Tag: Elderly care
Expert insights, care strategies, and local NYC guidance β more articles on this topic.
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Home Care for a Bedbound Loved One in NYC: Turning, Skin Care and Preventing Pressure Sores
Caring for someone who cannot get out of bed in NYC: the two-hour turning schedule, skin checks, hospital beds and mattresses Medicaid…
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Home Care After Pneumonia or Sepsis: Recovering Strength at Home in NYC
After a hospital stay for pneumonia, sepsis or a serious infection, older adults come home weaker than they went in. What home…
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Bariatric Home Care in NYC: Safe Transfers and Two-Aide Care for Larger Adults
Home care for adults with obesity or limited mobility who need two-person transfers in NYC: bariatric equipment, safe lifting, skin and breathing…
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Home Care for Loneliness and Depression in Older Adults: Companionship That Medicaid Can Cover in NYC
When an older parent stops eating, stops going out and stops answering the phone, isolation is often the cause. How a home…
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Hospice and Home Care Together in NYC: How an Aide Fits Alongside Hospice at Home
Can you have hospice and a home care aide at the same time in New York? Usually yes. What hospice provides, what…
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Home Care for Incontinence in NYC: Dignified Toileting Help and What Medicaid Covers
Home care for an older adult with incontinence in NYC: how an aide handles toileting, changing and skin care with dignity, why…
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Home Care After a Fall in NYC: Getting Back on Your Feet Safely at Home
Home care after an older adult falls in NYC: the first two weeks at home, what an aide does for transfers, bathing…
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Home Care vs Assisted Living in NYC: Costs, Medicaid Coverage and How Families Decide
Comparing home care and assisted living in New York City: what each costs, what Medicaid does and does not pay for, who…
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Home Care for Low Vision and Macular Degeneration in NYC
Home care for older adults with macular degeneration, glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy or other vision loss in NYC: what an aide does (medications,…
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Home Care for Arthritis and Mobility Loss in NYC: When Stairs, Buttons and Bathtubs Become the Problem
Home care for older adults with severe arthritis or mobility loss in NYC: what an aide does for dressing, bathing, transfers and…
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Home Care for Kidney Disease and Dialysis Patients in NYC
Home care for chronic kidney disease and dialysis patients in NYC: the treatment-day routine an aide runs, renal diet and fluid limits,…
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Home Care for Heart Failure in NYC: Keeping a Loved One Out of the Hospital
Home care for congestive heart failure in NYC: the daily routine an aide runs (weights, medications, low-sodium meals, pacing, early escalation), how…