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
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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%…
Benefits of Home Care for Families of Seniors
“I couldn’t do my job because I was pretty much in pieces. My 15-year-old daughter is mad at me because I am so engaged with my mother. I am alternately so sad about my mother’s decline that I can’t stop crying and so enraged that my life is being messed up that I want to…
Updates for Minneapolis Home Care & the Affordable Care Act
This month brings with it some important events for seniors and their families alike, some of which affect Minneapolis home care. As you surely know, healthcare in this country is undergoing a time of transition, and it is important to keep up with the news as frequently as possible to safely navigate these hurdles. March 31st…
Protecting Your Loved Ones with Minnesota Home Care
The Star Tribune published a new story on how a number of Minnesota families had filed lawsuits against nursing homes that had mistreated their loved ones, only to have the cases dropped due to something called the Minnesota Survival Law. The Minnesota Survival Law The Minnesota Survival Law states that any personal injury case will be…
The At-Home Care Community is Growing
Back when we started Baywood Home Care, we always believed that at-home care was something that was the perfect balance for most seniors. Over the years, we have seen the at-home care community grow larger across the entire country. Recent Trends In this recent article in the Washington Post, we see that the Washington D.C….