By Andrea Bloom, MSW, Director of Patient Care and Transitions at Concierge Care Advisors When Caring for a Loved One Means Letting Go: A New Perspective on Senior Care The Emotional Dilemma of Caregiving: Love vs. Practical Care As someone who works closely with families navigating senior care, I often tell primary caregivers, spouses, and […]
Checklist When Moving a Loved One to Senior Living
By Sylvana Rinehart, Certified Concierge Care Advisor When working with families who request our help in finding the right home for their loved ones, I attentively ask each family member about his or her desires for their loved one moving forward. We go over the senior’s and family’s personal wants, needs and vision of an […]
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The Invaluable Bond between Humans and Animals
By Kelsey Jochum, BSW, Certified Concierge Care Advisor Anyone who has ever loved a pet understands the value they add to our lives. But what you may be unaware of is just how many health benefits a person can experience through interaction with animals. Whether it be pet ownership or periodic interaction with animals, there […]
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Top 4 Things to Keep In Mind When Considering Senior Housing Communities
By Alessandra Ramirez, MSW, Certified Concierge Care Advisors Are you over the age of 60, or a loved one that is caring for an aging senior? Have you been considering a move to a senior housing community like assisted living or an adult family home (AFH)? If so, there are four things to keep in […]
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Things to Consider About Moving a Senior During The COVID-19 Pandemic
By Shelby Thompson, Certified Concierge Care Advisor Moving a parent or a loved one to an assisted living, memory care community, or an adult family home is a very emotional and stressful process, made even more so by the pandemic. Following is some information to keep in mind during this transition. Many communities instituted a […]
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Mental Health in Seniors
By Shelby Thompson, Certified Concierge Care Advisor The issue: As older adults age, it is more likely they will experience multiple conditions at once; mental health problems being one of them. Approximately 16% of adults 60 and over suffer from a mental disorder. Mental well-being is just as important in the elderly as it is […]
Meeting the Care Needs of Those Diagnosed with Parkinson’s, ALS and MS
By Lori Stevens, Certified Concierge Care Advisor This past year, I have found myself working with several families in which their loved one has been diagnosed with a progressive illness affecting their nervous system. Many of these cases bring significant challenges in finding the right care facility that can provide the specific care needed for […]
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What’s YOUR Story?
By Lori Stevens, Certified Concierge Care Advisor It was in my mid-twenties when I realized just how important preserving your story is to your loved ones. My grandmother passed away suddenly, and I realized what was not already committed to my or my family’s memory was lost. A few years prior I had purchased a […]
Do You Have Post-Vaccination Stress?
By Julie Hvitfeldtsen, Certified Concierge Care Advisor About half of Americans say they feel uneasy about adjusting to in-person interaction once the pandemic ends, even after receiving the vaccinations. I was shopping at Safeway this week when I noticed a sign on their entry door, saying that masks are no longer required, if the shopper […]
Food and Medication Interactions
By Lori Stevens, Certified Concierge Care Advisor Many of us assume that our physicians and pharmacists are keeping track of what medications we take to ensure there are no interactions between medicines and making sure we are not given something we are allergic to. But what about what they don’t know we are doing? Do […]