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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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….

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?…

We’ve all heard stories of home health aides who don’t seem to have a rapport with the clients they assist. In turn, clients have a difficult time welcoming them into their homes, reinforcing an already difficult situation involving a loss of privacy. In fact, if you are a person who is facing the task of…

When it becomes clear that a loved one requires extensive care, people are often quick to assume that a move to the nursing home is the only option. After all, if 24-hour care is needed, isn’t facility living the best solution? Believe it or not, it is possible for many people to receive the necessary…

A March 2012 USA Today article by Christine Dugas discusses the challenges that children often face when caring for elderly parents. Dugas writes, “Family caregivers take over many responsibilities. One might manage a parent’s finances, while another sibling will take the parent to doctors’ appointments and shopping. Those who move in with a parent take…