Posts by Pat Tarantino
7 Skills All Home Caregivers Should Know
Whether you are a professional home health caregiver or assisting a friend or loved one, one thing will become clear very quickly: providing safe, respectful assistance to another adult calls on a very wide range of skills. In fact, just a few hours of home care experience can help you see the incredible work of…
Read MoreNotify NYC Offers Vital Emergency Information
How To Receive Warnings When An Emergency Event Might Impact Your Neighborhood, School Or Workplace With more than 8.5 million people living in New York City, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that emergency situations like subway delays, power outages, and inclement weather can have a huge impact on our day-to-day lives. At SelectCare, we believe…
Read MoreNYC Mayor’s Office Releases Aging In Place Guide for Building Owners and Tenants
Apartment living can be a challenge at any age, but as the population of New York City continues to grow and age, it is becoming apparent to building owners and tenants alike that apartment building design needs to change to better serve its residents. To that end, the Mayor’s Office and the New York City…
Read MoreSummer and Heat Wave Safety for Seniors
Summer Warning Signs and Health Hazards in NYC Summer has finally returned to New York City and while the warm months are a great time for our clients to get out and enjoy the city alongside their SelectCare home caregivers, it’s important to remember high temperatures can put a serious strain on our bodies at…
Read MoreHearing Loss: Facts, Screenings, and Impact
After spending more than 30 years providing home care services to families throughout New York City, SelectCare has learned that communication is one of the most important aspects of our work. To that end, we decided to dedicate this week’s blog post to discussing an incredibly common, treatable obstacle to good communication that oftentimes flies…
Read MoreLong Distance Caregiving II: Helping a Loved One Make a Major Move
This week’s blog continues the story of SelectCare VP Carla Holub-Tarantino, her sister, Melissa, and their mother, Alice. After the passing of Alice’s husband, the three worked together to prepare Alice for a move from California to Oklahoma, where she would be closer to her family. To read Part I, click here. Moving Forward and…
Read MoreLong Distance Caregiving: Part I
Helping a Loved One Make a Major Move At SelectCare, many of our clients live hundreds, sometimes thousands of miles away from their nearest relative or adult child, however good communication and a willingness to have honest conversations with an older loved one can go a long way towards being a dedicated Long Distance Caregiver.…
Read MoreProfessional Organizers Help Seniors Enjoy Clutter-Free Lives
Now Where Did I Put That? Let’s face it; no matter how organized we try to keep our homes, clutter happens. For many of us, that means spending a few extra minutes tracking down a missing sock or taking an unintentional walk through the past as we dig through old receipts to locate important paperwork.…
Read MoreHouse Call Dentists Bring the Dental Office to Your Home
House Call Dentists have been bringing quality dental care to their patients’ homes in New York since 2013 Since SelectCare opened its doors in 1985, New York City has undergone some impressive changes in how it serves older adults who have difficulty leaving their homes. Services exist to help homebound pet owners care for their…
Read MorePAWS Offers Pet Services for Homebound Seniors
The therapeutic benefits of pets for older people is a well-known fact – pets have been attributed with lowering blood pressure and stress levels, staving off depression and helping those concerned with the future to instead focus on the positives in their day-to-day lives. Because of these reasons, we at SelectCare Home Care are happy…
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