Roseville Home Care BLOG

The fall itself is rarely the whole story. What happens in the days afterwards usually matters more, and it is the part families are least prepared for.Get it looked at, even if she says she is fineMost people play it down, partly out of embarrassment and partly...

Most families compare the monthly price of assisted living against an hourly rate for home care, decide which number looks smaller, and stop there. The two options are different enough that the price alone tells you very little.What each one actually isAssisted living...

Almost nobody handles this well the first time. It usually starts as a conversation and turns into an argument, because of what's actually being discussed. Driving isn't transport. It's the ability to leave the house without asking anyone. Take that away and you're...

The first week home is when most setbacks happen. Someone comes back tired, on new medication, with instructions nobody fully absorbed on the day of discharge, into a house that hasn't caught up with what changed. If you're reading this while a parent is still on the...

Around one in six working adults is helping care for an older relative, and most of them haven't told their employer. If that's you, you already know the shape of it. What follows is what actually helps, and what usually breaks first. What breaks first It's rarely the...

This is usually the question underneath the question about price. Families want a number, and nobody can give them one without knowing what the days look like. Here's how to work it out for yourself before anyone quotes you anything. Start with the hard parts of the...

Most falls at home happen doing ordinary things in familiar rooms. Getting out of the shower. Reaching for something on a high shelf. Crossing a dark hallway at two in the morning. Almost none of it needs building work. Here's what to look at, room by room, and what...

Most families call two or three agencies, get quoted an hourly rate by each, and pick one. The rate is the easiest thing to compare and the least useful. These are the questions worth asking instead. The answers vary more between agencies than the price does. Are your...

Families worry about this more than the cost. Not what it costs, but what it feels like having someone new in your mother's house, and whether she'll hate it. Here's what the first fortnight usually looks like. Before anyone starts It begins with the free in-home...