20Apr 2019
05Apr 2019
Neighborly Home Care Offers Tips For Filing Seniors’ Taxes
Tax season is here again – will you be helping to prepare taxes for an elderly loved one in your life? Senior home caregivers in Philadelphia often find themselves in the position of assisting with taxes, which can be a particularly stressful situation. Keeping track of one’s own taxes is difficult enough, but what about someone else’s taxes?
20Mar 2019
Common Caregiver Problems: A Series with Solutions – Part 4 – Your Health
If you are providing care for an older person or an adult with a disability, you are far from alone. The AARP estimates that over 40 million Americans are acting in the role of caregiver for someone, usually a close friend or family member. Unfortunately, most of these caregivers are doing this without proper training or support, and that can cause big health problems.
03Mar 2019
Common Caregiver Problems: A Series with Solutions – Part 3 – Ambiguous Loss and Anticipatory Grief
As any of the caregiver agencies in Philadelphia can tell you, any form of caregiving involves unique challenges. In part one and part two of this series, we covered the work stresses and overall emotional stress that many caregivers often deal with. However, perhaps the toughest emotional challenge comes from caring for a loved one with dementia. Every day, they can slip further away. On one hand, the “spirit” of the person you know is vanishing, but on the other, they remain alive and physically present.
20Feb 2019
The 2019 Medicare Advantage Open Enrollment Period Is Here – What You Need to Know
Once again, Medicare Advantage is open for enrollment or for current participants to change their Medicare plans. This year is notable for people who are providing or receiving home care in Philadelphia because one major change is that Medicare Advantage insurers can now reimburse for in-home services.
07Feb 2019
Philadelphia Home Care Provider Neighborly Home Care Encourages People To Promote Health for American Heart Month
Feb 5, 2019 – Ardmore, PA – February is American Heart Month, the month to recognize the impact that our lifestyles have on our cardiac health. American Heart Month is particularly important to Neighborly Home Care, and anyone else providing home care for senior citizens.
25Jan 2019
Common Caregiver Problems: A Series with Solutions – Part 2 – You vs. Your Emotions
Any caregiver agency in Philadelphia will tell you that being a caregiver takes an emotional toll, especially when the care responsibility falls upon one person full time. A caregiver will have to face and overcome emotional challenges, if they are to continue providing effective care.
05Sep 2018
How Assistive Technology Can Improve Senior Care in Philadelphia, PA
When providing senior care in Philadelphia, PA, assistive technology can improve outcomes and senior well-being. What is Assistive Technology? When talking about services for seniors, assistive technology (also called “assistive devices”) is any product or service that helps a senior overcome physical or mental difficulties in day to day life. Assistive technology (AT) can range from something as simple as a walking cane to highly complex computer-based lifestyle solutions.
20Aug 2018
Caregiver Agency in Philadelphia Discusses Common Caregiver Problems
When talking about senior healthcare services in Philadelphia, focusing on the problems seniors may face as they age is fairly common. Caregiving is about making life comfortable for elderly loved ones while helping them maintain as much independence as possible. However, having this focus tends to make us overlook the very real challenges faced by caregivers themselves easy.
07Aug 2018