Tag: Family Caregiver
Support and resources for family members caring for a loved one
Families change home care agencies for many reasons. Shifts are missed. Caregivers change too often. Care needs grow beyond what the current agency can staff, or the family simply...
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When a parent or spouse starts hospice at home, many families are surprised by how much of the day still falls to them. The hospice team visits, answers the...
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When families call about home care, one question comes up again and again: “Who will actually be coming into the house?” A parent may be uneasy about a stranger...
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“Can your caregiver give Mom her pills?” is one of the most common questions families ask before home care starts. Some families want reminders for a parent who forgets....
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When memory loss begins affecting everyday life, families often face a difficult decision: how can a parent or spouse remain safe without leaving the home and community they know?...
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When a parent in Herndon starts leaving the stove on, gets turned around driving home from the Giant on Elden Street, or grows anxious as the afternoon light fades...
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For families in Leesburg, whether you’re near the shops on Market and King Street downtown, off Battlefield Parkway, out toward Exeter and Red Cedar, or along Route 15 near...
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If someone you love has been diagnosed with dementia, one of the first questions families face is whether they can continue living at home and what that support actually...
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If you’ve been researching care options for a parent or loved one, you’ve probably seen both terms used. Sometimes interchangeably. But home care and home health care are not...
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When a parent or loved one starts needing more support, families face one of the most difficult decisions they’ll ever make: should they stay at home with professional care,...
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