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Specialists Discuss Dementia Care and Alzheimer’s Care in Western Massachusetts

Alzheimer’s Care in Agawam and Wilbraham If you are caring for someone with Alzheimer’s Disease or Dementia, you shouldn’t miss this. The Alzheimer’s Association, The Atrium at Cardinal Drive in Agawam and the Orchard Valley at Wilbraham are promoting a great speaker series about Dementia and Alzheimer’s, every other Thursday, starting on March 8. The...

What’s the Difference Between Companion Care and Personal Care?

The primary difference between Personal Care and Companion Care is that a caregiver attending a patient who needs Personal Care will be responsible for what in the nursing terminology are called ADLs (Activities of Daily Living) and IADLs (Instrumental Activities of Daily Living). Older adults need to be able to manage ADLs and IADLs to...

Check and Tune-up Walkers and Wheel-Chairs

Start the New Year keeping your loved ones safe! When it comes to the safety of our elderly loved ones, minor details can make all the difference in the world. That’s why Home Helpers teamed up with Louis and Clark Medical Supply to offer free tune-ups in their mobility equipment. This way, they will be...

The Difference Between Home Care and Home Health Care

Home Care Agencies Home Care Agencies are non-medical agencies that provide services in people’s homes or places of residence, such as the client’s home, an independent care facility, or assisted living facility. The goal of in-home care is to allow the client and their spouse to stay safely in their place of residence and continue...

How Can I Reduce the Stress We Go Through Every Time We Have to Take My Mom to Bathe?

9 tips from Home Helpers Caregivers in Enfield (North Central CT) and East Longmeadow (Western MA) to help Family Caregivers to bathe Alzheimer’s Care loved ones Article by Home Helpers Home Care owner Peter DiMaria*, originally published in the Enfield Press and Longmeadow News, on 2/16/17. It’s one of the well-documented issues with Alzheimer’s and Dementia patients....

Winter Home Care Tips: Are Seniors at a Higher Risk of Dehydration Also in the Wintertime?

Most people believe that dehydration is a problem that develops only in hot temperatures, during the summer. However, the cold weather in the winter also can drain moisture from our bodies quickly, leading to dehydration. According to the University of New Hampshire, in the cold temperatures we tend not to feel thirsty. Therefore, we don’t...

Nine Technology Tips to Help Alzheimer’s Patients and Caregivers

Alzheimer’s Care, Elder Care, Family Caregiving for dementia patients?  There’s an app for that. New technologies have changed –and in many ways improved– the way we connect and understand the world. So, it is no surprise that you can find some cool tech toys and tablet apps designed specifically for Alzheimer’s and dementia patients and caregivers....