What Does Caregiver Burnout Look Like?
If you’re a family caregiver, you already know the toll that caregiving can take on your physical, mental, and emotional health. You might feel exhausted all the... Read more.
What Qualifies As a Caregiver Under Medicare Rules?
When your senior loved one needs assistance at home, what type of care qualifies to be covered by Medicare or Medicaid? What type of caregiver is qualified to give... Read more.
How Much Does Medicaid Pay for a Caregiver?
If your loved one is struggling at home with household chores, personal care tasks, meal preparation, or medication management, a caregiver could be the ideal solution.... Read more.
How to Become a Caregiver
Caring for someone else in their time of need can be very rewarding. Caregivers, whether professional or family, share similar traits: a heart for service, patience,... Read more.
Anticipatory Grief in Family Caregivers
Have you noticed that as your loved ones get older, you become more anxious about their health and welfare? Perhaps you’ve found yourself feeling angry that their... Read more.
The Sandwich Generation and Caregiver Burnout
Family caregivers supporting aging parents have increased steadily over the past five years. The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the University... Read more.
How to Step Back From Family Caregiving
You’ve been helping out your aging parents for some time now, but you’ve started to notice that your caregiving role, no matter how big or small, is negatively... Read more.
Caring for a Loved One You Don’t Have a Great Relationship With
Sometimes, you are faced with caring for an aging parent you love and adore. You had a wonderful childhood and adult relationship with them, and you are struggling... Read more.
Steps for Bringing a Senior Loved One Back Home After a Hospital Stay
When your senior loved one is ready to return home after a stay in the hospital or skilled nursing facility, you might feel a mix of relief that they are coming... Read more.
SOS Micro, Mobile or Smartwatch – How to Choose
Bay Alarm Medical offers a complete range of medical alert devices to assist a senior or frail person. What's the difference between the SOS Mobile, the SOS Smartwatch... Read more.