Archive for April, 2010
One of the topics at the 2008 annual conference of the Washington Private Duty Association (WAPDA), was how to provide home care aides with effective supervision. Presenting at the session were top administrators from two well-established Puget Sound area private duty home care agencies. The two presenters couldn’t have been more different in their approaches [ READ MORE ]
In senior home care, who is the client? The answer’s obvious, isn’t it? It would seen the client is the person a home care agency cares for. The client is the older person who needs help staying at home independently, or the disabled client who needs help with transfers and household chores. Washington State law [ READ MORE ]
My father turns 90 today. Yesterday we had a big party. Dad’s family gathered from around the country. His baby sister was there (who just turned 81), as well as his 3 children, grandchildren, other family members and friends. We told stories, laughed, and did a bit of crying too. Dad was diagnosed with dementia [ READ MORE ]
Private Duty Home Care is a relatively new term used to describe in-home care for seniors and the disabled that are usually paid for privately by the client[ READ MORE ]
David Lawrence is the CEO of Family Resource Home Care, a leading provider of senior home care services in the Northwest.
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