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How to Do Evaluations on Caregivers
If you hire a home care professional for your elderly loved one, there will come a time when you need to determine whether things are working out. While it is likely that you vetted the caregiver prior...
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How to Recycle Medicine Bottles From Walgreens
Empty and unwanted medicine bottles from Walgreens can clutter your medicine cabinet as well as other areas of your home. Instead of tossing the bottles in your home's trash can, you can recycle the...
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How to Pick a Home Health Agency
Home healthcare agencies help individuals get better, learn to take care of themselves and possibly regain their independence. They offer a wide variety of services including but not limited to...
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Vocational Skills for People in Recovery
Recovering from a major illness or injury takes rehabilitation in areas of life we often take for granted. Vocational skill exercises are needed in doing your former occupation, but it starts with...
View ArticleWristech Instructions
Wristech manufactures a line of small blood pressure monitors designed for convenience and portability. Because these monitors attach to your wrist with a Velcro strap, you can take them anywhere and...
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How to Refill Oxygen Tanks
Home oxygen therapy is an attractive option for patients who need oxygen assistance but aren't ill enough to stay in the hospital. Patients with asthma, emphysema, chronic bronchitis, lung cancer or...
View ArticleHow to Transfer With the Hoyer Lift
Hoyer lifts, or sling lifts, are used to lift and transfer a patient with limited mobility, such as from his bed to a wheelchair. Hoyer lifts are crane-like devices that may be powered manually or...
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Home Health Care Associations
The home health care industry has grown tremendously since 2000. Home health and hospice care has become commonplace across the country, and with insurance companies and hospitals extending their...
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How to Obtain a Nursing Assistant
Supervised by a nurse, nursing assistants -- also known as orderlies or nurse aides -- help with the care of patients. Nursing assistants, particularly when they work as geriatric aides in nursing...
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How to Attach a Sling to a 6-Point Hoyer Lift
Hoyer lifts are manual lift systems used to help transfer individuals who are unable to physically transfer themselves. Examples of when a transfer may occur include from a bed to a wheelchair, from a...
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How to Get a Home Aide Worker
Home aide workers, better known as home health aides, assist chronically ill or disabled people who live in their own homes but need more intensive care than family and friends can offer. There were...
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Methods of Home Care
If an individual requires assistance, options exist besides institutionalizing. Home assistance is a viable alternative, so a person does not have to leave the comfort of home. Many levels of...
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How to Find a Certified Home Health Aide
When age or illness begin to affect how well you can manage your own home, some would consign you to a nursing home. A home health aide can help you maintain your independence. Some states have no...
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How to Learn About Home Care
Home care refers to live-in and daycare given to children, elderly and disabled patrons in homes. This home care can include health care, housekeeping and companionship. The home healthcare industry is...
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Home Care Options
Home care is a type of long-term medical care delivered in the home of a patient by medical professionals and support services workers to allow a patient to live as normal a life as possible. The...
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Special Skills for Caring for People
A caregiver is someone who enhances the quality of life for seniors or for anyone who needs taking care of. Caretaking allows the patient to retain some independence, which is very important to the...
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Handicap Items to Improve Your Life
Being disabled or partially disabled can be difficult if you are living at home alone or with minimal help and care. If you have the right supplies, it can help ease the stress of not being able to get...
View ArticleWhat Are the Risks of Being a Caregiver?
Caregivers are responsible for the care of a medically needy individual, usually a family member or loved one. The rewards of being a caregiver are numerous; you are usually able to provide much-needed...
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How to Clean a Suprapubic Catheter
A suprapubic catheter is a tube that is inserted into your bladder through a small hole in your abdomen. A suprapubic catheter may be needed for those who have health problems such as surgery, urinary...
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How to Certify Your Home Health Business With CMS
A home health agency provides skilled care, assistance, and therapy to patients. Once they have been certified by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid(CMS), home health agencies can be reimbursed by...
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