Home8care is a collaborative care and safety provider that boasts video-verified service to secure the safety and well-being of you and your loved ones.
Here’s a sobering statistic: Less than half of older patients who fall tell their clinician they’ve had a fall. With a Home8care Fall & Panic Collaborative Video Alert System, everyone who needs to know about a fall - will know.
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H.R. 1780, the Senior Accessible Housing Act, would allow individuals 60 years and older to utilize a $30,000 tax credit to make home safety improvements to their existing home. Check out this article to see the current status of the bill.
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The Home8care Medication #Adherence System doesn’t just prevent overdoses, the number one cause of medication-related fatalities in seniors. It also alerts #caregivers and family members to “underdosing” or missed doses, which can be just as serious. https://t.co/vhl5cCVRwP
There are a number of articles on the difference between Alzheimer’s and dementia, but this is one of the best we’ve seen. If you’ve got an elderly family member, you owe it to yourself - and them - to check it out: https://t.co/jbFo8kZndJ
All this talk of aging in place got us curious as to where in the world people live the longest. That distinction goes to Monaco, where the life expectancy is 89.52 years. That far surpasses the average life expectancy worldwide at 70.5 years.
The Aging in Place trend is moving so rapidly, the National Association of Home Builders has introduced a Certified Aging-in-Place Specialist (CAPS) designation program, which teaches the skills needed to make home modifications for #aginginplace.
While the statistics don’t bear this out, you have to give credit for optimism: Most pre-retirees expect they will be able to live independently during retirement; in fact just 14 percent expect they will need day-to-day assistance during their retirement. https://t.co/StGQRLITh4
Our Care 24 app is revolutionizing the way caregivers tend to their patients or loved ones. The app utilizes the user’s smartphone as a fall detector, panic button and GPS locator. The app is free with the purchase of any Home8care system. Shop here: https://t.co/O0TPhBkUy3
Did you know that older people are actually more likely to take a tumble just by being scared of falling? One study found that about a third of adults over 65 have that fear.
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Some of our devices provide #seniorcare in a more subtle way, like our Cabinet/Drawer Tracking Device. Placing this device sensor on a utensil drawer, for example can track meal frequency and make sure your parents are actually eating.
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Credit the great Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw with our new favorite quote on aging: “We don��t stop playing because we grow old. We grow old because we stop playing.”
With the push of one button, the Home8care Panic Alert system will notify everyone you might need in a medical emergency. Maybe we should change the name from Panic Alert to Peace of Mind Alert.
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For #caregivers that want to keep an eye on their patients at night the Panoramic Talking Camera add-on is perfect for you. This camera’s night vision feature enables you to monitor your patients in low-light conditions, in case of accidents.
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So many companies want to lock their customers into long-term contracts. With Home8care, there are NO long term service contracts. Now that’s a breath of fresh air.
The Home8care system helps you get prioritized ambulance response time in an emergency - often faster than the average response time in the U.S., where the length of time between a call for help and the arrival of emergency medical services is about eight minutes.
Speaking of seniors who have done amazing things, few are more amazing than Rajo Devi, an Indian woman who gave birth to a healthy child when she was 70. Well, they say kids keep you young.
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Most of us know that falls are the leading cause of hip fractures in seniors (95%). But did you know that for #seniors, falls are also the leading cause of traumatic brain injuries? Home8care’s Fall and Panic Alert System looks even better now, doesn’t it? https://t.co/EgoWKS2j8d