It will be Fall soon, my favorite season! Cool, breezy weather, beautiful colors on the trees, scarecrows and pumpkins everywhere! And something even scarier than that is coming too… the flu! 35 million people got the flu last year, according to the CDC (https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/burden/index.html). 390,000 were hospitalized and 25,000 died. These are serious numbers – because of the COVID pandemic,…
Caring for your senior loved one can be a lot of work, especially when they intend to keep living at home. Many seniors want to age in place, and many adult children wish to be there for their parents when they are in need. However, this can be almost impossible, especially if you are raising young children. To top it…
Last Saturday, Assisting Hands welcomed Joan Schunck as part of our monthly Lunch and Learn series. Joan is a grief counselor who was able to help us learn about “anticipatory grief” and many other topics that impact people who work in the Senior community. We had a good turnout with some of our newer caregivers participating for the first time….
Linnette E. just passed her one year milestone! She has been an extraordinary team member this past year. She always seems to have a smile on her face, and she is very protective of her clients. Linnette always seems to be going the extra mile. Recently she took one of her clients for a picnic in Estes Park, just because…
Assisting Hands is happy to announce that Siri T. is our Caregiver Champion for August! Siri may be young, but she comes to us with a great deal of experience already. She is cheerful and hard working, picking up all sorts of shifts for many different clients in her short time with us. Siri is a fantastic communicator and takes…
Most credit the Earl of Sandwich, John Montagu, with the creation of the sandwich as he’d ask his valet to get him meat between two pieces of bread to satisfy his hunger during card games. Other accounts put the creation of a sandwich much earlier. No matter when the sandwich was created, it remains a convenient way to get protein,…
When we talk about Home Care, most people assume we work exclusively with seniors. While seniors constitute a large percentage of our clients, we also have extensive experience in Transitional Care. Clients who are recovering from surgery (such as the one in the video below) can benefit greatly from Home Care. Even two to three hours per day can make…
Like many parts of the body, as your loved one ages, her immune system may slow down or stop working as well as it did when she was younger. You might hear your loved one tell you that she feels like she’s always catching every bug or her home care assistance team may alert you that she’s under the weather…
Vanessa’s mom, Liz, just had her knee replaced. Vanessa is staying with her for a few days to help make sure she takes her medications on time, does her Physical Therapy exercises, and complies with all the other instructions that will help her get back on her feet quickly. Liz is lucky that Vanessa is a trained medical provider and…
Assisting Hands is excited to announce that Micheon M. is our Caregiver Champion for July! Micheon is juggling caregiving with raising young kids and she makes it look easy. She has helped so much recently, taking on emergency fill-in shifts both close by and far from home. She recently got stranded in New York by a canceled flight. Rather than…
