August | 2010 | Massachusetts Home Care Blog

NPR recognizes CaringCompanion.Net!

August 26, 2010

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NPR's series Aging at Home linked to CCC as 1 of only 4 additional resources. This national recognition confirms what many know: CCC is an innovator in home care.

Many of you probably heard National Public Radio’s popular series this week Aging At Home. We were enormously proud to learn that NPR selected Caring Companion Connections as one of only four resources they listed on their web page as Additional Resources for the first episode. Clearly, NPR has realized what many already know: Caring Companion Connections is a leader in providing wellness-focused home care and innovative, effective ways to help seniors age comfortably in the home of their choosing.

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Secrets to Successful Elder Care

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CCHC provides in-home, wellness-focused care with trained personnel and unique technology.

Thank You! Click below to read the white paper.

Caring Companion Home Care provides in-home care, and our unique approach has gained national recognition. We provide personal care, companionship, meals, medication reminders, local transportation, and related services.

National Public Radio’s popular series Growing Old At Home recently listed Caring Companion Home Care as an expert resource for people who want to age at home. Find out why – and how our in-home caregivers give you lower-stress ways to keep elders feeling productive, safe, and happy in their homes.

If you have home care, your agency should help you:

Focus on wellness – help your loved ones love life
Keep up to date with daily care reports via a private family web portal
Use appropriate technology – to improve safety and health
Identify ways to reduce costs – get maximum value from your care budget

This free white paper shows what has changed from 20th Century home care, how the home care industry can improve, and what every family should know when they look for a home care agency.

Thank You! Click below to read the white paper.

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Secrets to Successful Elder Care

Posted By Jim Reynolds | Comments (0)

CCHC provides in-home, wellness-focused care with trained personnel and unique technology.

Find out how home care has changed!

Caring Companion Home Care provides in-home care in Massachusetts, and our unique approach has gained national recognition. We provide personal care, companionship, meals, medication reminders, local transportation, and related services.

If you have home care, your agency should help you:

Focus on wellness – help your loved ones love life
Keep up to date with daily care reports via a private family web portal
Use appropriate technology – to improve safety and health
Identify ways to reduce costs – get maximum value from your care budget

This free white paper shows what has changed from 20th Century home care, how the home care industry can improve, and what every family should know when they look for a home care agency.

Alzheimers, Dementia & Art

August 17, 2010

Posted By Dr. Deborah Bier | Comments (2)

I’ve been absolutely fascinated for years by the highly positive findings around exposing dementia patients to art, both as an observer and as a participant. How amazing that exposure to great and moving art can significantly improve patients’ functioning!

ARTZ offers free, local museum tours designed for Alzheimers/dementia patients. This is the type of activity our caregivers can take clients to, as well as families can explore with their loved ones: http://www.artistsforalzheimers.org/tourschedule.html

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Talking With a Home Care Early Innovator

August 14, 2010

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I had lunch with my mother at her home earlier this week. She also invited Tillie Sweet, whom I know from Concord’s Medical Reserve Corps, but hadn’t seen for quite some time. Tillie is a registered nurse who’s had a varied and fascinating career, and it was a delight to see her again and to hear her stories.

It turns out that Tillie had been a part of early innovations in home care. She told us that around 1981, she answered an ad from BayPath Elder Services. They were looking for their very first RN to be part of a brand new, innovative program. Those crazy kids were going to try to keep seniors in their houses and out of nursing facilities by delivering personal care and homemaking services right where they lived! (more…)

Improve Elder Safety and Budgets with Fall-Detection Technology

August 9, 2010

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Fall detection devices can help maintain both safety and privacy

Fall detection devices can help provide both safety and privacy

“A home care agency just showed me how to reduce the cost of home care! Now, how amazing is that?!”

Families are so grateful (if not surprised!) when we help them develop a cost-efficient plan to keep aging parents safe and comfortable in their homes — even when it means fewer hours of in-home care by Caring Companion. Finding effective and safe ways to stretch the care budget is one of the keys to successfully managing elder care for your family. People tend to move from crisis to crisis, addressing each problem independently in a fire drill mode. Sometimes it helps to step back and think in an organized way about what’s needed. And that’s where we always start with each household.

For example, here are the top threats to health and safety of elders living alone: (more…)

Re-engaging in life’s passions

August 2, 2010

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Toot your horn!

This is what it’s all about! On the heels of our 100-mile Alzheimer’s Memory Ride fund-raiser, here is the story of a man whose efforts cast ours in a pale light. Carleton-Willard Village resident Bob Sawyer of Bedford, MA, is an active cyclist approaching 90 who might easily have given up when his health declined.

But he didn’t, and those around him didn’t, either. In a recent article in the Boston Globe, Sawyer’s physician describes his “recovery as a case in which the presence of friends, the efforts of medical professionals, and the patient’s inner drive conjoined to turn a dire situation around.”

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