Home care offers unexpected career path for legally blind caregiver
By
Liza Berger
Aug 01, 2022
Being a home care caregiver can offer a new lease on life. It did for Michelle Lindsay, a 53-year-old visually impaired immigrant from Jamaica.
With the help of art, alliance aims to confront aging stereotypes
By
C. Max Bachmann
Jul 25, 2022
An alliance of artists, creatives and activists has come together to use art to combat damaging stereotypes about aging.
For Colorado senior and poet, a wish granted
By
C. Max Bachmann
Jul 18, 2022
Colleen Conrad always yearned for a few days away from the hustle and bustle of life so that she could write poetry. Through her over 40 years of work as a teacher, home day care worker and church children’s…
New initiative aims to install up to 650 grab bars in homes nationwide
By
C. Max Bachmann
Jul 11, 2022
“So many of our nominees are on a fixed income and cannot afford to purchase and install this simple solution, leaving them vulnerable to falls,” Close the Gap in Senior Care President Jeff Salter…
Home care works to raise awareness about Alzheimer’s
By
Amy Novotney
Jun 27, 2022
On June 21, the home care industry joined with other aging services providers to support the Alzheimer’s Association’s The Longest Day initiative.
Dementia simulation house helps caregivers step into patients’ shoes
By
Amy Novotney
Jun 13, 2022
Through goggles, headphones and gloves, the house allows visitors to experience how someone lives with the disease’s alterations to their sight, sound and touch.
Mobile health vans deliver care to underserved communities
By
Amy Novotney
Jun 06, 2022
A Wilmington, DE, healthcare organization has rolled out mobile health services vans to bring care where people need it most throughout the state.
PACE fills in medical gaps, provides peace of mind for mom, daughter
By
Liza Berger
May 23, 2022
For Bernice Greene, finding the Senior LIFE Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) program was “just like a miracle from God.”
Home care workers are stressed; here’s how to help
By
Amy Novotney
May 16, 2022
After three years of working amid a global pandemic, healthcare workers, including those working in the home care, home health and hospice industries, are burnt out and experiencing continuing anxiety…
Ready, on your mark, get set: National Senior Games return this week
By
Amy Novotney
May 09, 2022
This year’s National Senior Games — the first to be held in person since 2019 — will feature nearly 12,000 athletes aged 50 years and over who will compete in 21 medal sports ranging from triathlon…
