Senior Care News & Commentary

Ready Hands Home Care, the preeminent provider of in home support services in Northern Virginia, is pleased to announce the new hire of Teri McDonald.  Ms. McDonald will serve as Director of Operations at the company’s Alexandria office.  In that capacity she will oversee all... Read More →

August is Cataract Awareness Month. This is a good time for any aging adults in your life to have their eyes checked if they haven’t done so recently. Statistics from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) show that more than 50 percent of all Americans have cataracts or... Read More →

Lots of adult children face the same dilemma: should I press my aging parents to accept home care assistance? Almost all seniors resist the idea that they may require help in order to remain safely in their homes. Often, it falls to their kids to push the issue. But when is it... Read More →

Ready Hands is pleased to serve as the Presenting Sponsor for the 2013 annual fundraiser help by the Shepherd’s Center of Oakton-Vienna, a local non-profit serving the needs of seniors in the community. The featured speaker at the October 27th event is award-winning... Read More →

In this guest submission, author Cameron Von St. James tells his inspirational story of suddenly becoming a caregiver for his wife, Heather,  after her diagnosis with malignant pleural mesothelioma.  Through their blogs on caregiving and cancer and their advocacy for mesothelioma... Read More →

When it comes to having an older parent living at home, safety can be a concern. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), about half of all falls happen at home. Perhaps even more startling is the statistic that one-third of adults over the age of 65... Read More →

If you’re an adult with a parent who’s a senior citizen, you’re understandably concerned about their well-being even if they’re living in your home or have in home care assistance. However, unless you’re watching for it, you might miss signs of a treatable depression... Read More →

The 2013 hurricane season is almost here. It starts on Saturday, June 1 and runs through Saturday, Nov. 30. Getting prepared for potential storms and other emergency disasters is important for everyone in the Northern Virginia area, senior citizens included. The Federal Emergency... Read More →

In this final article of my three-part series on achieving client satisfaction with home care, I will explain how collaboration between our office administrative staff and our nurse supervisors is so critical throughout the entire span of a client’s relationsh... Read More →