by Brent Pope | Nov 4, 2020 | Caregiver Issues, Tips and Advice
November is Long Term Care Awareness Month. But if we’re honest, it seems like the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020 has made all of us very aware of long term care every month this year. The phrase, long term care, gets used a lot. So what does it mean? Simply put, it’s the...
by Automize Growth | May 20, 2020 | Caregiver Issues, General Health
Mental Health: It’s Okay Not To Be Okay May is Mental Health Awareness Month and frankly, we can’t think of a more appropriate time to be talking about mental health than right now, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. As a nation, we are anxious and stressed....
by Brent Pope | Feb 10, 2020 | Caregiver Issues, Treatments and Solutions
Fall Sensors and Fall Detection Devices: A Primer “Help! I’ve fallen and I can’t get up.” We’ve all seen the TV commercial that ran in the late 1980s. It played on a fear of falling. Aging seniors are helpless, according to this ad. Aging seniors aren’t helpless. But...
by Brent Pope | Jan 11, 2020 | Caregiver Issues, Tips and Advice
Is it time for home care? How will I know? Should we be worried? These are the questions thousands of families ask every week. We see a loved one—usually mom or dad—and they don’t look like they used to. You start to wonder why you didn’t notice the...
by Brent Pope | Jan 5, 2020 | Caregiver Issues, Laws and Legal Issues
Are You Getting The Most From Medicare? With rising healthcare costs stress families across the country, turning 65 may feel a bit like entering the promised land—only milk and honey is represented by the availability of Medicare. There’s no doubt that this federal...