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Battling the Holiday Blues For most of us, this is the most wonderful time of the year. Unfortunately, for many seniors, it’s the worst. “Instead of joy and excitement, the holidays can trigger bouts of sadness and loneliness for seniors - especially if they live alone,” said Teresa Steinfatt, vice president of business performance at [...]
Ten Travel Tips for Seniors Holiday air travel is almost never easy - airports are crowded, flights are overbooked and tempers can be short. For families traveling with seniors, there may also be other unique challenges along the way. “Many seniors haven’t traveled in a while, because of COVID-19,” said Sierra Goetz, operations manager at [...]
Balancing Family Life and Family Caregiving You missed an important meeting at work because your mom fell in her shower. You left your son’s big soccer game to take your dad to a doctor’s appointment. You forgot to make cookies for your daughter’s school bake sale because you were busy making dinner for your aging [...]
Holiday Gift Ideas for Seniors Still searching for the perfect holiday gift for your senior loved ones? We know that coming up with holiday gift ideas for older people can be challenging - especially if they insist they don’t need anything. So, we’ve compiled a list of useful items that might help them with everyday [...]
Survey Confirms Senior Living Providers Can Compete in the Homecare Marketplace When an aging loved one needs a little extra help, where do most families turn? At the HomeCare Advocacy Network (HCAN), we conducted a survey that shows the vast majority of family decision-makers would prefer engaging in-home supportive services before moving their loved ones to [...]
Signs Your Aging Loved Ones May Need Help at Home When you visited mom over the Thanksgiving holiday, you noticed something was off. Maybe she was a little more forgetful than usual or she struggled to get out of a chair. Perhaps you spied an unopened stack of mail or an unexplained dent in her [...]
Talking to Your Kids About Alzheimer’s One day Grandpa knows the kids’ names… but the next day, he doesn’t remember. The unpredictability of Alzheimer’s can be confusing and sometimes very scary - especially for children, and explaining the disease to them can be particularly challenging. If it’s time to talk to your kids about a [...]
The Promise of a Better Tomorrow When Mark and Sierra Goetz founded the HomeCare Advocacy Network (HCAN), they did so with a vision of arming today’s spectrum of caregivers with hope, high-impact resources, and the promise of a better tomorrow. One way they’re doing that is through HCAN’s new Family and Friends Dementia Education class [...]
Welcoming American Baptist Homes of the Midwest into the HCAN Family We are very proud to announce that we have teamed up with American Baptist Homes of the Midwest (ABHM) to launch a new service line designed to successfully deliver in-home care to ABHM’s current residents as well as seniors in surrounding communities. “We are [...]
Life Experience Fuels Sarah Pappas’ Passion for Caregiving Native Nebraskan, Sarah Pappas, learned about the power of love and the importance of duty toward others at a young age through experience. “My paternal grandparents emigrated from Greece and opened a restaurant, The Continental, in downtown Lincoln in 1920,” she said. “It was a thriving family [...]
