After months of social distancing, hyper hand washing, and vigilant mask wearing, are you ready for flu season? It’s coming, and it’s important to understand how the flu is similar—and different—from COVID-19, and what you can do to protect yourself and others.
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COVID-19 Meets Flu Season
Health care professionals work to maintain safety in every facet of their jobs. As a clinician, it is important to advocate for clients' safety and health while developing effective fall prevention strategies.
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Home Safety Tips for Preventing Falls
Thank you to our Assisted Living Partners during Assisted Living Week for your trust and partnership. Together, we have helped improve the quality of life for the residents in your community. Thank you for entrusting BAYADA with their care. https://bit.ly/2DQsJp4 #ThisIsBAYADA #AssistedLivingWeek
To our employees —Thank you for everything you do. Your dedication, loyalty, hard work, and diligence do not go unnoticed. You are valued and appreciated! Today we celebrate YOU!
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Are you concerned about isolation as a result of COVID-19? Social Isolation among the elderly, in general, and during COVID –19, specifically, can have similar negative impact on a person's well-being as a serious medical diagnosis.
Staying engaged with people and activities helps seniors reduce the stress and sadness of being alone. Here are some tips for keeping them connected. https://bit.ly/2YD7KNv
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COVID Connections: Tips for Keeping Seniors from Feeling Isolated
With BAYADA’s RN Clinical Manager oversight of our personal care services, families can enjoy peace of mind that their loved one is in good hands.
There’s no clearer vision into someone’s life than being in their home. As home care professionals, we get an up-close-and-personal view of what everyday life is like. Click here to learn more about the role of the nurse in home care: https://bit.ly/33xg1pM
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The Role of The Nurse in Home Care - The Many Faces of Caring
Today, daughters, wives, husbands, sons, grandchildren, nieces, nephews, partners and friends supply 75% of the caregiving support in the U.S.
Despite its many rewards, being a family caregiver can be physically, emotionally and financially challenging https://bit.ly/2Ni2Z6W
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What to Expect as a Family Caregiver
You may already know that exercise is an important part of healthy aging. But how can you stay safe while exercising?
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Healthy Aging: Stay Safe and Keep Fit
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You know exercise is good for you. But many people, especially seniors, feel that it might be too late to start an exercise program or that they have to join a gym or run a 5K in order to gain the most health benefits. It's never too late to begin an exercise program.
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Walking: A Simple Exercise with Multiple Benefits
Now that seniors have reached the age of needing care, it seems one of the most confusing and daunting tasks faced is understanding what Medicare pays for, and what it does not.
Here is a quick, but far from exhaustive, primer on what health care services Medicare and long-term care insurance do and do not cover.: https://bit.ly/3mgf9fO
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When Medicare Coverage Is Not Enough
Caring for a parent or older relative from far away can sometimes be difficult as you face pressures of your own. However, it can definitely be manageable and satisfying if you are prepared and communicate effectively.
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How to Care for Your Parent from a Distance
Sometimes when a parent ages, it can be a shockingly quick transformation. In a short period of time, their physical appearance or mental acuity may decline rapidly, and you may have no doubt that you need help to keep them living safely at home. For others, however, the deterioration may be more gradual and less obvious. https://bit.ly/354ZbPe
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Caring for Elderly Parents: Can They Live Safely at Home?
As we age, we often find ourselves facing new and more complex issues than when we were younger: estate planning, disability, health care, retirement, taxes, and financial planning issues may arise in the senior years. Planning for the senior years can be confusing and difficult without the correct information, and simple situations can rapidly turn into complicated and expensive challenges without good advice. https://bit.ly/2XdOXYc
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Things to Consider if You Need an Elder Law Attorney
It’s common for eating habits to change as we get older. Lifestyle changes may mean that we prepare fewer of our own meals, while health conditions or medications can reduce our appetites or impair our ability to taste or smell food. For all of these reasons and others, seniors may have to adapt their eating habits to ensure they are getting adequate nutrition to meet their evolving needs as they age.
Learn more why our diets should change as we age: https://bit.ly/2KOjNUD
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Senior Nutrition: Why Our Diets Should Change as We Age
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Caring for, dealing with, and trying to help an aging parent make decisions and plans can be upsetting and frustrating for all concerned. From an elder care perspective, this article discusses the family dynamics between seniors and their adult children, how to talk so your parents will listen, and how to listen so your parents will talk! https://bit.ly/37DvTsg
