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NetOffer.com Dallas Health Wellness SuperBLOG postings for January 31, 2011

Posted by NetOffer in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX on Jan 31, 2011

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Dallas Senior Elder Care - Aging in Place January 29, 2011

Dallas Senior Elder Care comments about the trend of Aging in Place There are many deciding factors as to where you want to spend your golden years. Health considerations play the most important factor, such as disability or injury, serious illness such as Alzheimer's, Cancer, Emphysema, Parkinson's, etc. Or, difficulties with Activities of Daily Living, known as "ADL". ADL's include needing help with memory assistance, medication reminders, meal planning and preparation, assistance with eating, ambulation and transfer assistance, bathroom and hygiene, bathing and grooming, transportation, shopping and errands and light housekeeping and laundry. Other deciding factors are that many seniors recognize the need to be closer to their fami [more info...]

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Dallas Senior Care - Caregiving Statistics January 29, 2011

Dallas Senior Care ellaborates on Caregiving Statistics - More than 65 million people, 29% of the U.S. population, provide care for their chronically ill, disabled or elder family members or friends a year, with an average of 20 hours a week providing care for their loved one. The value of services family caregivers provide for "free" is estimated to be $375 billion a year, almost twice as much as is actually spent on nursing home services and homecare services combined ($158 billion). The typical family caregiver is a woman caring for her widowed mother who does not live with her. The family caregiver is married and employed. Approximately 66% of family caregivers are women and more than 37% have children or grandchildren under the ag [more info...]

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Dallas Home Care talks about U.S. health care stats January 24, 2011

Dallas Home Care MyCarePA talks about U.S. health care stats. Approximately 7.6 million people in the US require some form of home health care. More than 20,000 home health care providers exist today. Almost two-thirds (62.3 percent) of home health care recipients are women. More than two-thirds (68.6 percent) of home health care recipients are over age 65. Conditions requiring home health care most frequently include Alzheimers, diabetes, heart failure, chronic ulcer of the skin, osteoarthritis, and hypertension. Approximately 41.3 billion dollars was projected to be spent on home health care. Medicare is the largest single payer of home care services. Typically, Medicare spending was approximately 26 percent of the to [more info...]