Posts Tagged Lighthouse
-
Serving You in Your Time of Need
By Dan Adams Lighthouse Homecare We, at Lighthouse Homecare, realize that you didn’t spend your entire life to reach the point where you are not able to enjoy it to its fullest in your later years. That’s why we know that it is important to provide you with as many types of services as pos...
-
PUBLISHER’S CORNER – Lessons from Seussical
By Dan Adams Lessons from Seussical I have to admit, when I dropped my daughter off at the Center for Living Arts, I thought "what on earth can these 24 kids accomplish in only 10 days of the summer?" As I finished my short drive to our office, three blocks away in downtown Rock Island, I al...
-
Home Care
By Dan Adams Lighthouse Homecare As we age, more of us are expressing we want to stay in our homes. Everyone has different family structures and support. Even if you have strong family support, be open to the idea of having others help, too. Many people have an initial feeling of “not wan...
-
Hidden Homecare Risks – part 2
By Dan Adams Lighthouse Homecare Part two of an article about the hidden risks of using private homecare workers In our April issue, we looked at excerpts from an article by Rona S. Bartelstone, Senior Vice President of Care Management at Senior Bridge in Florida. It is full of important...
-
Lighthouse Homecare
By Dan Adams Lighthouse Homecare People often ask me what we do at Lighthouse Homecare. We are a well-established homecare business which has been serving the entire Quad City area since 1999. During the past four years, our agency has created many new partnerships and added severa...
-
Announcing Memories in the Making 2012
By Kirsten Adams Lighthouse Homecare Many of you may remember that our first ever Quad-Cities Memories in the Making® was held at our Lighthouse Homecare's office building in Rock Island last June. Traditionally, most first year events often start out slow and take years to gain momentum. This...
-
Strategies for Helping a Parent
By Dan Adams Lighthouse Homecare I recently came across this article on www.care.com. The headline was ‘Strategies to help a parent who refuses care.’ Your mother resists in-home helpers, insisting you can wait on her. Your frail father won't stop driving. Your aunt denies the need for...
-
Fulfilling Promises
By Dan Adams Lighthouse Homecare Every once in a while, even the best caregiver has a personal issue and can’t make it to work. Most of the time, we can fill the shift quickly, and all is well that ends well. Last week, however, it wasn’t going as planned when as we tried without quick suc...
