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How to Choose the Home Care Services Your Mom Needs

Your mom lives alone, and her ability to properly take care of herself concerns you. She wants to age in place, but you want to keep her safe. Home care services are the best compromise. While it’s clear your mom needs help, it’s harder to know exactly what services best meet her needs. Here are...

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What Can Your Senior Do to Maintain Her Hair as She Ages?

As your elderly family member grows older, she’s likely to experience changes in how her hair grows and what it needs. Finding the best ways to take care of your senior’s hair might mean trying out some techniques that are new for her as well as making other changes to her routines. Keep Genetics in...

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How Family Members Can Help Seniors After Surgery

If your senior loved one has recently had a surgery and is now at home, you may be wondering how you can support their recovery. Post-hospital care for seniors who are recovering at home is something that is strongly recommended after they come home from having surgery. There are some things that only skilled medical...

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5 Tips Your Senior Can Use to Age in Place Gracefully

Your elderly family member may have shared with you that she wants to stay in her home for as long as she possibly can. That’s called aging in place and it’s a decision that you might be a little bit nervous about on behalf of your senior. Finding the right answers to meet her needs...

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What are Some of the Benefits of Home Care Services?

It’s extremely common for seniors to determine fairly early on that they want to remain in their homes for as long as possible. This is also called aging in place, and it’s a lot easier when your senior has the right help, especially from home care services and from you and other family members. Ensure...

Super Caring Star Award

Home Helpers of Santa Clara Valley has been named a Caring Super Star for the fifth year in a row for service excellence in home care by the #1 ratings site in our industry, Caring.com. That puts us among the country’s top agencies! We could not have earned this 5- star rating without our dedicated...

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Six Reasons Your Senior Really Does Need to Be More Physically Active

When your elderly family member has a real reason to be physically active, it can be a lot easier for her to embrace that habit and to keep it going. With the help of in-home care professionals, your elderly family member can prioritize moving more and make it a bigger part of her daily routine....

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5 Tips for a Senior Living with GERD

Does your senior seem to have heartburn all the time? It might actually be GERD, or gastroesophageal reflux disease. November 20th through 26th this year is GERD Awareness Week, so it might be a good time to talk with her doctor about what your senior is experiencing. If your elderly family member is indeed battling...

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Why Is it Important to Reduce Hospital Readmissions?

Leaving the hospital is a great feeling for your senior, but to hear that she has to go back soon after she gets home can be the worst news ever. That’s called hospital readmission, and it’s something that can be avoided, especially with the help of post-hospital care. There are a variety of reasons that...

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