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Caregivers who work on shift often run into circumstances when they stay on the job beyond their appropriated time for many reasons....

When it comes to getting medical assistance, we all know that we are subject to the constraints of our health care insurance provider. I...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Love is the greatest gift ever given to humanity. St. John Paul II stated that “Love is the only proper and adequate attitude towards...

We think they do, but they’re forced to terminate relationships either for economic reasons or for liability risk reasons. The Catholic...

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...

The importance of looking beyond the caregiver’s interests in his/her own job is rarely done by institutionalized agencies because of the...

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,...

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...

True story: There once was an elderly man with memory problems who invited his caregiver to bed every night. The caregiver was young...

Hiring help through someone you know, (e.g. local travel agent, pharmacist, doctor, book store, butcher, neighbor, friend, or...

English skills may not be enough. When a customer asks for “someone with good English”, people often forget the converse exists: someone...

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...

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...