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Did you know that Personal Health Care not only provides quality home health aides and nurses for in-home care, but we can help with all your back to school needs! We have highly trained aides and nurses that can provide 1:1 care and supervision on the bus or van to and from school. Our aides …
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Unless you’ve been living under a rock this summer, you’ve heard about, or mostly likely have taken the ALS ice bucket challenge. This recent phenomenon has helped raise donations and awareness for ALS across the country. According to the ALS Association, “As of Wednesday, August 27, The ALS Association has received $94.3 million in donations …
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Deciding on when to start home care for a loved one can be a complicated task. Often time’s caregivers do not recognize some key signs that their loved one needs more intense one-on-one care, because they are overwhelmed with the stress of providing the day to day care. In fact, Caregiver Stress is one of …
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Caring for a loved one can be very rewarding, but it can also be very stressful. Most people who are primary caregivers for a friend or family member do not even recognize the stress that comes along with this major responsibility. Caregiver stress is the emotional and physical strain of care giving. Individuals who experience …
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Personal Health Care participated in the March for Babies walk this past Saturday April 26th at The Lofts at Valley Forge in Valley Forge, PA. This was our 3rd year participating and our most successful walk to date, we have raised $9000 so far with donations still coming in! Our success came from our many …
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Long Term Care can trace its beginnings all the way back to the 12th Century in England. The English built homes for the aging whom could not be supported at home. The shelters gave way to long term care facilities associated with monasteries. The first known institution in the US for the poor and aging was …
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For many families who care for loved ones there comes a time where they need a break. The break could be a couple hours a few times a week to a month or two. There are two types of respite services in-home respite and out of home respite. Out-of-home respite includes adult day programs, caregiver …
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Part II: Home Health Aides: Liability & Expertise As you may recall, Personal Health Care launched Part I in the blog series, “Navigating the World of Home Health Care, in early February 2014. This blog discussed the concerns a caregiver may have when exploring the cost of a home health aide or home health agency. …
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One of the leading causes of hospital admissions for the elderly is mismanagement of medication. Either taking too many prescribed medications or forgetting to take any at all. Personal Health Care provides medication set up and reminders to a number of elderly clients as part of our home care service. We assist our clients with …
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At Personal Health Care we understand that we are only as good as our caregivers. Therefore we place a tremendous amount of time and energy to make sure we hire the right home health aides or nurses. We are constantly improving the hiring process to increase the quality of our caregivers. All home health aides …
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