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Ask These Questions Before a Discharge From the Hospital

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Finding answers to these key questions can help ensure a smooth transition home after discharge from the hospital.

How wonderful it is when the medical personnel lets you know that your older loved one is ready to be released from the hospital after a surgical procedure. Yet as they hand you that collection of discharge papers and directions, a certain degree of nervousness may start to settle in. Will your family member be able to take care of herself at home after discharge from the hospital? Read more

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How Hospice Care Helps Provide Relief and Peace

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Discover how hospice care helps bring relief from troubling symptoms for patients and peace of mind for their loved ones.

Deciding when it’s the right time to shift focus from proactive cure efforts to hospice care can be extremely difficult for the family members of someone diagnosed with a life-limiting health condition. It’s important to first understand exactly what hospice is and how hospice care helps. Hospice care provides supportive emotional, social, and spiritual services to both the terminally ill person and their loved ones, usually in the person’s home. Read more

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Is Palliative Care the Right Choice for Someone I Love?

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Is palliative care the right choice in your particular situation?

If you’re asking yourself, “Is palliative care the right choice for someone I love?” you first need to understand exactly what palliative care is, and what it is not. For many people, it’s synonymous with end-of-life care. The more accurate intent of palliative care, though, is to offer comfort from symptoms like pain, vomiting and nausea that are a consequence of either a medical condition or from the treatment for that condition. Sometimes this does take place at the end of life. Read more

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Caring for Elderly Parents: The Benefits of an Elder Mediator

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If you need help caring for aging parents with your siblings, contact an elder mediator!

When caring for elderly parents, even tightknit siblings can struggle to work together to fulfill their parents’ care needs. Levels of stress and emotions are, needless to say, running high. Couple that with your past family history and dynamics, which have a tendency to resurface during difficult times, and it’s not hard to see how difficult this stage in life can be for all of you. Read more

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Customizable Home Care Services for Aging Adults

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Endeavor In Home Care’s home care services are tailored to fit every individual’s specific needs.

No matter our age, what never changes is that we are all unique people with unique wants and needs. As we get older, we stay the unique and complex people that we have been our entire lives. Presuming that all seniors will act the same and require the same things when it comes to care is a one-size-fits-all approach that just will not work for older adults or the family members who care for them. Providing home care services to aging adults requires an innovative and careful approach that allows the caregiver to determine just who an older adult is and what their distinct needs are. This is essential to create the best plan of care to keep the individual healthy and well at home. Read more

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Age Safely at Home With Our Expert Home Care Services

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Endeavor In Home Care’s services can help people age safely at home where it’s familiar and comfortable.

If Mom or Dad has been considering their plans for care when they get older, then you’ve probably heard their desires to age safely at home as opposed to moving to a nursing home. Truthfully, the vast majority of seniors want to stay in their own homes for as long as possible – for a wide range of reasons. Home is where they feel most familiar and comfortable because they’ve spent years making it a warm, loving place. Living at home also creates meaning and purpose to one’s life. Something as simple as looking at your personal belongings, reading the mail, or unwinding on the front porch are more significant at home than in a facility because it is the home that creates the framework of life. The comforts of home offer a sense of tranquility and privacy that can’t be substituted. Read more

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Help Manage COPD Symptoms with These Tips

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Following these tips can be vital in helping to manage COPD.

COPD, or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, can refer to two lung diseases: emphysema and chronic bronchitis. Essentially, someone’s breathing is greatly hindered by an obstruction to airflow. Frequent symptoms include an excessively wet cough, wheezing, tightness in the chest, and shortness of breath, making it crucial to learn how to effectively manage COPD symptoms for optimal health. Read more

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Help Seniors Have a Safe Transition From the Hospital to Home

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Our services can help seniors transition from the hospital to home.

Recovering from an operation can be a lengthy process, especially for seniors. Not only do older bodies require a longer period of time to heal, but there are further factors that come up: more directions to follow for physical activities because of decreased mobility, dietary restrictions, medications, and follow-up appointments, just to name a few. This means it’s especially important to consider the plan for the transition from the hospital to home for an older adult. Read more

Alleviate Your Compassion Fatigue as a Caregiver

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Compassion fatigue is a normal part of the caregiver experience, but we can help you manage it!

Caregivers give up so much of themselves for the sake of the ones they care for – both emotionally and physically. It’s easy to become worn down and to start to experience feelings like apathy, exhaustion, and a withdrawal from the person in your care. This is often known as compassion fatigue or secondary traumatic stress, and it can be harmful to your own health and wellbeing. It could also hinder your ability to be as warm, nurturing, and caring as you need to be for the person you’re caring for. Read more

How to Plan Holiday Activities for Aging Adults

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Here are some tips for planning holiday activities for aging adults.

The holidays are filled with parties, celebrations, and get-togethers. Yet for older adults, holiday outings call for a little extra planning, and sometimes, it’s challenging for family members to plan holiday activities for aging adults. Try these tips from the Chandler home care experts at Endeavor In Home Care to enjoy joyful activities with loved ones of all ages this holiday season. Read more