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January 03, 2023
Will Rogers said, “If you don’t like the weather in Oklahoma wait a minute and it’ll change.” While warm days are great for outdoor activities, they can be dangerous for the elderly. As temperatures rise or fall throughout the day, people 65 and over can experience a...
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January 03, 2020
The New York Times posted an online article on March 24, 2020 with the byline: “All Americans Need to Shelter in Place. The article continues, ...” the worst of the coronavirus pandemic is yet to come.” Based on the reporting we are hearing from government figures...
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January 01, 2020
“Studies have demonstrated a reduction in psychiatric hospitalizations, reduced hospital lengths of stay, greater stability of the mental disorder and improved overall functioning” of the psychiatric patient who is cared for in the home. Yes, psychiatric care in the home...
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January 10, 2019
Home Helpers Home Care expounds on the benefits of keeping family in the home, however we, more so than others know caring for an aging loved one or disabled or handicapped child comes with unescapable challenges. Coping with one crisis after another can leave little time to...
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January 05, 2019
“Everyone and everything that I love will change, and I will be separated from them.” ........ Buddha“We may intellectually know that all things change, yet we desperately deny this truth; a denial that leads to anxiety, fear and confusion.”A national ...
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January 06, 2018
As temperatures rise, heat stroke and heat exhaustion become a real problem for the elderly and those over 65. Often finding themselves cold or finding a room chilly, they will overdress in layers reach for a long-sleeved shirt or pull on a favorite sweater. Improperly judgi...
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January 12, 2017
“I’ll be home for Christmas, if only in my dreams.” A familiar line to a much-loved song, however, for seniors and the elderly suffering from mental, behavioral or psychotic disorders, the things they see, hear, taste and feel might be more serious than a dream; ...
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January 09, 2017
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, “hopes to empower women to commit to breastfeeding. This month we focus not just on the reasons why it’s important to breastfeed, but on how to make breastfeeding work for you and your baby.” Research suggests babies wh...
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January 08, 2017
New moms come in all forms and babies enter their lives from varying sources. Adopting a child is just as exciting, rewarding, overwhelming and draining as the aftermath of giving birth, and the stresses of post-partum. Newborns entering the home, regardless of who gave birt...
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January 04, 2017
Whether it’s the first child or the fifth when friends, relatives, and neighbors are gone and spouses, partners, and roommates have returned to work newborn care becomes a reality. The physical and emotional demands of childbirth followed by six to eight weeks postpartum c...
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