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Sofia Elmer, Care Concierge at 24 Hour Home Care NJ. Watch more videos on our 24 HOUR Home Care NJ YouTube channel. The single most important rule of post-surgical home care is also the simplest: arrange the care before the surgery, not after. Most families wait until the hospital is pushing discharge , sometimes literally…

Sofia Elmer, Care Concierge at 24 Hour Home Care NJ. Watch more videos on our 24 HOUR Home Care NJ YouTube channel. Cardiac surgery , coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), valve replacement, or stent placement , is one of the most high-stakes recoveries we support. The medications matter down to the hour. The dietary restrictions…

Sofia Elmer, Care Concierge at 24 Hour Home Care NJ. Watch more videos on our 24 HOUR Home Care NJ YouTube channel. Total knee replacement is the most common joint surgery performed in the United States , approximately 790,000 procedures per year according to recent data. The surgery itself is well-refined. The recovery , that…

Sofia Elmer, Care Concierge at 24 Hour Home Care NJ. Watch more videos on our 24 HOUR Home Care NJ YouTube channel. If you have read this far, your family is probably thinking about fall prevention. Maybe a parent had a recent stumble. Maybe a friend’s mother just had a hip fracture. Maybe you are…

Sofia Elmer, Care Concierge at 24 Hour Home Care NJ. Watch more videos on our 24 HOUR Home Care NJ YouTube channel. Approximately 50% of senior falls in the home happen at night. The most common pattern: a 2am or 4am bathroom trip, in the dark, with the senior groggy, slightly dizzy on standing, walking…

Sofia Elmer, Care Concierge at 24 Hour Home Care NJ. Watch more videos on our 24 HOUR Home Care NJ YouTube channel. The CDC reports more than 300,000 hip fractures in U.S. adults age 65 and older every year. 95% of those fractures are caused by falls. The 12-month mortality rate after a hip fracture…

Sofia Elmer, Care Concierge at 24 Hour Home Care NJ. Watch more videos on our 24 HOUR Home Care NJ YouTube channel. Monroe Township is home to more than 10,000 senior housing units across seven major 55+ communities , the largest concentration in New Jersey. Many of those residents arrived in their 60s healthy, vibrant,…

Sofia Elmer, Care Concierge at 24 Hour Home Care NJ. Watch more videos on our 24 HOUR Home Care NJ YouTube channel. If you have lived with sundowning, you know the feeling. The day has been manageable. Lunch went fine. The afternoon visit from the grandchildren was sweet. And then, somewhere around 4 or 5pm,…

Sofia Elmer, Care Concierge at 24 Hour Home Care NJ. Watch more videos on our 24 HOUR Home Care NJ YouTube channel. The hardest moment in dementia caregiving is the one no one talks about: the long denial phase. Your parent has started forgetting things they used to remember. Bills sit unopened on the table.…

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