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Make It Fun to Stay Connected with Elders in Your Family

There are many ways to connect with family and help soften the blow of isolation. Here, we provide a list [...]

How to Maximize Errand and Transportation Services

If you’ve struggled with the transition from doing everything for yourself to commissioning others to do for you, read on [...]

Too Much PPE, Too Many Safety Measures? Or Never Enough?

There is no telling how long this pandemic and the associated risks will last, but the good news is that [...]

Have a Heart Condition? Turn Concern into a Plan

The build-up to the diagnosis of a heart condition is often sudden and unexpected. And when you or a loved [...]

10 Tips to Become a Better CNA

The role of a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) is essential to teams that care for the wellbeing of clients, especially [...]

FAQ—Urinary Incontinence

The term urinary incontinence refers to unintentional urinary leakage caused by a variety of underlying factors. And because this is [...]

Keep a Pulse on Your Mental Health While You Care for Others

When it comes to addressing Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs (the theory in psychology using a five-tier model of human needs), [...]

Master Your Medication Regimen

As overwhelmed as you might feel with all your medication management, you can gain greater control of your health by [...]

How to Age at Home with Confidence

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Health and aging mean dealing with new information, new specialists, more appointments and medications. These pile onto existing worries, including [...]

Lisa Shardon of Home Health Companions Interviewed on CBS

Lisa Shardon, President and CEO of Home Health Companions, spoke with CBS news in an interview this week. The subject [...]

11-Point Checklist for clients Needing In-Home Care During COVID-19

To support clients’ overall sense of wellbeing and health, you can place control in their hands with this 11-point checklist [...]

6 Signs You’re Going “Isolation Batty” and What to Do About It

How do you know if you're entering a "new stage of life" or if you're just suffering the consequences of [...]

Caregivers in Isolation: Finding the Support You Need

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If you are one of the 34 million Americans providing unpaid care for an elderly loved one, you may feel [...]

An Amazing Trade-Off!

I had been a successful healthcare executive for almost two decades when I first met Lisa, the CEO of Home [...]

Meeting Home Health Needs During the COVID-19 Crisis

We’re so very proud of our team members and their continued dedication to safely caring for our clients. During unprecedented [...]

Should you bring your loved one home?

Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins asks families to consider bringing loved ones home from assisted living and skilled nursing facilities [...]

Our response to the coronavirus (COVID-19)

Our hearts go out to those close to us and around the world affected by the coronavirus (COVID-19). With the [...]

Tips for Communicating with Seniors

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Seniors crave social connection as much as the rest of us. Unfortunately, sometimes they are less able to verbalize their [...]

How to Address Hearing Loss in Older Adults

Protecting or restoring your hearing is about more than just being able to hear the world around you. “Some research [...]

Hearing aids can lower risk of dementia, depression in older people

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People age 66 and older who got a hearing aid shortly after being diagnosed with hearing loss were less likely [...]