CALIFORNIA Home Care BLOG
California Home Care Insights and Advice
Caring for a Parent From Another State
The call comes on a Tuesday afternoon. A neighbor, or the hospital, or your mother sounding strange in a way you can't quite name. You're two thousand miles away and the next flight is tomorrow morning. Being caught off guard like this has less to do with...
Sundowning: Why Dementia Gets Worse in the Late Afternoon
By four in the afternoon she's somebody else. Restless, asking the same question for the ninth time, putting her coat on, certain she needs to get home while she's standing in the middle of her own living room. By eight the next morning she's calm and...
Visiting a Parent Over the Holidays: What to Look For
If you live a plane ride away, the holidays are usually the only time you see your parent properly. Phone calls are a poor instrument. Video calls are worse, because people point the camera at their face and nowhere else. So the visit does a lot of work, and most...
What Home Care Actually Costs, and What Drives the Number
You called three agencies and got three versions of the same answer. It depends. Somebody will need to come out and see. That's frustrating when you're trying to work out whether any of this is possible, and it sounds like a sales tactic. It usually isn't....
When a Parent Says They Do Not Need Help
You've had the conversation three times now. Each time it ends the same way. I'm fine. I don't need a stranger in my house. Stop fussing. And each time you drive home more worried than before. Here's the thing to understand first. Almost nobody is...
The Signs a Parent Needs Help at Home, and the Ones Families Miss
Almost nobody decides their parent needs help on a single day. It comes together slowly, out of a dozen small things that each seemed like nothing at the time. Then something happens, and looking back, all of it was obvious. Here's what families tend to notice,...
How Do You Choose a Home Care Agency? The Questions Worth Asking
Most families call three agencies in an afternoon and come away unable to tell them apart. Everybody sounds kind. Everybody says their caregivers are wonderful. The differences are real, but they aren't in the brochure. They show up in how an agency answers...
Coming Home From Hospital: What the First Two Weeks Really Need
The call usually comes on a Tuesday. Your mother is doing well, she's ready to go home, can somebody pick her up Thursday morning. Three days ago she couldn't stand up unassisted. Nobody has explained how she's going to manage the stairs, or who's...
Alzheimer’s Care at Home: What Changes in the Middle Stage
The early stage is frightening because of what it means. The middle stage is hard because of what it takes. It's usually the longest stretch, often several years, and it's where most families first pick up the phone. What tends to change Everyone is different...
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