Golden Heart Senior Care is proud to announce the rollout of our newest caregiver reward program!
Point$! is a reward program to recognize our caregivers for all the AMAZING things they do for our clients.
Once Point$! are earned, our caregivers can spend them on amazing gifts from Apple, Amazon, Bath & Body Works, Sephora, Best Buy, Starbucks, Target, Walmart, and many other wonderful places!
If you are interested in joining an AMAZING home care agency that CARES about its caregivers, please visit us at www.GoldenHeartSummerlin.com or call 702-268-4399.
Home oxygen therapy is something that your elderly family member’s doctor has to prescribe for her. There are qualifications for receiving oxygen therapy at home and it is used to treat conditions like asthma, COPD, and even sleep apnea. If your elderly family member is considering oxygen therapy, she may want to keep these benefits in mind as she goes through her decision-making process.
It May Prolong Her Life
People who have lung illnesses may struggle to breathe. This is a serious concern that doesn’t just get better on its own. By having access to oxygen therapy, it is highly likely that your elderly family member is able to prolong her life. This is often the biggest reason that your elderly family member’s doctor may prescribe oxygen for her, either as an overnight treatment or continuously.
She May Have Fewer Complications
Illnesses like COPD and asthma have complications and symptoms that can take a huge toll on your elderly family member. Some, like fatigue and dizziness, could lead to a fall. Complications from COPD can even lead to heart failure or to a stroke. Having access to oxygen therapy reduces those complications for your senior. Your elderly family member might also experience fewer exacerbations if she has COPD.
Oxygen May Help Her to Move More
Lack of oxygen can keep your elderly family member from moving much at all on a consistent basis. She needs to conserve her energy when she’s experiencing shortness of breath and for many people with lung issues, just breathing is difficult enough. With supplemental oxygen, your elderly family member may find that she feels well enough to exercise, even just a little bit.
Her Overall Quality of Life May Improve
The bottom line is that oxygen can help your elderly family member to breathe better, which helps her to sleep better, can help to improve her mood, and can lower anxiety. She is also likely to feel less fatigued and more mentally alert each day. These factors all contribute to a much higher quality of life than your senior might experience without supplemental oxygen therapy.
Learning to use home oxygen therapy can feel complicated at first. There are also a great many safety considerations for you and your elderly family member to become familiar with very quickly. That’s why it can be beneficial to hire home care providers for additional assistance with oxygen therapy at home.
If you or an aging loved one is considering home care in Las Vegas, NV, please contact the caring staff at Golden Heart Senior Care of Summerlin. 702-800-4616.
Stroke is the fifth leading cause of death in our country. And as your parent ages, with each decade his chances of having a stroke doubles. To help draw awareness to the dangers of strokes, each May is named “Strike Out Strokes” month to help inform the public about the risks, symptoms, and steps of preventing a stroke. The more you and your aging parent know about strokes will help you take steps now to prevent the occurrence of a stroke as well as know how to recognize when one is happening.
While some risk factors for your parent having a stroke cannot be mitigated (for example, women and African Americans are more likely to have a stroke), there are steps your parent can take to reduce his risk of having a stroke.
Reduce blood pressure. Those with high blood pressure have a higher risk of having a stroke. If your parent takes medication to reduce his blood pressure, make sure he takes it as prescribed along with following through on other health care suggestions. You or your elder care provider can help by checking during each visit to make sure he’s taken his medication if it something he forgets often.
Reduce cholesterol levels. Cholesterol is a build of a plaque in the blood that can break off and cause a stroke. Getting the bad cholesterol levels reduced with help reduce your parent’s risk of stroke.
Eliminate drinking and smoking. Both of these habits can increase the risk for stroke. If your parent struggles with addiction to either, help him find support groups to assist him in quitting. Sometimes having an accountability partner like yourself or his elder care provider can help as well.
Keep physical. Help your parent stay active by finding activities he enjoys and will consistently do. He might like to be a part of a group that exercises together and provides socialization as well as exercise.
Eat well. Eating plenty of fish, fresh fruits and vegetable while keeping saturated fats to a minimum, can help reduce the risk of a stroke developing. Look at that shopping list the next time your parent is heading out to the grocery store to make sure it’s full of healthy options.
While strokes can occur to anyone at any time, taking the right steps ahead of time will help reduce the risk of your parent developing a stroke. If you feel your parent is having a stroke, there is an easy test to see if what’s is occurring is a stroke. It’s called the FAST test. FAST is an acronym to help you remember what to look for when you or your elder care provider believe your parent may be having a stroke:
F – Face. Ask your parent to smile. Does one side of his face droop?
A – Arms. Ask your parent to lift his arms. Can he only raise one arm? Is one arm lower than the other?
S – Speech. Ask your parent to repeat a simple phrase. Is he slurring his speech?
T – Time. Time is of the essence. If you recognize any of these symptoms, call 911 immediately.
For every minute a stroke goes untreated and blood flow to the brain is blocked, a person’s speech, movement, memory can be more adversely affected. Learning this simple acronym could help you act more quickly.
If you or an aging loved one is considering elder care in Las Vegas, NV, please contact the caring staff at Golden Heart Senior Care of Summerlin. 702-800-4616.
Golden Heart Senior Care is offering an AMAZING opportunity to join our team! We are hiring so please apply.
Job Summary:
The Caregiver (CNA, Personal Care Aide, or Home care Aide) assists clients with various personal care and companion services. An individual care plan is created to help clients maintain their independence while living in the comfort of their home. (Hourly pay ranges from $11 to $13/hour)
We proudly offer a rewarding work environment with various benefits including:
Reimbursement of pre-employment costs (TB Test, CPR, Physical, etc.)
“Daily Pay” – Access your pay on a daily basis
Competitive Pay
FREE PCA Training
Holiday Pay
PAID travel time between Clients
Direct Deposit
Up to 40-hours of paid vacation time off
$250 Employee Referral Bonuses for Caregivers and Clients
Social team building events that are FUN and professional
A supportive, engaging and uplifting work environment
Golden Heart Senior Care conducted a very successful Caregiver Job Fair at their corporate office in Sun City Summerlin. There were more than 25 participants who attended the Caregiver Job Fair, with many being hired. The successful candidates were also eligible for a sign-on bonus of up to $750.
We want to say a BIG “Thank You” to our staff who spent many hours getting the job fair organized to run as smooth as possible.
Pictured is Christy Swadkins, owner of Golden Heart Senior Care.
Golden Heart conducted a very successful staff training session on Alzheimer’s and Dementia care on May 5, 2021. We had fantastic caregiver participation and we all enjoyed great food, amazing company, and we all learned a great deal on how to interact and care for clients who suffer from Alzheimer’s or other forms of Dementia.
We want to thank all of our Caregivers as they make the world go around!
Have you worried about your elderly parent falling? Maybe you can’t be around enough to keep an eye on them, but you worry about them every day. If this is the case, the first thing that you might want to do is hire senior care providers to look after your elderly parent. The other thing that you might want to do is to figure out whether your elderly parent has a higher risk of falling. If they do, you can talk to their doctor and work with the senior care providers to help them stay safer.
Getting Lightheaded
One of the risk factors for falling is feeling lightheaded. How often does your elderly parent feel lightheaded? Are they often having to sit down because they feel this way? Does your elderly parent need to hold onto something when they stand up because they feel lightheaded? If these things are happening, then your elderly parent does have a higher risk of falling. Feeling lightheaded often should be checked out by their doctor. Senior care providers can offer immediate assistance if your senior feels lightheaded when walking, standing, going up stairs, etc.
Fell in the Past
Has your elderly parent already fallen in the past? If this is the case, they may have a higher risk of falling again. The main reason for this is because many senior citizens who fall often get scared they will fall again. This fear can cause them to be unsteady on their feet causing them to fall again.
Taking Medications
How many medications is your elderly parent taking? If they are on 4 or more medications, the chances of them experiencing dizziness due to medication side effects is much greater than if they were taking fewer medications. Is your elderly parent taking a medication that has dizziness or tiredness on the list of side effects? If this is the case, your elderly parent’s risk of falling will be higher.
Lack of Physical Activity
Does your elderly parent get very minimal physical activity? The more your elderly parent sits around without moving, the more tense and tight their body is going to be. This stiffness could make it difficult for your elderly parent to walk. When they try to walk, they may have a higher risk of falling.
Conclusion
These are some of the things that might increase your elderly parent’s risk of falling. Now that you know this, you can determine more of what your parent’s fall risk might be. If they have a higher risk of falling, you should make sure they have senior care providers around more often to help prevent falls.
If you or an aging loved on is considering senior care in Summerlin, NV, please contact the caring staff at Golden Heart Senior Care of Summerlin. 702-800-4616.
If you are a family caregiver, there might be times when taking care of your elderly loved one feels like a full-time career. It can be tough to get into a routine with your elderly loved one, especially if they have numerous health conditions or other needs. Even though caregiving can be tough, there are some tips that can help you to stay on top of everything, especially with the help of elderly care.
Improving the Safety of Their Home
One of the best things you can do to take care of your elderly loved one is to improve the safety of their home. There are many elderly people who get hurt in their home because they fall, get burnt, or have another type of accident. There are some modifications that you can have made to your elderly loved one’s home to keep them safer. Some of the things that can be done include the following:
Widen the doorway
Modify the height of countertops
Get safety knobs for the stove
Install a handicap ramp on their porch
Put in raised toilet seats
Install grab bars by the shower and toilet in the bathroom
Get better lighting throughout the home
If these home safety modifications are made, you can help to prevent falls and other accidents for your elderly loved one.
Be Ready for Emergencies
Do you often worry that your elderly loved one is going to have an emergency? Are you worried that you won’t be able to handle the situation quickly enough? This is a common worry amongst family caregivers. One of the things you can do to ease this worry is to be ready for emergencies. Some of the ways you can do this include the following:
Have all important medical documents ready to go (insurance cards, medication list, etc.)
Make a hospital bag of comfort items for your elderly love done (prepare for staying overnight)
Be sure to have elderly care providers scheduled in case of emergency (this way if you need someone to stay with your elderly loved one, someone is available)
If you are ready for emergencies ahead of time, you won’t have to worry about these aspects when an emergency happens.
Get Extra Help from Elderly Care
While you may want to do everything by yourself, it is always good to have an extra set of hands to help out. Even if you only need to hire elderly care providers for a couple of hours every week, this could give you the break needed, so you can provide your elderly loved one with better care the rest of the week. Getting extra help is always a good idea.
Conclusion
These are some of the tips to stay on top of everything with elderly care. Now that you have these tips, you can be better prepared to give your elderly loved one all the care that they need.
Pictured is Christy Swadkins, owner of Golden Heart Senior Care, and the April 2021 Caregiver of the Month, Sinone Miller.
Please join us in congratulating Sinone Miller as the April 2021 Golden Heart Senior Care Employee of the Month. Sinone is Simply the Best!
We appreciate Sinone so much because she has the biggest heart and makes a huge difference in the lives of her clients. Sinone is always also willing to step in and help with there are open shifts. She is an AMAZING caregiver!!
Your elderly parent’s mental health is just as important as his physical health as you help him to live independently in his home. Sometimes we can get so caught up in taking care of someone’s physical needs that the mental needs are forgotten or pushed to the side. If your parent has been showing indications of struggling with anxiety, you should set up an appointment with his physician to determine the cause of the anxiety. Some medications can increase anxiety and some other health issues (such as an overactive thyroid) can also create anxiety in your parent.
Once you have worked with your parent’s physician, there are things you can do at home as you take care of your parent that will help reduce the anxiety he is dealing with. These tips are also great to share with anyone else who may be caring for your parent, such as a home care provider or other family members.
Maintain a routine.
Anxiety can be wrapped up in not knowing what to expect each day. If you find this causes your parent to feel especially anxious, work with him to develop a regular routine for him. It might be as simple as to make sure he doesn’t have any surprise visitors. Plan those visits from his home care provider to be consistent and make sure your parent knows when to expect them. It might also be helpful for his daily routine to be consistent, with getting up at the same time each day and creating daily habits like walking after breakfast or having a lunch visitor every Tuesday.
Just listen.
For some people, speaking about their anxiety is one way for them to manage it better. If your parent wants to share his concerns and worries, listen actively and let him speak freely. Don’t shame his thoughts or disregard his concerns, even if you can’t relate to them. Your parent will feel more comfortable (and less anxious) if he knows he can share his concerns with you and still be treated with dignity and respect. A home care provider can also be a sounding board for your parent, if they feel more comfortable talking to someone other than their adult child.
Use distraction.
Your parent may just need help turning his brain away from its worries. Once you have listened well to your parent, encourage your parent to do something that will distract him from his worries and help his mind focus on other things. It might be a walk around the block, working on a puzzle, or calling a family member (especially a grandchild, they’re great at distractions!).
Refer to professional opinions.
If your parent is worried about the possibly of a tornado destroying his home, or the risk of suddenly developing a deadly disease, it might help to do some research with your parent to help him see the low risk of what he is worrying about. Just learning the facts about a topic can help reduce the anxiety around it.
If you find anxiety continues to rob your parent of his quality of life, medications and/or professional therapy can help him manage his anxiety and get back to enjoying life.
If you or an aging loved on is considering home care in Summerlin, NV, please contact the caring staff at Golden Heart Senior Care of Summerlin. 702-800-4616.
Golden Heart Senior Care is proud to announce the rollout of our newest caregiver reward program!
Home oxygen therapy is something that your elderly family member’s doctor has to prescribe for her. There are qualifications for receiving oxygen therapy at home and it is used to treat conditions like asthma, COPD, and even sleep apnea. If your elderly family member is considering oxygen therapy, she may want to keep these benefits in mind as she goes through her decision-making process.
Golden Heart Senior Care conducted a very successful Caregiver Job Fair at their corporate office in Sun City Summerlin. There were more than 25 participants who attended the Caregiver Job Fair, with many being hired. The successful candidates were also eligible for a sign-on bonus of up to $750.
