Helping When One Spouse Just Can't Keep Up LivHOME Care Managers can help couples deal with the challenges that occur when one spouse's condition deteriorates faster than the other.
Tara Eisner, PhD, MFT, CMC, helped one Los Angeles-area couple through such a situation. The husband was living at home but was inactive and depressed, while his wife remained quite active and had a real zest for life.
The wife didn't know how to handle the situation, so Tara worked with both of them to find an appropriate balance of activities that enhanced both the husband and wife's quality of life.
Overseen by a LivHOME Care Manager, a well-developed program for seniors can enhance self-esteem and improve a senior's quality of life.
Don Mueller, MFT, CMC, worked with one 90-year-old woman to address her physical and emotional well-being. He not only saw to her medical needs but provided emotionally supportive activities such as reminiscence therapy and even a regular movie outing to a local electronics store.
Once the woman regained her self esteem, she learned to smile once again and endeared all around her.
LivHOME Care Managers often help seniors and their families by digging beneath the surface.
Mande DeRome, MSW, demonstrated this when working with a woman who was apparently suffering from dementia. The woman was living in a messy home, had become separated from her family and appeared to be deaf.
However, as Mande found out, her medical condition was not as it first appeared. A buildup of earwax had caused a serious misdiagnosis.
LivHOME Care Managers can provide an enormous service to families by simply taking the pressure off adult children to be full-time caregivers.
Susan Peterson, BSN, a LivHOME Care Manager in the Metro D.C. area, was overseeing the care for a man suffering from moderate dementia who needed help in order to remain at home.
However, the two daughters who were caring for the nearly 90-year-old man had taken on too great a burden. Susan was able to take some of that caregiving responsibility off the two women, freeing them to spend more time with their father as daughters.
How can loved ones deal with the devastating effects of Alzheimer's?
Care Manager Randi Israel, MSW, LCSW, CMC, helped one Chicago-area family deal with this situation by working not just with the senior -- but considering the disease in the context of the entire family.
When the woman was diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease, the reality hit her husband of 50 years hard. Randi worked with the woman, her husband, and their son -- who was living in Europe -- to address her condition with compassion and respect.
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