Elder Care Services in Philadelphia – When Should Elderly Drivers Stop Driving?

When you are providing elder care services to a loved one in Philadelphia you know that you have to be on the lookout for warning signs that they are losing the ability to keep themselves safe.  Unfortunately, some of the biggest warning signs of all may happen when you are absent:  when your elderly loved one is behind the wheel of a car.

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Isolation Series, Part 3: Combating Isolation in Seniors When Providing Elderly Home Care

Are you concerned that a senior you know may be suffering from isolation?  As our elderly home care  professionals have discussed in previous articles in this series, a senior may easily become socially isolated – and without other people realizing.  

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Delaware County Home Care Provider Neighborly Home Care Warns Families to Be Cautious About Senior Transportation Options

 July 31, 2017 – Ardmore, PA – “Crowdsourced”  ride-hailing applications such as Uber and Lyft are becoming increasingly popular.  However, Neighborly Home Care – a Delaware County home care provider – wants families with dependent elderly loved ones to be aware that better options are available for senior transportation.

Whether senior loved ones are local or long distance, they may sometimes need transportation that you are unable to provide and you want to know that they are safe. Home care providers are about more than just in-home care.  They also provide a range of transportation services which enables seniors to maintain independence as well as safety.

Benefits of Securing Transportation Through a Delaware County Home Care Provider

Families know the driver.  Home care providers will communicate with families, so they know who is transporting their loved ones.  With ride-hailing, anyone could be providing the ride, and the drivers would likely be different each[...]

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Senior Care in Delaware County – Four Signs Your Loved One May Be Unfit to Drive

Senior citizens face many serious problems when driving. Aging slows reaction times and reduces vision, especially at night. As a result, drivers over the age of 70, and especially those 85 and older, have the highest rate of fatal accidents in the United States, injuring more than 200,000 seniors a year in 2012. An average of 586 older drivers are injured every day, according to the CDC.

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Home Care Agencies: Your Elderly Loved One Should Have a Companion On Doctor’s Visits

The available data studying patient outcomes in the elderly is increasingly showing that the elderly should have a companion accompany them to the doctor. An even better option is to have the same companion for every trip.

At least 1/3 of the elderly are now bringing companions on doctor’s visits, and that number is expected to keep increasing.  After all, it is easy to see all the ways this is better for them:

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