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Isolation is Hurting Our Elderly

Aaron Silver, age 75 an active widowed senior with extended family supporting him socially with regular visits.  Aaron regularly went for walks, ran his own errands, and cooked his own meals.  Aaron, like most Elders found himself suddenly cut off and isolated from those he loved and supported him socially.  Fear has set in and […]

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Facts To Consider When Your Loved One Is In A Nursing Home Or Long-Term Care Facility During The Pandemic

Facts To Consider When Your Loved One Is In A Nursing Home Or Long-Term Care Facility During The Pandemic With the coronavirus infecting nursing homes across the country at an alarming rate, many families are wondering whether their loved ones would be better off at home during the COVID-19 pandemic. The first thing you need

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Slip and Fall Prevention

Slip and Fall Prevention Is your house a safe place for your elderly loved ones? Did you know that the leading cause of death due to injury amongst the elderly is caused by falls. In fact, research shows that 87% of all fractures are sustained when a senior falls. Fall prevention may not be on

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Taking Care of the Caretaker

Taking Care of the Caretaker You rise every morning with the sun to care for your loved one, preparing medications, meals or just for the day ahead. The day might be full of appointments or you could be home all day seeing to the needs of the person you are charged with caring for. The

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Ride Service

Ride Service Here at Advantage Private Home Care our goal is to give your loved ones the quality of life that they desire and deserve. One of the most important needs your loved ones require is the ability to be mobile. However, you wouldn’t line them up with just any transportation. Bus schedules and train

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Mother Comes First

Mother Comes First Sometimes one of the hardest calls you make as an adult child is to get homecare services for your aging parent.  The realization that they are no longer capable to care for themselves is a hard pill to swallow.  This is especially true when you’re a health care provider yourself and realize

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Making Your Home Elder Safe

Making Your Home Elder Safe The holidays are a festive time of the year; families will be gathering from near and far, coming together in a joyous celebration. The last thing any of us would want is to have this happy time marred by a serious injury or accident involving one of our family members.

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Employee Spotlight

Employee Spotlight Advantage Private Home Care is proud to announce a new member of our team; Elise Martin is the new Human Resources Director.  We wanted everyone to get to know Elise, so we set up a little interview with her. What brought you to Advantage Private Home Care? I had worked with Daniel in

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Daniel Levy Interview

Daniel Levy Interview It’s amazing how time flies, LinkedIn graciously reminded me to congratulate my friend Daniel Levy on his 3rd year anniversary of owning Advantage Private Home Care which was originally founded in 2005.  As the notifications came in that others were also congratulating Daniel on his anniversary and success I thought this would be

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