by Jawad Khattak | Oct 12, 2026 | Alzheimer's / Dementia Care, Home Care
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...
by Jawad Khattak | Oct 9, 2026 | Alzheimer's / Dementia Care, Home Care
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...
by Jawad Khattak | Oct 9, 2026 | Alzheimer's / Dementia Care, Home Care
Families often use these two interchangeably, and agencies don't always help. They're different arrangements, and the difference matters most at night. 24 hour home care With 24 hour home care, caregivers work in shifts. Somebody is awake and alert right...
by Jawad Khattak | Oct 8, 2026 | Alzheimer's / Dementia Care, Home Care
If you've been reading about Medicare's GUIDE program and then found out your mother is on a Medicare Advantage plan, you already know the disappointing part. GUIDE is for traditional Medicare only. That's a dead end for GUIDE. It isn't a dead end for...
by Jawad Khattak | Oct 8, 2026 | Alzheimer's / Dementia Care, Home Care
Ask a family caregiver how they are and most of them say fine. Ask when they last slept through the night, or saw their own doctor, or sat somewhere without listening for a sound in the next room, and the answer takes longer. The thing nobody schedules Respite care is...
by Jawad Khattak | Oct 7, 2026 | Home Care
Almost every family asks this in the first phone call, and for years the answer was a flat no. That has changed, though only for one group of families, and many people have not heard about it yet. Here is the honest version. The general answer is still no Medicare...
