We have taken care of my father-in-law since Oct. 2004 from a long distance. Because we are too far away, we have hired a home care service to help him since 2006. This co. is new and has only been established for 4 years or so. It is nice that the caregivers' boss is a nurse who does not work in the hospital anymore. Instead she devoted her... Read more
I came across to this website after I read the question by one member about missing person. In this site below, I found some useful info. about staging:
http://www.alzinfo.org/clinical-stages-of-alzheimers-disease.asp
According to my experience being with my father-in-law, the staging is tricky. Unless one lives with him everyday... Read more
I am wondering how you can define a bad caregiver? It is best to begin with a good caregiver who has certificate and all that. Like a nurse aid. When you go to a home care service company, you would expect professional caregivers.
Be sure you ask the company if the caregivers have certificates or are nurse aids and etc. Sometimes the caregivers... Read more
My father-in-law has this home care for more than 3 years. There is this young lady who keeps making small errors and on 4/4 my father-in-law fell because of her judgment error and short of attention. I have always wanted to let her go because she is only 20 years old and she kept making mistakes and never really admitted her errors... Read more
I just want to clarify about the post I wrote earlier. We have had this love-hate relationship with our home care service. First of all, we hired them as a local service. Then 15 months later, they moved 2 hours away for personal reasons. They hire people from this large family in my father-in-law's hometown while they live 2... Read more
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