Caregiver Blog

Quality of care is the extent to which health care services provided improve the desired health outcomes for your loved one including safety, effectiveness, timeliness and efficiency. How you provide quality of care to your loved one, whether they live at home, with you or in a long-term care facility is directly related to the quality of the products and services provided. I’ve identified some products and services that have been vital assets in consistently ensuring her safety, security and overall mental health and hygiene.

As mom's Parkinson's progressed I determined it was unsafe for her to live alone, and made the decision to move her to a senior living community...Deciding when to make the transition is tough, but once that's resolved, finding the right place is the next challenge.

It almost felt like a dream - this balancing act, where one minute I was living it up with my friends, and the next I was doing research or making phone calls, or hardest of all, making difficult decisions for the wellbeing of my mom. The caregiving roles had come full circle, and I was now a mother to my mom. (photograph by jayme gershen)