Bert Cave

What Does Information Technology Have To Do With Senior Care?

I owe this article to my co-owner of Support For Home In-Home Care and spouse. She started vibrating at a dangerous frequency recently when we encountered a problem with a vendor. The topic is not one which may be intuitively obvious. It is about ... Read >

OK, This Aging Issue Is Personal!

As I have gotten older, so have my eyes. Yes, that is a truism, but that does not make it unimportant for seniors -- and those soon to be seniors. I have more trouble than many folks, because I am naturally (pre-cataract surgery days) very nearsighted... Read >

Dementia and Alzheimer's: Driving

There is an excellent, on-going series of in The New York Times, called The New Old Age. Written by Paula Span and Jane Gross, the blog series covers a wide variety of topics involved in aging and senior care. All of the topics are important, but one t... Read >

Quiche and Customer Service

Okay, so this article is not about our usual subjects, involving senior care or home care, but it does involve two other topics that my wife, the co-owner of our home care agency, and I love. Normally, we would not talk much about quiche in these article... Read >

Licensing Home Care Providers?

In virtually all states, skilled nursing home care or "home health" agencies are licensed by that state's government. When it comes to non-medical home care, however, the situation is much more mixed. Slightly more than half of the states do license non... Read >

How Does Your Home Care Agency Respond to Challenges?

Even excellent home care agencies encounter challenges and problems. Believe me, we know, because we do at our own home care company. The question is, how does the agency respond to those challenges? The family and home care client can count on one o... Read >

Choosing an In-Home Care Agency

There are many factors which need to be considered when one makes the important decision about an in-home care provider. We believe that the more carefully families look at these factors, the better the decision they will make. So, what are some of th... Read >

The Hardest Job in the World

Some people think the hardest job in the world might be serving as President of the United States. Well, we admit we haven't worked closely with him, but we're sure it's a tough assignment. However, we are truly convinced that the hardest job in the wor... Read >

They Have It Backwards!

I recently got a call from a daughter who had convinced her father to talk to us about home care, saying that he has changed his mind "again" and is not ready. We have seen this before and we will see it again. This reflects an issue we see, in fact, t... Read >

Maximizing Long-Term Care Insurance Benefits

We have talked about long-term care insurance (LTCI) in other articles. We do not sell it or recommend specific companies, but it is a very good thing, in our view. We strongly recommend everyone take a serious look at purchasing it, before something ha... Read >