Getting In-Home Help Through West Virginia’s Aged and Disabled Waiver
Your mother has been in the same house off National Road most of her life. She raised her kids there, [...]
When Caring for Your Mother Starts Consuming Your Life
You told yourself it would be temporary. A few months of extra help, maybe a year, until things settled down. [...]
How to Keep Seniors Healthy at Home During Cold and Flu Season
Though most people associate flu season with October and peaks between the coldest months of the year, the common cold [...]
How Ohio’s PASSPORT Program Helps Youngstown Seniors Stay Home
You stopped by after your shift and the mail was stacked on the chair, two days of dishes were in [...]
Medicaid and Home Care in the Mon Valley: Keeping Mom Where She Belongs
The doctor said the words "nursing home" and your mother stopped listening right there. She's been in that house on [...]
Using VA Benefits to Pay for a Veteran’s Home Care in Pittsburgh
Your dad has never asked anybody for help in his life. He served, he worked, he fixed what broke around [...]
Can We Afford Home Care for Mom? Costs and Options in Erie, PA
You noticed it over Labor Day. The porch steps took her twice as long, and there were three unopened bottles [...]
How to Pay for In-Home Care for a Parent
The first call is almost never about money. It's about the pot left on the stove, or the bruise your [...]
Sandwich Generation Caregiving in Michigan’s Great Lakes: Finding Balance
The Sandwich Generation: Caught Between Your Kids and Your Parent You're trying to help your aging parent. And you're also [...]
Bringing the Comfort of Fall to a Parent With Dementia in Marquette, Escanaba, and the Great Lakes Region
Up here, fall doesn't wait around. One week the trees along Lake Superior are green, and the next the whole [...]
