It is now more important than ever to get the proper elder care assistance for your loved one, especially if you are among the many "sandwich generation" individuals looking for the right help for your aging parents. As you determine how best to ensure your parents (or others you may be needing to care for) receive the best care possible, be sure to review alternatives such as elder care that is provided by organizations that are experienced in dealing with all types of elderly individuals with varied needs and wants.
The proper senior care needs to encompass the utmost adoration and compassion from their caregivers. Your family member, friend, or even you should receive no less than the best when it comes to elder care. As people get older, it is vital to make safety the number one priority. Many issues and problems spring up with elderly individuals because of deficient elder care assistance, or the lack of any type of assistance at all.
We act as intermediaries connecting folks in need of elder care assistance and/or information with experienced caregivers that make elder care assistance their top priority day in and day out. Regardless of other company or personal responsibilities or priorities that may be pressing, these caregiving organizations and their staff remain focused on providing the highest level of service and care, placing your loved one or you on the highest pedestal, because they have dedicated their effort and focus on helping individuals that may need that extra level of personal care and support.
You will find that these organizations provide elder care services for individuals who are looking for live-at-home services or assisted living services at a local facility. They help and assist individuals that may just need some extra assistance as well as seniors with ailments such as dementia and Alzheimer's disease. Many of the organizations provide elderly care planning and various senior care programs, including; community elderly care, state senior care programs, home health care services, geriatric care management and consulting services, religion and senior care services, and numerous other services. For many organizations, these programs are provided in addition to their specialty in-home or facility-based caregiving services.
One area of caring for the elderly that adds to the caregiver's burden is that of having to care for a person with dementia or Alzheimer's disease. Nearly any organization that is focused on elderly care has enlisted a sizable amount of expert care and training to help provide the best and safest care for those in their charge who have this medical condition. If you are faced with this situation, be sure to seek help and assistance from those organizations that you feel will best provide the extra level of care that you expect.
Senin, 26 Juni 2017
Minggu, 11 Juni 2017
Recognizing Elder Care Abuse
There are more than half a million reports of elder abuse in the United States every year according to state Adult Protective Service data. Some studies show that only 1 in 14 cases of elder abuse are even reported to authorities. Impacts can be grave because elders who experience abuse are reported to have a 300% higher risk of death compared to those who do not experience abuse. Often, elderly adults are abused in their own homes and by their own relatives. Elder care abuse is a growing area of focus today and, as a provider of home health care services in Maryland, we believe it is important to educate those who are either receiving, or thinking about seeking, senior care to be able to recognize the signs.
One of the most disturbing aspects of elder care abuse is that it almost always involves a trusted relationship with the elderly person. Overwhelmed family caregivers can sometimes reach a breaking point and become neglectful in their duties or, even worse, begin preying on the very people they have pledged to support. In order to report elder care abuse, families first need to be able to identify the various types and warning signs.
Emotional abuse
This occurs when people treat elderly persons in ways that cause emotional pain or distress.
Sexual abuse
Sexual abuse against elderly persons is contact without the elder's consent. This can involve physical sex acts and also showing them pornographic material, forcing them to watch sex acts, or forcing the elder to undress.
Neglect or abandonment by caregivers
Elder neglect, which is the failure to fulfill a caretaker obligation, represents more than 50% of all reported cases of elder abuse. Both intentional and unintentional neglect can be based on factors such as ignorance or denial that a patient requires a particular level of care.
Financial exploitation
Unauthorized use of an elder's funds or property, resulting from misuse of their checking or credit card accounts, stealing cash or goods, forging an elder's signature or stealing their identity.
Healthcare fraud and abuse
This is considered unethical treatment by doctors, nurses, hospital personnel, and other professional care providers such as charging for healthcare services but not providing it, overcharging for services, over-medicating or under-medicating an elder, getting kickbacks for referrals and Medicaid fraud.
There are several ways to spot these different types of elder abuse. For example, tension or arguments between the elderly person and their caregiver or changes in the elder's personality or behavior. Unexplained bruises, welts, especially if they occur symmetrically on two sides of the body, broken bones, sprains, medication overdoses, broken glasses, signs of restraint such as marks on wrists and a caregiver's refusal to allow family members to see an elder alone are all telltale signs of abuse.
There are several things you can do as a concerned friend or family member to help those who may be experiencing elder care abuse. Monitor the elder's medications and ensure that the amount corresponds to the date of the prescription. Watch out for financial abuse by asking elders if you may see their bank accounts and credit card statements to review them for any unauthorized transactions. Try to call or visit elders as often as possible so that they know they have a trusted person they can confide in. Also, it's a good idea to make offers to stay with elders so that caregivers can have a break if at all possible. And, of course, the most important thing you can do is to report any suspected abuse to the proper authorities.
One of the most disturbing aspects of elder care abuse is that it almost always involves a trusted relationship with the elderly person. Overwhelmed family caregivers can sometimes reach a breaking point and become neglectful in their duties or, even worse, begin preying on the very people they have pledged to support. In order to report elder care abuse, families first need to be able to identify the various types and warning signs.
Emotional abuse
This occurs when people treat elderly persons in ways that cause emotional pain or distress.
Sexual abuse
Sexual abuse against elderly persons is contact without the elder's consent. This can involve physical sex acts and also showing them pornographic material, forcing them to watch sex acts, or forcing the elder to undress.
Neglect or abandonment by caregivers
Elder neglect, which is the failure to fulfill a caretaker obligation, represents more than 50% of all reported cases of elder abuse. Both intentional and unintentional neglect can be based on factors such as ignorance or denial that a patient requires a particular level of care.
Financial exploitation
Unauthorized use of an elder's funds or property, resulting from misuse of their checking or credit card accounts, stealing cash or goods, forging an elder's signature or stealing their identity.
Healthcare fraud and abuse
This is considered unethical treatment by doctors, nurses, hospital personnel, and other professional care providers such as charging for healthcare services but not providing it, overcharging for services, over-medicating or under-medicating an elder, getting kickbacks for referrals and Medicaid fraud.
There are several ways to spot these different types of elder abuse. For example, tension or arguments between the elderly person and their caregiver or changes in the elder's personality or behavior. Unexplained bruises, welts, especially if they occur symmetrically on two sides of the body, broken bones, sprains, medication overdoses, broken glasses, signs of restraint such as marks on wrists and a caregiver's refusal to allow family members to see an elder alone are all telltale signs of abuse.
There are several things you can do as a concerned friend or family member to help those who may be experiencing elder care abuse. Monitor the elder's medications and ensure that the amount corresponds to the date of the prescription. Watch out for financial abuse by asking elders if you may see their bank accounts and credit card statements to review them for any unauthorized transactions. Try to call or visit elders as often as possible so that they know they have a trusted person they can confide in. Also, it's a good idea to make offers to stay with elders so that caregivers can have a break if at all possible. And, of course, the most important thing you can do is to report any suspected abuse to the proper authorities.
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