Home Healthcare Fort Collins
All About Multiple Sclerosis
At Evergreen Home Healthcare, we work with individuals who have a variety of physical disabilities, including multiple sclerosis (MS). This condition is little understood by the public, and researchers still don’t fully understand MS. That being said, an MS diagnosis is far from a death sentence. Many people who are diagnosed with multiple sclerosis go…
Read MoreHow to Prevent Wandering in Alzheimer’s Patients
An estimated 5.3 million Americans over 65 have Alzheimer’s disease. This means that many of our in-home healthcare patients in Fort Collins suffer from this type of dementia. People with Alzheimer’s disease experience a progressive decline in their memory and cognitive ability. This may initially show up in subtle ways, such as forgetting small things,…
Read MoreWho Can Benefit from Home Healthcare?
The quick and easy answer here is that anyone with ongoing healthcare concerns can potentially benefit from home healthcare services. If you’re knocked down with the flu, hiring a home health aide probably doesn’t make a ton of sense. However, if you have a special needs child at home who has weekly therapy appointments, home…
Read MoreFinancing Care: “Is Home Healthcare Tax Deductible?” And Other Answers
When it comes to those you love, you want the very best for them. If you have a child with special needs or an ongoing health concern, giving them the best generally starts with ensuring they have the care they need. For many, this is where home healthcare steps in and helps out. At a…
Read MoreWhat Are Home Healthcare Services?
We want the best for our loved ones; that’s just the nature of caring for others. Sometimes that means going out of our way to make a special meal or find the right school to provide your child the best education possible. As parents, guardians, family, and friends, we go to many lengths both big…
Read MoreQuestions to Ask a New Home Healthcare Aide
Asking someone to come into your home to provide a service, whether that is pet sitting, a weekly cleaning service, or any other service, requires some level of trust. After all, if you have a cleaning service come to your home once a week, you’re trusting they won’t steal your jewelry or stain your antique…
Read MoreWhat Can Home Healthcare Provide?
How much do you know about inserting, removing, and caring for a catheter? Unless you’re a trained medical professional, odds are slim that you know much, if anything about it. Unfortunately, illnesses and other health concerns, both short- and long-term, make information like this necessary. For many of us, however, the medical training necessary to…
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