COVID-19 Patients Discharged to Home Health Care See Major Symptom Improvement
Thus far, there’s been little information on the outcomes of patients with COVID-19 who are discharged to the home setting. According to U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, only 1 in 10 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 are discharged to home health services.
Being in a hospital, used to be the right option for some families. For others, nursing homes and adult day care centers were ideal for their loved ones. However, a lot has changed in the past two decades especially with advances in medicine and technology. The mindset about receiving care has changed too. While it … Read more
Our worst fear is something happening to those who hold dear in our lives. Do you have an aging parent living at home alone? What makes it more worrying is the fact that we want to keep our aging parents safe during the COVID-19 pandemic. How do we do it? What steps can we take … Read more
It’s kind of like we are in a bad dream. As desperately as we’d prefer to wake up from this new reality, the COVID-19 pandemic is here to stay. Unfortunately, there is a second wave of COVID-19, but that’s not the only illness seniors and home health aides should prepare for. In addition to COVID-19, … Read more
How to Pay for Long-Term Care
Most people do not think much about how to pay for long-term care when they age. Moreover, most only consider it when their parents need long-term care, or when they themselves do. Yet, people over the age of 65 have almost a 70% chance of need some form of long-term care services either now or in the future.