Advance Directives: Ensuring Your Future Healthcare Wishes
When was the last time you considered your future healthcare plans? The average person probably isn’t thinking about them too often. But it’s an important topic, in fact, that there is a whole day dedicated to it: National Healthcare Decisions Day on April 16. Each year, this serves as a reminder to take a proactive approach to healthcare decision-making. We challenge you this year to consider completing your Advance Directives. Learn more about what this means and how Atrio is here to help you on your healthcare journey in this blog.
Navigating Home Care: The Vital Role of Social Workers
Home care social workers play a multi-faceted role in helping clients navigate their complex care needs, offering personalized support, advocacy, and coordination of services. Discover the vital role that home care social workers play in helping our clients.
This Day and Age Podcast: Ep 9
As we age, everyday household items can become safety hazards and lead to slips and falls. In this episode, Kate Sylvester, Executive Director of Atrio Help at Home, and Kim Fischer, Occupational Therapist at Atrio Home Health, educate listeners on the many options available to help adults safely age in their homes and maintain their independence. They talk through the process of evaluating an individual’s home for areas that could contribute to falls or slips and provide solutions, including technologies to aid in monitoring and providing peace of mind for the aging adult and their loved ones.
This Day and Age Podcast: Ep 8
As our loved ones age, it can be difficult to find the balance between honoring their wants and wishes and ensuring that they are safe and healthy. Older adults, especially those hoping to age in place, can be hesitant to receive any sort of help. Older adults don’t want to feel like they are losing their independence and can be hesitant to receive any sort of help. In this episode, social workers from Holland Home and Atrio Home Care discuss having conversations about care, whether in-home or in a senior living community, with your loved ones and provide tips and…
This Day and Age Podcast
Our podcast, This Day and Age, has officially launched! Along with our affiliates Holland Home and Faith Hospice, we’re bringing together experts in all things aging to help you and your loved ones better navigate life’s journey.
Staying Healthy While Aging in Place
It’s never too early to think about what life will look like when you
are older. If you see yourself staying at home and aging in place,
it’s important to start planning to make that dream a reality. Our
next blog post, where we break down some key steps and things
to consider, is the perfect place to start.