03.16.2016
The number of aging adults and their desire to age in place are among the top factors driving the growth in home health care services. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, home health aide jobs are projected to grow 38 percent between 2014 and 2024, which is much faster than average and is ...
Read More12.19.2014
ALC
So you’ve been in the hospital recuperating from an illness or injury. You’re eager to return home, and your physician has ordered home health care. That’s great news! Why? Home health care is less expensive, more convenient and often more effective than the care you’d get if you stayed in the hospital or transferred to ...
Read More12.16.2014
ALC
Here are just a few ways that technology can make it easier and even safer for seniors to remain living in your home, or aging in place. Smart kitchen appliances are those which have sensors that can detect whether or not an appliance is in use and/or if it should be turned off. For example, ...
Read More04.08.2013
ALC
The Anthony Siciliano Family is proud to have sponsored a room on the new veterans’ floor at Concord Living in Northlake, Illinois. Earlier this year, The Walter and Connie Payton Foundation and Kendall County Salute to Veterans entered into a partnership with Concord Place Assisted Living Community. Through this collaboration, the 15th floor of Concord was dedicated ...
Read More12.07.2012
ALC
At ALC we have made it our mission to keep our clients healthy and out of the hospital. Roughly 10% of our clients are receiving home health care after having been hospitalized for congestive heart failure (CHF), a condition for which there is a reportedly high hospital re-admission rate. Karen Wise, ALC’s director of nursing ...
Read More10.24.2012
ALC
October and November have the dubious distinction of being the beginning of the annual influenza or flu season, which lasts until spring. The flu is a respiratory infection caused by a number of viruses. The National Institute of Health (NIH) reports that 5-20% of the population contracts the seasonal flu each year. The flu can ...
Read More02.24.2012
ALC
Seniors are the fastest growing segment of our population, and the vast majority of them seek to stay put. Between 2000-2010, the number of older Americans in the United States grew at a faster rate than that of the total population according to new figures from the Census Bureau. In 2010, people over the age ...
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