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Medicare Reminder

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If you qualify for Medicare-covered home health care, your Medicare home health care benefit will include the following services, if necessary:

– A limited amount of skilled nursing services and home health services, such as injections (and teaching patients to self-inject), tube feedings, catheter changes, and wound care.

– A limited amount of home health aide care if you also require skilled services. A home health aide provides personal care services including help with bathing, using the toilet, and dressing.

– Physical, speech and occupational therapy services

– Medical social services to help you with social and emotional concerns you have related to your illness.

– Certain medical supplies

– Durable medical equipment

Click here to learn more about services covered under the Medicare home health care benefit on Medicare Interactive.

Click here to learn more about how to qualify for Medicare-covered home health care on Medicare Interactive.

 

Medicare Reminder!

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How Medicare covers vaccines depends on the type of vaccine and the reason it is prescribed. Medicare Part B (either through Original Medicare or a Medicare Advantage plan) covers vaccines after you are exposed to a dangerous virus or disease. For example, it will cover tetanus shots after you step on a rusty nail.  It also covers three vaccines under the preventive care benefit – flu, pneumonia, and hepatitis B. All other vaccines should be covered by your Part D prescription drug plan. Every Part D plan must have all commercially available vaccines on its list of covered drugs (formulary), but costs may differ.

Click here to learn more about Part D vaccine coverage on Medicare Interactive.

Spotlight

As Medicare Fall Open Enrollment approaches, starting October 15, the Medicare Rights Center is offering a special course on Medicare Rights University that provides an overview of the time of year during which people with Medicare can make changes to their existing Medicare Coverage.

In this course, registrants will gain a better understanding of Open Enrollment, learn about the important changes people with Medicare can make during this time and find out how they can most effectively take action to meet their health care needs.

Click here to visit Medicare Rights University.

 

Learn 3 Strategic Tips to Alleviate Insomnia!

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Providing any type of senior care to someone who is suffering from insomnia can be potentially frustrating for both the patient and the senior care service provider. When you are trying to help somebody overcome insomnia, you may be trying various things and becoming more and more frustrated.Senior Care St. Augustine FL

There are so many different theories about what can cure insomnia, and many of them are considered “old wives tales.” Most of these traditional theories don’t actually have any value.

Below are three strategic tips that you can implement or discuss with the patient that may be able to help alleviate at least some level of the insomnia.

Develop a routine to settle down in the evening.

Far too many people have gotten into the habit of watching television programs, such as reality shows or crime dramas that can actually stimulate the brain and the senses. This makes it difficult to calm the body and mind down in order to fall asleep quickly.

There is a common misconception that people believe watching TV actually helps them relax. For the most part it doesn’t. It only offers a distraction from anything that might be on their mind already.

Encourage the senior to avoid watching too much television right before they go to sleep. Read a book, do a puzzle, or do other activities that help to calm the mind and the body.

Avoid caffeinated beverages.

If the patient has a tendency to drink coffee throughout the day, encourage him or her to change to decaffeinated beverages. This isn’t the ideal solution, but it can be a bridge to help you reach that ideal situation. Decaffeinated coffee still contains some level of caffeine, it is just significantly lower quantities than regular coffee. Soda and other beverages that also contain caffeine should be avoided.

Have a conversation.

The last strategy that you can try to help alleviate insomnia when you are providing senior care for someone is to have a conversation with them as they are getting ready for bed. Sometimes, when you are thinking about too many things or problems in their life or throughout the day, they can become compounded when they are getting ready for sleep.

Having a conversation about anything can help distract the individual from those issues they might have a tendency to focus on when getting ready for sleep.

If nothing is working, encourage the elderly patient to speak to his or her Doctor about their insomnia. Senior care can certainly provide some support, but it isn’t going to be the all-encompassing care for this frustrating condition.

If you or a loved one could benefit from the help of senior care in St. Augustine,FL, contact the caregivers at Signature Home Health Care. We help seniors and their families with many levels of home care service. Call 904-513-2464 for more information.

About Robert Duncan

Robert Duncan began his health care career at New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation the largest metropolitan healthcare system in the United States. In 2010 he became a Certified Senior Advisor and is Director at Signature Senior Care, AVP at Signature Staff Solutions and president of Signature Home Health Care. The Signature Health Care group’s mission to provide the most qualified, best trained caregivers for any environment.Google Verified Author

ElderSource Mobile Resource Center

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The Mobile Resource Center is designed to be a field office whereby staff can be out and about in our community assisting seniors and adults with disabilities.  The vehicle is supported by the ADRC staff who can meet with clients in a semi-private meeting space and expedite enrollments in different programs. The Mobile Resource Center, funded in part by a grant from the Community Foundation of Northeast Florida and the National Council on Aging, is also equipped with a variety of brochures. Call to have the Mobile ResoMaRCy pix for brochure 3 (1)urce at your next outreach event!

904-391-6699

Toll free 1-888-242-4464

www.myeldersource.org