Tag: Respite Care
Caring for a loved one is both rewarding and demanding. Family caregivers seek ways to balance caregiving’s physical and emotional stresses and demands with their desire to care for their loved ones. Professional in home respite care service is an excellent source of support for family caregivers. Below we explore the benefits of respite care for the elderly and family caregivers.
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In Home Care Services – What Is Elderly Respite Care and What Are Its Benefits?
23 July 2021
Philadelphia Home Health Care Services – What Is Elderly Respite Care and What Are Its Benefits?
Among the many home health care services that we provide, possibly the least understood is respite care. Full-time home care of a senior can be highly challenging mentally, emotionally, and physically. Elderly respite care can meet family caregivers’ need to recharge and refocus to provide...
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Common Caregiver Problems: A Series with Solutions – Part 3 – Ambiguous Loss and Anticipatory Grief
3 Mar 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...
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Common Caregiver Problems: A Series with Solutions – Part 2 – You vs. Your Emotions
25 Jan 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.
In our previous...
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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.
Providing full-time...
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Summer Vacations May Mean You Need Senior Home Care Assistance for Your Senior Loved Ones
24 Jul 2017
Summer Vacations May Mean You Need Senior Home Care Assistance for Your Senior Loved Ones
When you are providing constant senior home care for an elderly loved one, taking a vacation is more than a nice break. Caregiver burnout is a very real problem, particularly among those who have been providing elderly care for months or even years.
Some occasional “me time” is needed for caregivers...
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24-Hour Home Care Main Line PA – Caregiver Well Being is Important Too
As an elderly family member continues to age, one or more other members of the family often start taking on the role of caregivers for them. Being a caregiver can be an extremely rewarding duty, particularly in that you get to spend plenty of time with that loved one. However, 24-hour home care in Main Line, or any caregiving you provide can take a toll! Many family caregivers may become burned...
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Senior Care Givers Can Get Support
9 Mar 2016
Senior Care Givers Can Get Support
Often the relatives of aging loved ones are those who gladly take on the task of providing senior care for them. The role of caregiver is vital and the work is an act of love. However, one element of senior care that is many times overlooked is the toll it can place on those providing the care. The responsibility of being directly responsible for...