Walk

The Alzheimer’s Association Memory Walk® is the nation’s largest event to raise awareness and funds for Alzheimer care, support and research – and it calls on volunteers of all ages to become champions in the fight against this fatal disease.  Since 1989, Memory Walk has raised more than $260 million for the cause. Partners in […]