What to Do When Your Parents Show Signs of Caregiver Burnout
Bless your dear mother’s heart for wanting to take care of her elderly mother in her golden days. All seems well until you start noticing signs of burnout: lack of frustration with your grandmother, lashing out of emotions, living in denial that she [your mom] needs...
Brain Injury Care Solutions Improve Elder Health
As people get older, the risk for suffering severe head injuries increases, oftentimes leading to brain injuries that render individuals incapable of caring for themselves in the home. But the leading brain injury care solutions in all of Southern California are...
Anaheim Hills Arthritis Care: Minimize Joint Pain with Assistance from Caregivers
Joint inflammation occurs when two or more joints swell with excessive fluid at the point where they connect. Symptoms such as pain, stiffness, or a joint that appears larger than normal are signs that your joints may be inflamed. Many diseases and health conditions...
Disease Dilemma: Why Living With Someone Who Has Diabetes Could Raise Your Risk For Getting It
When it comes to diabetes– a blood disorder most often caused by high glucose levels or too much sugar in the bloodstream over an extended period of time– could simply being around people who have it put you at greater risk for incurring it, too? According to one...
Is the Baker Act Appropriate for Seniors Who Act Out in Paranoia?
In case you’re wondering, the Baker Act is known as “5150” in California, a section of the California Welfare and Institutions Code that authorizes involuntary detainment of an individual when he appears to be a physical danger to himself or others. The person is...
Nanelle Hall & Audrey R.
Aside from providing utmost senior home care service to A-1 Home Care’s 24 hour in-home care clients, licensed Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) Nanelle Hall also loves to play salon with her senior care client Audrey by painting her nails and chatting with her for...
Peggy Friedberg-Dyer & Opal
Prior to joining our elderly care service team in Los Angeles, personal care aid Peggy Friedberg-Dyer worked as a nanny and Toys R Us employee. Her patience has eased her transition to becoming a care provider, a career that she has learned about from a friend in her...
Zulema Chavez and Molly P.
Before joining our 24 hour in home care for seniors and caring for Molly P. of Azusa, Zulema Chavez entered the healthcare field first as a high school candy striper then eventually as a Medical Assistant in a clinic. After working around numerous elderly individuals...
Downey In-Home ALS Care: Lou Gehrig’s Disease through the Eyes of a Sufferer
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) Otherwise known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease, is a neurodegenerative disease that destroys nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord, causing loss of voluntary control over the muscles. What this means for daily life is total dependence...