Dorothy Muffett appeared as a special guest on the KYCR-AM Minneapolis Business Forum Show. In an interview with hosts Kevin Hunter and David Ford, she shares about her business background, and her journey as the founder and owner of Baywood Home Care. “We provide an alternative to moving to assisted living or a care center…
Practical Advice for Increasing Home Safety
Home Safety Tips III: Making your Home More Secure: Our homes should be the place where we feel the safest and most secure. As you age, or if you are facing knee or hip surgery, it may be a good time to assess your home to help avoid unnecessary accidents. Perhaps you will be sent home…
Home Safety: Just One Way to Make People’s Lives Better
Home Safety Tips II: Main Living Areas Baywood Home Care Registered Nurses and Care Managers Judy Ophus and Karen Freer say that many of these home safety tips come from combined decades of experience, as well as from the clients themselves. Doors and doorways Doors that swing outward past the frame allow the most accessibility…
Home Safety Tips for Seniors
It is possible to live comfortably in your home as you age, and even to recover safely from joint surgery at home rather than a rehab facility. However, moving around post-surgery can be challenging. You may not have full strength, or you may require the temporary use of a walker or other adaptive equipment. That…
Making Lives Better with Long-Term Care
Dorothy Muffett, founder and President of Baywood Home Care in Minnesota, explains that private pay home care is a good option for people who need long-term care. “There are a lot of older people who want to continue living in their home. They don’t want to move to an assisted living or a nursing home….
Helping Families Help Their Loved Ones
Meet Dorothy, a woman who is helping families discover that home care can be an affordable and viable alternative for their loved ones. At age 48, Dorothy Muffett was seriously re-thinking her successful career as a research and development vice president at a Fortune 500 company. Was this what she really wanted to do for the next…
Home Health Care Myths Dispelled
Understanding How Home Health Care Works “Deciding what long-term care option is best for a family member is a difficult and sometimes stressful decision,” says Dorothy Muffett, founder and president of Baywood Home Care. “People’s children often don’t give home care equal consideration with the options of assisted living or going into a care center,…
Senior Home Safety – In the News
In this news clip featuring senior home safety, Julie Albrecht, R.N., with Baywood Home Care in Minneapolis and Sherburn, MN, explains that by being proactive, it is possible to care for seniors in their own homes or in their children’s homes, and it is affordable. She discusses the top areas to emphasize safety in the home…
How Common is Depression in Seniors? What Can We Do?
Depression is an issue that afflicts a wide variety of people regardless of their health, age, or history. Although it can affect people of all ages, over 1 in 5 seniors will be affected with depression at some point. Despite what some pessimists may believe, while depression is common in senior populations, it is certainly…
A Growing Market for Minneapolis Live-in Home Care Aides
A recent release from the United States Labor Department shows that the demand for home care aides is topping the list of fastest growing jobs in the country. In the next ten years, the government expects that home health aides as an occupation will grow by 48.5% in the next decade—that is almost a 50%…