Home Care

In 2009, New York Times writer Jane Gross published an insightful column filled with ideas and advice from Helene Alison, an artist who also worked as a home health aide, in addition to caring for her own ailing mother. Ms. Alison described the satisfaction she derived from her job helping others, and…

Auto manufacturer Toyota has designs on your home: actually designs on the helpers in your home. Given that 25% of the Japanese population is over the age of 65, Toyota has determined that it’s next market expansion will be developing affordable helper robots specially designed to care for elderly individuals…

Following a hospitalization many older patients and their families are often surprised at the limited insurance coverage Medicare provides for home-based care. Generally speaking, once a patient leaves a hospital Medicare will only pay for in-home skilled services and physical therapy. This means the patient must require a skilled health professional, rather…

While the beloved cartoons may be absent, the New Yorker Radio Hour, broadcast by WNYC in New York, features many wonderful New Yorker writers speaking with subjects of articles or revealing behind the scenes facets of their stories. Recently this radio program featured two pieces addressing home care.  First, listen…

Does this sound like your house? Piles of books and paper teetering on counters, multiple wires tangled in a mess on the floor or cabinets packed to overflowing?  When a person with dementia comes to live in your home, this chaos may not only be confusing, it can also be…