If you are a member of the news media, you may download press releases and color or black-and-white images here. To request items not found in this section, please contact the Home Instead Senior Care Corporate Communications Department.
If you are using Internet Explorer and Word '07, please save the file first before viewing.
 |
| Moving a Senior Into Your House? Make Sure Home Isn't a Parent Trap |
| The increasing number of seniors now living under the same roof with at least one other generation is more than just political news. According to a recent survey conducted for the international caregiving company Home Instead Senior Care, 43 percent of adult caregivers in the U.S. ages 35 to 62 live with the parent, stepparent or older relative for whom they or someone else in their household provides care. |
|
Read More
|
|
Color Photo
|
|
B&W Photo
|
|
|
 |
| Is Senior Care The New Child Care? Senior Care Industry Following Same Path As Child Care |
Omaha, NE (PRWeb) February 11, 2009 -- Call it deja vu or just history repeating itself. But the same families who were looking for caregiving services 20 years ago are still in need of help – this time for their parents, not their kids.
No one understands that trend better than Sherry Workman of Austin, Texas, who opened her first child-care center in 1977 with 20 children. Two years later, she built a new building that soon had 80 children enrolled and a waiting list of 80 children. Her fifth year in business she expanded the center to enroll 160 children. |
|
Read More
|
|
Color Photo
|
|
B&W Photo
|
|
|
 |
| Caregiver Cruise Winner Displaced by Hurricane Katrina Returns Home to Care for Ailing Mom |
| Jean Jenkins (on right), a family caregiver who moved home to Long Beach to care for her 83-year-old ailing mother after being displaced by Hurricane Katrina, is the winner of the caregiver cruise giveaway from Home Instead Senior Care. The five-day cruise sets sail February 9, 2009, from Miami with nearly 50 other professional and family caregivers as part of the Caregiver Stress Management Cruise, sponsored by Openseas Travel on Celebrity Cruises. |
|
Read More
|
|
Color Photo
|
|
B&W Photo
|
|
|
 |
| Who Will Care for Mom? High Growth Job Category Won’t Keep Pace with Demand for Caregivers in U.S. |
| Reports from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics that predict an increase in the personal and home care aides job category – forecasting that to be the second fastest-growing job group in the nation over the next decade – were welcome news in a sluggish economy. |
|
Read More
|
|
Color Photo
|
|
B&W Photo
|
|
|
 |
| Does Your Senior Need Help at Home? A Holiday Checklist for Anyone Caring for Seniors |
| The stockings are hung by the chimney with care as your parents and loved ones prepare for your holiday visit. Over the years, your parents have managed to keep most of familiar traditions that helped define your family’s holiday celebrations. Yet, this year, when you arrive, you notice that things don’t quite look the same as they did the last time you visited. What’s changed? Use this holiday checklist from Home Instead Senior Care if you help care for a senior… |
|
Read More
|
|
Color Photo
|
|
B&W Photo
|
|
|
 |
| Practical, Economical Gifts for Seniors Most Popular, Say Retailer and Local Senior-Care Company |
| Tough time finding the right gift for mom or dad? The economic slowdown may make it easier to shop for seniors wanting practical, economical gifts according to Home Instead Senior Care. In case you still are having trouble thinking of that special gift, read the indispensable Ten Practical and Economical Gifts for Seniors… |
|
Read More
|
|
Color Photo
|
|
B&W Photo
|
|
|