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Hire a caregiver service or private individual–consider the options

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Older or disabled adults living at home often need daily assistance with personal care and basic daily living tasks. These might include help with bathing, meal preparation, medication monitoring, providing transportation to doctor appointments, and light housekeeping.

Take My Hand At-Home Care, Lynden and Whatcom County

Some are fortunate enough to have a family member step in to help, or a friend from the community or a church parish member they trust.

Others need to hire a local caregiver because they don’t have family nearby or they don’t want to trouble friends and neighbors, or they simply want to maintain privacy with regards to receiving help with personal care. [Read more…]

Prevent social isolation with these three tips

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Feelings of social isolation and loneliness can be a problem at any age, but those feelings can occur more often as people grow older.

The National Council on Aging estimates that one in six seniors face the risks of
feeling isolation and its repercussions, and that older woman
are at higher risk, representing over 60 percent of isolated older adults.

Jodi and Agnes August 2015For older adults the onset of loneliness can happen gradually, sometimes preceded by specific life events like retirement, the loss of a loved one, a change in driving privileges, or family members moving away. [Read more…]

Help at home: An out-of-the-box gift idea that can make a difference

Approximately 85 percent of caregivers in the United States provide care for a family member or other loved one — mother, father, child, friend, grandparent — and spend, on average, between 24 and 40 hours per week at the task. And that’s often in addition to trying to hold down a job or take charge of other responsibilities. It’s a lot of work. Do you have a family caregiver? Or do you know … [Read More...]

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Sue Sorensen became involved with Whatcom County eldercare and aging-in-place services in 2009. She launched Take My Hand At-Home Care in January 2012 … Read More...

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