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Job Qualifications Are Not Enough
Caregivers who work on shift often run into circumstances when they stay on the job beyond their appropriated time for many reasons....
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Love is the only proper and adequate attitude towards every person. - St. John Paul II
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Aug 6, 20182 min read
Provider Friendly Healthcare = Unfriendly Patient Care
When it comes to getting medical assistance, we all know that we are subject to the constraints of our health care insurance provider. I...
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Zena
Jul 20, 20181 min read
Protecting the Mother from Her Son
One day, we received a call from a man who needed help to take care of his mother. He hired a capable caregiver who lasted two days. He...
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Zena
Jul 10, 20182 min read
We’ve Got to Move it Move it…
My business partner hosting his precious mother in law who came to visit for a week. When he came to work, he was very tired, and I asked...
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Jul 4, 20182 min read
Fourth Commandment
I recently read a story about a 92 year old woman in Arizona who apparently had an argument with her son over the way she was being...
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Jun 27, 20181 min read
Value of Good Management
One day, a client and her family had left the house, and left the caregiver with a load of laundry, which was a routine and understood...
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Zena
Jun 20, 20182 min read
Always Invest in Love.
Love is the greatest gift ever given to humanity. St. John Paul II stated that “Love is the only proper and adequate attitude towards...
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Jun 12, 20183 min read
Do Merciful Agencies Exist?
We think they do, but they’re forced to terminate relationships either for economic reasons or for liability risk reasons. The Catholic...
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Jun 4, 20183 min read
Human Nature and its Disparity Within American Home Health Care
We are full of true stories. Here’s another one. Several years ago, there was an elderly man who was being discharged from the hospital...
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Zena
May 29, 20182 min read
Caregiver Ethics on Competitive Caregiving
The importance of looking beyond the caregiver’s interests in his/her own job is rarely done by institutionalized agencies because of the...
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May 22, 20182 min read
Strong moral standards vs. strong government policies
The other day, we took a call from a retired police officer who threated our agency with a statement, “You better be good or else,...
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Zena
May 15, 20181 min read
Robot Care???
I read this article the other day titled ‘What about that human touch?’ Elderly will be cared for by ROBOTS to solve staff shortage and...
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Zena
May 9, 20182 min read
Senior flirting
True story: There once was an elderly man with memory problems who invited his caregiver to bed every night. The caregiver was young...
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Zena
May 3, 20182 min read
What risks are there if I just hire someone from another person I know?
Hiring help through someone you know, (e.g. local travel agent, pharmacist, doctor, book store, butcher, neighbor, friend, or...
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Zena
Apr 27, 20182 min read
“Good English” may not be enough.
English skills may not be enough. When a customer asks for “someone with good English”, people often forget the converse exists: someone...
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Zena
Apr 20, 20181 min read
Once a Nurse, Always a Nurse
True story: There was an elderly couple who lived at home, where the husband took good care of his ailing wife with Alzheimer’s. His wife...
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Zena
Apr 13, 20182 min read
Medicare may be free to you but you also get nothing
True story: There was a lady with slight memory problems (the client) who had a caregiver who took care of her. The client had private...
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