The referrals and supports provided by EDCCs are intended to facilitate meeting seniors' health care needs in the community, thereby reducing repeat ED visits, hospitalization, and hospital length of stay (LOS).
The Sinclair School of Nursing at the University of Missouri-Columbia has developed a licensed home health agency, Senior Care, to provide the care needed by residents of TigerPlace, a specially designed independent living center near the University.
Our senior care and Sandwich Generation needs aren't going to resolve themselves.
Care.com is a community website for families and 'hundreds of thousands' of care providers to connect, share caregiving experiences, and obtain advice about topics like child care, special needs care, tutoring, senior care, pet care, housekeeping and whatnot.
To them it just doesn't compute that Medicare is the most efficient system to deliver health insurance -- and that people like the idea that they are guaranteed coverage of their health care needs in their senior years.
Completing a home renovation -- with an eye toward elder care needs -- can help seniors maintain independence while enjoying the comforts of home.
According to Seniorly, a service that helps people find senior care, the majority of seniors do NOT need to move into a nursing home.
These seniors all have serious and significant health care needs and without services their lives are at risk.
To meet the health care needs of all America's seniors, we double the Medicare budget over the next 10 years.
While the need for ongoing older adult care advances is clear, we're still not sure what to call it (e.g. elder care, senior care, older adult care — what's the right phrase to use?).
