Healthcare Snippets: Staying Safe at Home and During This Pandemic. Eileen Milligan, Director Of Nursing at Assisting Hands Home Care. View the video. Tips for staying safe. Make sure your pathways are clear of clutter and safe for walking. Put away small throw rugs. Install fixed grab bars in your bathrooms. Use a shower chair and a non-slip shower mat….
Videos can be a great way to get information quickly and easily. In most cases, our videos will not be in-depth subject reviews, but rather give you an idea of what we do and how we support our clients. We also post videos from partners, who specialize in services our clients might be interested in. Our Assisting Hands videos are…
Personalized Home Care and Companion Care Services engage your loved ones and provide stimulation for both the mind and spirit of individuals. Assisting Hands of Potomac provides our clients with the very best of personalized home care in Montgomery County MD and Northern Fairfax County, including McLean, VA. This individual approach allows our clients to live safely, comfortably, and as…
Caregiving is both a meaningful and satisfying profession – but it can be demanding and challenging. Often, caregiving is provided by family members who support and assist persons with long term illnesses or disabilities. The caregivers that we hire here at Assisting Hands must be thoughtful people with the capacity to care and be patient. They must be dedicated to…
What are the signs of a heart attack? Danielle Haynie, Director of Nursing at Assisting Hands Home Care of Potomac shares the signs of when to suspect you’re having a heart attack. View this video on our YouTube page. The signs of a heart attack include: Pain in the chest, neck, back or arms Fatigue Light headedness Abnormal heartbeat or…
Steve Lorberbaum: All right. So I want to welcome everybody to this edition of What’s Your Plan. We, monthly, at Assisting Hands, try to talk to an industry expert about a different area of elder law, and elder issues, and aging in place, so we can all benefit from their expertise, and this week we’re really excited to have Jonathan…
Patricia: All right. So Karen has been holding Sacred Space for women to feel, claim, and express the truce of their bodies, hearts, and souls for over 15 years. As the owner of Open Heart Healing, she’s been guiding women to stretch, grow, and expand into the fullest expressions of themselves. She’s a certified women’s empowerment life coach, a circle…
It’s time to ring in the holiday season and what a season it’s been! Like most events this year, the 2020 holidays are likely to be very different than your traditional celebrations. The holidays can be a challenging and isolating time for seniors, but this is particularly true right now as we continue to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. Festive…
U.S. Census figures show that fewer older adults are choosing to receive care in a nursing home. Yet the projections also show major growth in the number of seniors who are living with chronic illness. It is clear that our population is aging, and providing quality care for our nation’s older adults is already beginning to challenge our healthcare resources….
We get a lot of inquiries from people who live in Northern Fairfax County. Sometimes, they’re not sure exactly what questions they should ask when looking for in-home care. The more we know, as a home-care provider, the better the answers we can provide. So we decided to put together this article. When the time comes, what questions should you…