Month: October 2024

Assisting Hands is proud to share that Kari O. has reached a big milestone – TWO YEARS working with us!  Kari is always willing to help out when her busy schedule allows it.  Her primary client Marlene told me she is always so happy to see Kari, and she takes on so much around the house.  They have a fantastic...

Assisting Hands encourages everyone, but especially seniors, to create Advance Directives.  These documents explain how you want medical and financial decisions to be made if you are too ill or incapacitated to speak for yourself.  Having an Advance Directive in place shares your wishes with family, friends, and health care providers in order to avoid confusion.  They provide peace of...

With October being Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we wanted to highlight how living with cancer can affect seniors.  Cancer is an increasing problem for older adults – the NIH has a startling graph here (https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/causes-prevention/risk/age).  Cancer is bad enough on its own, but in seniors it is likely to occur alongside other conditions that make managing it complicated.  Things like...

Assisting Hands boasts amazing partners in the Home Health and Hospice space!  We are proud to recommend our clients work with them when they need services that are outside our scope. However, I have often noticed a great deal of confusion about who does what.  Clients and their families may not understand the differences between these three services and may...