You are visiting your parents for the weekend, and you can’t help but notice that things at home are not what they used to be. Dirty dishes fill the sink. The trash hasn’t been emptied in two weeks. Piles of dirty laundry overwhelm the closet. Several newspapers have collected on the front porch. It’s undeniably…
Caring for Aging Parents
When it comes to caring for aging parents, there are many available options. The first step is determining the necessary level of care. This involves gathering information, often through observation. For example, is your parent having difficulty keeping up with daily chores and home maintenance? If the sink is overflowing with dirty dishes and the…
September Is Healthy Aging® Month
There are many benefits to growing older, yet why is it that we often focus on potential difficulties associated with aging, as well as stereotypes? Even those currently battling health issues can take advantage of the well-earned perks that come with aging. It’s a privilege to get older, and with age comes wisdom, confidence and…
The Added Benefits of Home Care
Are you assisting a loved one at home and beginning to feel thinly stretched? You transport your loved one to doctor appointments and run necessary errands for him. Or maybe you regularly clean her home and take care of maintenance issues such as yard work. Then there are daily chores such as washing dishes and…
Memory Care at Home
When a loved one is suffering from a form of dementia, such as Alzheimer’s, daily tasks can become increasingly difficult. Food preparation, the payment of bills and daily grooming can be a challenge as the disease progresses. You may assume that keeping a loved one at home is impossible after a dementia diagnosis, but home…
Home Health Care Helps with the Details
Caring for a loved one from home requires the management of many details. There are safety issues to consider. Should your loved one be supervised at all times? Should certain items be kept out of reach? There are issues of independence. Is your loved one able to prepare his or her own meals? What about…
Going the Distance with Home Care
When many people arrange home care for a loved one, they have the benefit of living in the same town as their friend or family member in need. They can pop in and check up on their beloved mother, father, grandparent, aunt or uncle and see how he or she is adjusting to home health…
The Gift of Caregiving
If your career involves serving others, you know what it means to give of yourself. Education, social work and nursing are a few of the careers that involve assisting others on a daily basis. It takes patience, sensitivity and dedication to regularly serve others. That’s why we at Baywood Home Care only hire the most…
All About Baywood
Baywood Home Care is the premier provider of home health care in Minnesota. We are dedicated to providing private Minnesota senior care so our elderly clients can continue living at home, rather than moving to assisted living or nursing care. Our mission is to enable people to live how and where they want to live….
Hourly Services Make a Difference
Your work schedule is preventing you from helping your aging mother the way you once did. Your father is in need of home care, but only for a few hours a week. Your uncle is not able to keep up with his home the way he once did. Do any of these scenarios sound familiar?…