For Terminally Ill individuals, the process of dying is completely different nowadays from how it once was in the past. Instead of being an “event” that happens suddenly, the death is becoming more and more of an extended process. This article titled Stages of Grief:...
A patient with Alzheimer’s disease may experience changes in cognitive functions, behavior, and or mood. They may have trouble with understanding, delusion, and confusion which can cause frustration, aggression, and irritability. Feeling discontentment, apathy, and or...
Caregiver theft can happen more often than you think. It happened to LivHome, one of the nation’s largest senior care providers, when one of their caregivers stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from one of the agency’s clients. The news made headlines and,...
A-1 Home Care, the renowned Caregiver Agency in Los Angeles and Orange County promoting in-home health care for elderly adults, seniors, and the terminally ill, accommodates caregiving services for those needing assistance with hygiene, meal preparation, medication...
The resistance you encounter when assisting your elderly loved one may be indicative of his or her paranoia, which is very common among seniors who are in the advanced stages of dementia. For example, your elderly father exclaims “Ouch!” every time you transfer him...