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

The Best Senior Transportation Options for Families January 17, 2022 – Ardmore, PA –“Crowdsourced” ride-hailing applications like Uber and Lyft are becoming increasingly popular. However, these private transportation and ride services come with several downsides for seniors. Neighborly Home Care’s home care providers in Delaware and Pennsylvania want families with dependent elderly...

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

12 April 2021 Signs Your Elderly 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, especially those 85 and older, have the highest rate of fatal accidents in the United States. In 2018, nearly 7,700 older adults (age 65+) died in traffic crashes,...

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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. No set age at which an elderly person should have their...

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

16 Oct 2017 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.  Fortunately, unlike many other problems which...

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

18 Jan 2018 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...

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