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Nearly 25 million Americans are reported to be
dealing with some form of incontinence.

You Are Not Alone

Many people report they feel isolated and alone when diagnosed with incontinence. They are often embarrassed to share their struggle with anyone close to them. It is important to understand if you are diagnosed with incontinence, you are not alone. Nearly 25 million Americans are reported to be dealing with some form of incontinence. Contrary to popular belief incontinence is not something which only affects the elderly and ill but can be something people of both genders, all ages and health status must deal with. Many times the individuals who are experiencing incontinence are still working, traveling and having active social lives. If you are one of these people it is crucial to find the right incontinence products for your incontinence management needs.

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Mobile Devices are Reshaping e-Care Services in Care Homes

High tech only work is high touch exists in the first place.

High tech only works if high touch exists in the first place

With mobile devices evolving rapidly, they have become a vital tool helping family caregivers provide care to a love one. For example, smartphones are now being used by professionals and family caregivers alike to help improve the monitoring of of seniors to ensure they are safe. In this article, we highlight how mobile devices are and will continue to reshape the current e-care services and how it will help drive future of e-care services.

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Enter to Win A Special Free Caregiving Package

Enter to Win a Special Free Caregiving Package 

We are giving away up to five hours of caregiving by Visiting Angels® and a case of Depend® absorbent underwear. Enter for a chance to win!

We’re introducing something new and exciting in our sweepstakes this month. In addition to an entire case of premium-quality Depend products, one lucky winner receives up to five free hours of in-home senior care from the professional care network Visiting Angels.

• One case of Depend pull-on underwear: The winner gets to choose any size of Depend absorbent underwear in the new soft peach color or popular Silhouette style for women. Men get to choose any size of Depend underwear in new neutral gray or the cloth-like Real Fit underwear. This prize is valued at up to $94.99.

• Up to five hours of caregiving by Visiting Angels: Visiting Angels living assistance services is a national, private duty network of home care agencies. The winner receives up to five hours of in-home care — with a maximum payment of $125 — from skilled elderly-care providers from a licensed, bonded and insured agency. 

For a chance to win, participants need only e-mail info@caregiverpartnership.com or mail a short statement explaining these products would be useful to him or her or a loved one. We will accept entries for this prize through July 31, 2015, and will notify the drawing winner the first week of August. Visit our “Helping You Get On With Life” sweepstakes page for details.

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About The CareGiver Partnership. The CareGiver Partnership helps caregivers and their loved ones with answers to their caregiving questions, including information about home health care products and supplies, from our Wisconsin-based team of Product Specialists who are all current or former caregivers. The company’s Web site provides the largest online library of resources on subjects most important to caregivers — from arthritis to assisted living, and Parkinson’s to prostate cancer — as well as access to more than 3,000 home care products for incontinence, skin care, mobility, home safety and daily living aids. The CareGiver Partnership was founded in 2004 by Lynn Wilson of Neenah, Wisc. Visit http://www.caregiverpartnership.com to learn more or call 1-800-985-1353.

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5 Great Ways to Spend Time with Parents with Dementia or Alzheimers

Visit daily, even if just for a short time. 

It’s natural to feel lost, overwhelmed and even a sense of despair when your loved one is first diagnosed with Alzheimer’s or Dementia. The signs may have been there but a diagnosis confirms it and makes it final. It is the start of a very difficult and long journey. Alongside your current responsibilities which may involve working and raising children, you will now need to find the time to support your parents.

Many people become the main carer for their parents and there are a myriad of decisions which need to be made to ensure your parent receives the best care possible. The following guidelines will ensure you are able to spend time with your parents while you can.

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How to Find the Best Senior Care- In a Crisis

Guest Post by Ryan McEniff of Minute Women Home Care, located in Lexington, Massachusetts

A previous post talked about how private home care helped my mom while losing her battle with cancer. When anyone is dealing with a terminal diagnosis of someone they love, there isn’t a whole lot of time to think, plan, and execute. Things are moving way too quickly.

There is no time to look into multiple services, what options you have, companies to consider. You are dealing with the shock of the situation. It is ‘we need home care and we need hospice immediately’.

That’s why I created the infographic- "56 Best Senior Caregiving Websites".  It provides a wealth of resources on the best tools for choosing senior care. It breaks the tools into different categories and provides short descriptions of each tool, allowing you to find what you are interested in and look at the tools you need.

By having a resource list like this, you have the most important tools needed when investigating the different types of services and products that are associated with senior care. It allows you to be proactive about the future, rather than being reactive to a situation.

Some people like the written version of the 50+ Best Senior Care Tools Online better, but I find the infographic to be simple and straight to the point and I am sure you will find a wealth of information to use!

Three other very helpful resources for caregivers are:

• The CareGiver Partnership - a resource to call to find out about the best home health care supplies like incontinence products. They'll send samples to try before you buy.

• The CareGiver Partnership blog. Thousands of articles on various aspects of home caregiving. Updated several times a week with fresh new relevant content. 

• The worlds largest caregiver resource library with links to over 1500 fully vetted resources for caregivers on a range of issues. They are easy to search and find what may be helpful to you. 

Ryan McEniff is the content contributor and owner of Minute Women Home Care, a private home care company located in Lexington, MA



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About The CareGiver Partnership. The CareGiver Partnership helps caregivers and their loved ones with answers to their caregiving questions, including information about home health care products and supplies, from our Wisconsin-based team of Product Specialists who are all current or former caregivers. The company’s Web site provides the largest online library of resources on subjects most important to caregivers — from arthritis to assisted living, and Parkinson’s to prostate cancer — as well as access to more than 3,000 home care products for incontinence, skin care, mobility, home safety and daily living aids. The CareGiver Partnership was founded in 2004 by Lynn Wilson of Neenah, Wisc. Visit http://www.caregiverpartnership.com to learn more or call 1-800-985-1353.

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Elderly Caregiving. Choices & Challenges.

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Guest Post By Edward Francis and Foresthc.com

Medical advances and healthier lifestyles are major contributors to the increase in lifespan that many people now enjoy. This is combining with people generally having a baby later in life and creating a ‘sandwich’ generation. These are people who need to provide care for elderly parents whilst looking after their own children.

This can be an incredibly difficult and demanding task, and can be made even worse if the primary caregiver also needs to work themselves. With an increasing amount of older people, it is more and more likely that you will need to provide care for a relative at some point.

Most of us will become a caregiver

Anyone who provides physical and emotional support to someone else on an unpaid basis is a caregiver. The role can often start as a part time concern and then develop into a full time live-in role as the condition worsens. The type and amount of care are governed by the type of illness and the responsibility can be shared to make the role easier. It is common for the caregiver to be family members.

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95% of Nursing Home Residents Are Being Neglected

Don't let your senior loved one be a statistic. 

Neglect & Abuse

Statistics show 95% of nursing home residents report either senior neglect or abuse. This statistics is both overwhelming and frightening for those family members who cannot care for an elderly loved one and must turn to a long term care facility for help. Family members worry if they can’t be there daily to check on their loved one then the worst might happen. This fear often keeps families from making a needed decision which provides their loved one with the care they truly need. However, today there is no reason for this fear. Senior care auditing can provide a way for you to know if your loved is being taken care and is receiving the services which you paid for.

Penrose Senior Care AuditorsⓇ are a pioneer in this area of senior care. They will make sure your loved one is being taken care and the facility they are living in has the right equipment and staff to provide this care. Penrose Senior Care Auditors have created the auditors, audit and process which will allow you to have the peace of mind you need. By using a Penrose Senior Care Auditors, you can make sure your elderly loved one is being taken care of in the way you want. There are several reasons why you should consider using Penrose Senior Care Auditors. Here are 3 of them-

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I Was Shocked When I Learned What My Mom's Caretaker Had Been Doing

Avoid a caregiver nightmare with Penrose Senior Care Auditors.

A nightmare for Mom and Me

It was one of the most difficult decisions I had ever made when I realized my Mom could not continue to live on her own. Not only was she not eating, but her mobility was steadily decreasing making her at risk for a fall. I worried she might fall and it could be hours if not days before someone found her. However, when my family and I researched nursing homes in her area we found one which seemed reputable and would provide the care she deserved. You can imagine my shock a few weeks later when I went to visit and found my Mom was eating less, the room she was in was a complete mess and worse yet, she looked uncared for and neglected. I wondered how we could have avoided this situation.

The answer to avoiding this situation lies with senior care auditing. Penrose Senior Care Auditors provides senior care auditors who will go to where your loved one is living and make an evaluation on how they are doing. They use a comprehensive 7-Factor AuditⓇ which covers over 150 points including but not limited to: how well the facility is maintained to how many staff are available and responsive to give the needed care. There are many different reasons to use Penrose Senior Care Auditors. Here are 3 of them:

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3 Reasons We Need Caregivers to Earn a Decent Living

The need for quality home health care continues to grow,
while the profession is one of the lowest paid. 

Despite a growing demand for home-based caregivers, the profession is one of the lowest paid and this can affect most of us. 

As thousands of baby boomers turn 65 every day, the demand for home health care steadily grows. Yet home-based caregivers remain among the lowest paid workers. When caregivers don’t have a stable standard of living, they cannot provide quality care. Agencies that employ home health aides have to balance keeping costs affordable for families who pay out of pocket with attracting quality employees. Even for family caregivers, the job is physically, emotionally and financially draining.

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Making Sure Your Mom Is Getting the Care She Deserves

Making sure your mom is getting the care she deserves. 

Finding the right place for you mom is a challenging and frightening choice

I never imagined I would be in the position of trying to find my mom somewhere safe to live halfway across the country from me! When it became apparent my mom simply couldn’t live on her own anymore, it fell to me as her only daughter to find her somewhere to live where she could be comfortable and safe. When she didn’t want to leave the area she had lived in most of her life I began looking for centers where she could stay close to the friends and family members who lived by her. However, I was frightened after hearing stories of elder abuse and neglect and I couldn’t imagine how this could work if she wouldn’t come live closer to me.

Fortunately, I learned I wasn’t on my own when it came to making sure my mom was receiving the care she needed and deserved. Now there is a new service available that audits the care a loved one is getting: senior care auditing.  Senior care auditors makes sure, whether you live near to or far from your loved one they are being given care in a caring and respectful manner. Hiring a senior care auditor signals to caregivers that you are engaged in your loved ones care.  This almost always results in better care.  Penrose Senior Care Auditors created this new service and provides many benefits. There are several benefits they provide.  Here are three of them-

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Win a FREE Stander Security Product and Case of Abena

Check out our FREE March 2015 product giveaway! 

As part of our “Helping You Get On With Life” monthly sweepstakes, we are giving away a prize bundle that includes a Stander security pole with grab bars and a case of Abena disposable products. 

Each month, we highlight a family caregiver solution that one lucky winner receives with no purchase necessary and no strings attached. Prizes are products and services that help seniors live more independently and gracefully in their homes.

This month, you can enter for a chance to win both these prizes:

• One case of any Abena product. Styles include Abri-Flex premium-quality protective underwear that feel more like regular underwear, superabsorbent Abri-Form briefs with soft outer cover, or absorbent pads for men or women. The winner chooses style and size. Valued at up to $159.

• One security pole and curved grab bar by Stander. Floor-to-ceiling pole with four grab bars helps anyone safely rise to a standing position. Pole can be tension mounted in minutes, or permanently mounted using the included wrench and wood screws. Slim design fits in tight spaces, such as between a tub and toilet or next to a bed, sofa or chair. Valued at $209.99.

For a chance to win this valuable prize package, e-mail us at info@caregiverpartnership.com or mail a short statement explaining why this prize would be useful to you or a loved one. Entries will be accepted through March 31, 2015, and the drawing winner will be notified the first week of April.

Further Reading: 

How Grandma Clea Regained Her Confidence on Her 90th Birthday

The Great Walker Dilemma

Why Abena is the Right Brand for Managing Incontinence

Help support this ad free blog by answering several questions about caregiving here. It will take just two minutes.

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About The CareGiver Partnership. The CareGiver Partnership helps caregivers and their loved ones with answers to their caregiving questions, including information about home health care products and supplies, from our Wisconsin-based team of Product Specialists who are all current or former caregivers. The company’s Web site provides the largest online library of resources on subjects most important to caregivers — from arthritis to assisted living, and Parkinson’s to prostate cancer — as well as access to more than 3,000 home care products for incontinence, skin care, mobility, home safety and daily living aids. The CareGiver Partnership was founded in 2004 by Lynn Wilson of Neenah, Wisc. Visit www.caregiverpartnership.com to learn more or call 1-800-985-1353.

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What Do Women in L.A., N.Y., Dallas-Fort Worth, Atlanta and Chicago Have in Common?

Please join our community of seniors and caregivers. 

Women who live in these five cities, representing the east, west, south and Midwest areas of the United States, share one thing in common: the resources they use to better care for themselves while taking care of someone else.

Formed in 2004 to help seniors live with normalcy and dignity and make family caregivers’ jobs easier, The CareGiver Partnership is much more than a national online retailer of incontinence products and home health care supplies. We also provide significant caregiver resources on our site and others, including the top social media platforms. In fact, its most engaged, active Pinterest followers are from the cities of Los Angeles, New York, Dallas-Fort Worth, Atlanta and Chicago.

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5 Ways New Technology is Helping Seniors

5 ways new technology is helping seniors. 

Guest post by Felicity Dryer 

In the past, technological advancement for the mainstream population often surpassed senior citizens’ abilities to make use of them. As people aged, they began to find themselves feeling more obsolete, unable to keep up with the fast paced society around them. 

Nowadays, with the seamless ease of so many digital choices, seniors are easily integrated into many more technological opportunities than ever before. Digital sophistication offers a broader spectrum that is no longer only relegated to the young and agile. It brings everything from communication, problem solving, effortless travel and even compassionate in-home health care into a senior’s world that they would have never had the chance to experience at any other time.

These 5 ways new technology is helping seniors offers a small example of the multitude of digital (and otherwise) opportunities that can easily advance the elderly population.

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Win FREE Home Health Care Products Every Month in 2015

The CareGiver Partnership is giving away valuable prizes every month in 2015. Contest participants are only required to submit a short statement explaining how they or a loved one would benefit from the product highlighted that month.

To celebrate our mission of helping seniors enjoy life, our popular “Helping You Get On With Life” monthly product sweepstakes will continue throughout 2015. In its third year, the sweepstakes includes products and services for seniors and caregivers. Participants need only e-mail or mail a short statement each month for a chance to win.

With 10,000 boomers turning 65 every day for the next 20 years, this growing market is attracting the attention of home health care product manufacturers. Not only is there a need for manufacturers to provide enhanced products and services to better meet the needs of seniors and caregivers, there is also a need to raise awareness among the caregiver community of the many product and service solutions available.

Each month, we’ll highlight a family caregiver solution, and one lucky winner will receive that prize package. Items to be highlighted and given away are products and services that help seniors live more independently and gracefully in their homes. As in previous years, prizes include home-delivered Mom’s Meals, Stander mobility tools, senior skin care items, and premium-quality products from brands such as Prevail, Depend, TENA, Wellness, Attends, Heaven Scent and more.


This month, one winner will receive two prizes with a combined value of up to $159:

The winner can select any style, size or absorbency. 

• Prevail pads or underwear Prevail built its reputation based on providing excellent value and offers many choices, sizes and absorbencies. The winner can select any style, size or absorbency. Choices include absorbent underwear, boxers for men, or pads in several lengths for women. This prize is valued at up to $68.

Win 14 freshly prepared, delivered meals.

• 14 freshly prepared meals delivered to the winner’s doorstep, courtesy of Mom’s Meals. Designed to meet the needs of our aging population, each meal contains fresh foods, is microwaveable and will keep in the refrigerator for two weeks. Mom’s Meals offers 45 unique meal choices, including specialty choices like low-sodium, low-fat, gluten-free and more. This prize is valued at $90.86.

We’re kicking off this year’s sweepstakes with Prevail and Mom’s Meals because both these brands help seniors age in place. Prevail is as much about hope, trust and dignity as it is about incontinence. Mom’s Meals helps fight hunger and malnutrition among seniors who don’t qualify for federal or state nutrition programs.

For a chance to win this month’s prize package, participants need only e-mail info@caregiverpartnership.com or mail a short statement explaining why the prize would be useful to him or her or a loved one. We will accept entries for this prize through Jan. 31, 2015, and will notify the drawing winner the first week of February. Visit the “Helping You Get On With Life” sweepstakes page for details.

Help support this ad free blog by answering several questions about caregiving here. It will take just two minutes. 

Call us. We're here to help.

About The CareGiver Partnership. The CareGiver Partnership helps caregivers and their loved ones with answers to their caregiving questions, including information about home health care products and supplies, from our Wisconsin-based team of Product Specialists who are all current or former caregivers. The company’s Web site provides the largest online library of resources on subjects most important to caregivers — from arthritis to assisted living, and Parkinson’s to prostate cancer — as well as access to more than 3,000 home care products for incontinence, skin care, mobility, home safety and daily living aids. The CareGiver Partnership was founded in 2004 by Lynn Wilson of Neenah, Wisc. Visithttp://www.caregiverpartnership.com to learn more or call 1-800-985-1353.

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5 Tips For Balancing Full Time Work & Your Family Caregiving Role

Caregiving and full time work:
A tough balancing act.

Are you someone who has an older family member, but are also working full time? Perhaps you currently work full time, but need to leave from time to time to take care of your loved one. Sometimes it may feel like you are abandoning your responsibilities at work or your responsibilities to your relative. This is a tough balancing act to handle. Following are five pragmatic steps you should take. 

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5 Tips to Survive Holiday Travel with Incontinence

Don't let incontinence stop you from holiday travel. 

While many of us look forward to going on holiday and visiting family and friends, it can be stressful for those managing urinary or bowel incontinence. With a little planning and the right products, everyone can enjoy the holiday season. Keep these five tips in mind next time you plan a trip.

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Win Free Holiday Gifts Valued at $270. No Purchase Necessary.

We’re ending our 2014 sweepstakes with two great prizes: a combination tray and mobility handle and a package of three premium-quality skin care items formulated for your unique needs.

Assist-A-Tray by Stander 

Prize No. 1: Assist-A-Tray by Stander 

The Assist-A-Tray by Stander is a 2-in-1 mobility handle and tray. The sturdy, ergonomic handle helps a senior safely get in and out of a sitting position. The height-adjustable tray with cup holder and utensil compartment conveniently swivels out of the way to allow full mobility. The Stander product is ideal for anyone with limited mobility or impaired balance. We also recommend this product to anyone with back pain or who has undergone surgery, or anyone who just wants a tray nearby for mealtime, crafts or games, using a laptop and more. A $209.99 value!

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Top 7 Dementia Warning Signs: The Latest Information

7 warning signs to help you identify Alzheimer's disease or dementia. 

How can you tell if a loved one has dementia or Alzheimer’s disease? If mom keeps forgetting where she put her keys or if dad looks confused these days, does this mean they have dementia? Not quite. Only a qualified physician can diagnose a patient with this illness. Memory loss is a common symptom for Alzheimer’s disease, although just because a loved doesn’t remember certain things, it doesn’t mean they’re sick. We all forget things every now and then, whether we’re 25 or 75. 

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Family Caregivers -- Frustrated, Frazzled and Frantic. Here's New Help for You.

There's new help for the family caregiver. 

In a yearlong study of family caregivers conducted by The CareGiver Partnership in 2004, caregivers self-described themselves as being frantic, frazzled and frustrated.

· Frantic because they are usually thrust into their caregiver role as the result of an emergency – such as a fall or stroke.

· Frazzled because most are women who work full and part time. They may be juggling a job, a home and a family -- all while trying to provide care for a loved one.

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Understanding Boomers

Guest post contributed by Senior Planning Services

The baby boomer generation, a colorful, noteworthy slice of the American population is oft referred to in the media and with good reason. Between the years of 1946 and 1964, seventy six million babies were brought into this word, and quite literally, the baby boomers were born. Today it is estimated that those over 50 comprise of about 45% of the US population.

As the first boomers approach age 65 and subsequent retirement, there are many issues that affect this group that will have major ramifications for everyone else as well. The joint federal and state Medicaid and Medicare programs were designed with a much smaller senior demographic in mind and growing the program exponentially into the future, needless to say, will not be an easy task.

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