In-home care is necessary for those who care for the elderly, those who are physically, emotionally or mentally impaired and for those who are injured. These individuals are cared for by family members and others such as neighbors or friends and are primary caregivers. The primary caregivers have a huge...

When your loved one came home from the hospital, you became a brand new kinship caregiver and while in the beginning you were as proud as can be at having been entrusted by the individual, your family, and the physicians with the care, the novelty of the situation may have begun to wear of. In the beginning...

Respite care is short-term, temporary care given to someone in need when the primary caregiver is in need of a break. The respite care is given in-home or outside of the home. Respite care’s purpose is to give the primary caregiver a break from their care giving responsibilities. The respite care...

Hospice care is defined generally as in home care to a terminally ill patient whose disease has progressed to such an extent that it is likely to have her or him succumb to its ravages within six months or less. The goal of hospice care is to permit the patient to die in the comforts of home, surrounded...

Contracting with a respite care agency is a somewhat time consuming process, but by doing the homework ahead of time, you are certain not to have regrets and worries later on. Additionally, knowing exactly what kind of care is provided during a normal respite care visit and what kind of care is not included...

Elder abuse is a term that refers to the intentional and systematic abuse of a senior citizen. Sadly, this mistreatment is usually meted out for a family member of the elderly person. Most commonly, it is the same individual who is primarily charged with providing care for that person. Although always...

When you consider that one in ten Americans is going to be called on to somehow render help, care, and loving support to a family member diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease at some point in their lives, it is a sobering fact that you are quite possibly going to be one of them. Since this disease...

A patient who may not have an illness exclusively confined to the body quite frequently requires comprehensive in home kinship care. The devoted family member must be willing to not only handle the physical aspects of everyday care, but she or he must also be conscientious about giving the patient medication,...

Mothers who have recently given birth often need respite care in the first few days or weeks after the birth, especially if the birth was a difficult one, if there were medical problems with the birth or if the mom or baby had medical issues upon discharge. Respite care for postpartum moms allows the...

When a child who is disabled is in need of care at home, it is usually a parent who becomes the 24/7 caregivers. This is an extremely emotional and physically fatiguing undertaking. The effort to meet the needs of a disabled child can be stressful and can cause harm to other family relationships if it...

As much as you dread the diagnosis of cancer your loved one just received, the odds are good that in order to be a caregiver for the long haul, you need help. Even now, before your loved one has undergone her first treatment, you are stressed out and you are vacillating between despair at seeing someone...

The tension that develops between a caregiver and a patient is sometimes acerbated by secondary clinical issues, such as clinical depression. Any form of mental illness that is coupled with a physical ailment may make kinship care giving an obstacle course and those currently attempting to help the patient...

Alzheimer’s disease is an illness that has been known to cause fear and loathing in the hearts of family members and patients alike. There is little way of preventing it and even less way of figuring out if one person will be affected with this ailment in the future or not. Perhaps worst of all...

Elder care is a term that is becoming more of a glamorized news term. Amidst a population that is living longer and subsequently will become subject to a host of illnesses and treatment needs that may have been unheard of a few short decades ago, the sudden emergence of a condition known as elder depression...

Do you have what it takes to work as a respite worker? Respite worker skills developments take on a cornucopia of different methods and while some agencies require you to have an advanced degree in a related field; others do not make this a prerequisite for employment. Generally speaking, the skills...