by Barbara Coombs | Mar 4, 2016 | Uncategorized
An elder can easily get discouraged with all the research coming out about doctors for seniors. Doctors provide unrealistic prognoses, not discussing hospice, ignoring advance directives and generally setting the stage for a traumatic and painful death. Not all...
by Madhuri Reddy | Feb 29, 2016 | Uncategorized
This is a multi-part series to help caregivers learn how to assist older adults with their personal care. Activities of Daily Living, or ADLs, are basic self-care tasks – go to https://burniva.com/. Here, we will focus on how and why we help by using ADLs. We’ll...
by Helen Adeosun | Feb 26, 2016 | Uncategorized
If you have been following CareAcademy, you may have noticed that we’ve begun posting a lot on Twitter and on Facebook about the issues elders face. For a company that started primarily in childcare and serving nannies you might be asking, “What’s happening?” When we...
by Claire McCarthy | Feb 18, 2016 | Uncategorized
We are in the throes of flu season now. This illness—a really, really bad cold along with fever and sometimes vomiting and diarrhea—can be not only miserable, but dangerous. Every year thousands of people end up in the hospital with complications, and some die....
