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Elevate Your Outdoor Living with an External Stairlift

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If you have a porch or deck attached to your home, you know how enjoyable it can be to spend time outside… especially with spring right around the corner! However, if you or a loved one has mobility issues, getting up and down the deck stairs can sometimes be a challenging and dangerous experience. Fortunately, an external stairlift from PA Stair Lifts can provide a safe and convenient solution for accessing your outdoor living space.

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What Does Medicare Part A Cover?

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Patient covered by Medicare Part A

While Medicare Part A covers many aspects of your healthcare needs, it’s not a magic cure-all. Created in 1965 as part of the original Medicare legislation, Medicare Part A includes:

  • Inpatient hospital care
  • Limited home healthcare
  • Skilled nursing facility care, in cases where custodial care isn’t the only care necessary
  • Hospice care

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How Much Does It Cost to Hire a Caregiver for Your Elderly Parent?

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Senior and caregiver - cost to hire a caregiver

Over the past few weeks, we’ve been writing about how to find a caregiver for an elderly parent: how to tell whether it’s time, what to look for in a caregiver, how to conduct a job interview when you’re hiring a caregiver for your parent.

But there’s one thing we haven’t addressed yet, and it’s pretty important: the cost of a caregiver. Continue reading "How Much Does It Cost to Hire a Caregiver for Your Elderly Parent?" →

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Interview Questions to Ask a Caregiver for the Elderly

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Woman being interviewed for a cargiver position

For most of us, a job interview means answering questions instead of asking them. It’s just the way the world works. There are more workers than bosses.

But now you’re in a situation where you’re the one doing the hiring. The position: a caregiver to look after an elderly family member. Continue reading "Interview Questions to Ask a Caregiver for the Elderly" →

Aging in Place, Elderly Parents, Elderly Parents Living With You, Home Care

How to Hire a Caregiver for Your Elderly Parent

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Caregiver feeding linch to elderly patient - Hire a caregiver for your elderly parent

In our last blog post, we discussed some ways you could determine whether it was time to hire a caregiver for an elderly parent who has decided to age in place.

This week, we’re going to take the next step: how to hire a caregiver for the elderly. Continue reading "How to Hire a Caregiver for Your Elderly Parent" →

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Is it Time to Hire a Caregiver for Your Elderly Parent?

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Is it time to hire a caregiver for your elderly parent?

When you went home to your mom’s house for the holidays this year, you noticed something was off.

Maybe she seemed more forgetful than usual. Or maybe you found expired food in the refrigerator or a stack of unpaid bills on the counter. Continue reading "Is it Time to Hire a Caregiver for Your Elderly Parent?" →

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5 New Year’s Eve Ideas for Seniors

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Senior with party favor

It might seem like ringing in the New Year is a young man’s game.

Alcohol, crowds, staying up past midnight: none of them may be attractive – or feasible – for the senior citizens in your life.

Yet the New Year is a cause for everyone to celebrate, not just people who want to party like it’s 1999 when 2019 arrives.

Here a few New Year’s Eve ideas for seniors that can help your elderly parents living with you feel like part of the festivities this December 31. Continue reading "5 New Year’s Eve Ideas for Seniors" →

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Best Christmas Gifts for Seniors

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Senior couple at Christmas

When it comes to holiday shopping, little kids make it easy. They are more than willing to tell us – and keep telling us – what they want.

Then as people get older, they become harder to shop for: think about all the times a parent or grandparent has told you “Oh, you don’t have to get me anything.” Continue reading "Best Christmas Gifts for Seniors" →

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What is a Personal Care Home in Pennsylvania?

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What is a personal care home in Pennsylvania - Administrator talking with a PCH resident.Nursing home. Assisted living. Retirement community. Personal care home.

For a lot of people, these sort of terms mean the same thing. They all describe a place where senior citizens go when they can no longer live on their own.

And in Pennsylvania, there was a long time where assisted living and personal care homes were virtually interchangeable. Continue reading "What is a Personal Care Home in Pennsylvania?" →