Selecting In-Home Care

Is It Time For A Helping Hand In Your Home?

Everyone selects in-home care for different reasons.  The keys are to recognize when to introduce care and how to select the right care provider.  Here are some questions that can help you make the decision on whether you should consider in-home care. Has there been a recent emotional or medical crisis with a loved one? [...]

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Are You Talking To Mom & Dad About The Future?

Talking with your adult parents about preparing for their senior years can be difficult. But the truth is aging happens, and there is no getting around it. So despite the fact that these conversations can be difficult to have, having them sooner than later can help you and your adult parents make decisions about long-term [...]

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Take Our Care Services Quiz!

Knowing when it’s truly time to provide your adult parent with extra care can be difficult. Many times seniors can seem like they “get by” just fine on their own, but in reality they could use additional help to live a happier and healthier life. If you’re not sure whether or not your parent truly [...]

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Encouraging Independence in Ocala Seniors – Maintaining Quality of Life

As a caregiver, it is important to encourage independence in seniors, but also to interact with them in ways that provide the opportunity for them to maintain a better quality of life for themselves.  By participating in activities with your senior loved one, not only are you showing that you care – the acts you [...]

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Lowering Your Cholesterol

September is National Cholesterol Education Month. The CDC reports that more than 102 million American adults (20 years or older) have total cholesterol levels at or above 200 mg/dL, which is above healthy levels. Now is a great time to get your blood cholesterol checked, and take steps to lower it if it’s high. Below are some [...]

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Interactive Caregiving: The Comfort Keepers Philosophy

Comfort Keepers® Helps Seniors Enhance Their Quality Of Life One of the most difficult parts of growing older is losing long-time friends. Life can get lonely as we age. In-home care providers, however, can offer companionship as they assist seniors with the tasks of daily living. While they help with homemaking and personal care, in-home [...]

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Helping Seniors Prevent Return Trips to the ER

Seniors and Hospital Readmission A study at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, published in Gerontology in 2008, found that seniors who live alone have a 50 percent greater chance of early hospital readmission (within 60 days of discharge) and those with unmet functional needs, a 48 percent greater chance. Comfort Keepers® works to reduce odds like [...]

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Local Everyday Hero Iva Floyd Named Regional Comfort Keeper of the Year!

Comfort Keepers®, Central Florida’s leading provider of non-medical, in-home care, recently awarded Iva Floyd the “Comfort Keeper of the Year” designation for 2009. Each year, each of Comfort Keepers’® 600 independently owned offices may nominate one Comfort Keeper of the Year. To qualify, this person must treat their clients as though they are members of [...]

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Is Your Senior In-Home Care Provider Compliant with Florida Regulations?

Comfort Keepers of Central Florida is fully compliant! In the state of Florida, Home Healthcare Agencies (HHA) are regulated by the Agency for Healthcare Administration (ACHA). ACHA provides Florida Home Healthcare Agencies with 380 regulations to follow if they desire to be in good standing. Violations of any single regulation can lead to a written [...]

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Advice for Seniors & the Elderly on Aging & the Digestive System

Aging & the Digestive System As we it get older we have the joy of experiencing changes in our digestive system (wink, wink). Unfortunately, many of us begin to lose our teeth and this makes chewing food more difficult. In addition to our changing teeth, because the body produced less saliva as we age our [...]

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