Home Care: How to Stay in Your Home as You Age with Kathy Miller
On this episode of the Age Better Resources podcast, Kathy Clinton speaks with Kathy Miller, founder and owner of Gentle Shepherd Home Care, Colorado Springs. They discuss how understanding home care agency basics is essential for implementing your best solution, how home care for seniors can allow aging adults with increasing needs to stay safely at home, wherever that is, and how it is crucial to find the right provider when inviting someone to care for an older senior in the home.
They also discuss Kathy’s “origin story” of founding Gentle Shepherd after experiencing challenges finding quality care for family members, the services that Gentle Shepherd provides and how people pay, essential aspects of high-quality home care agency, and important hiring and training guidelines all agencies should follow.
5 Ways to Compensate for Declines in Activities of Daily Living
Once you have noticed that declines in Activities of Daily Living (ADLs) are becoming an issue, it is important to take steps to manage the situation. It can be difficult for seniors to acknowledge their decline, but offering strategies to compensate can provide optimism in a tough situation.
8 Popular Living Options for Seniors
Many situations could prompt you to start wondering about living options for seniors. Is your old family home larger than what you presently need? Is the lawn becoming too much to maintain, or are the stairs difficult to navigate? As we enter new phases of life, our housing needs change, which is why is important to review popular living options for seniors.