Senior Safety
At Allegiance Home Health & Rehab, we provide the most thorough, thoughtful home safety for seniors - encompassing everything from personal care and daily living assistance to high-tech monitoring that makes it easy to confirm the safety of your loved ones, even when they're home alone.
Health care providers are struggling to keep up with the quickly growing population of seniors. According the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the population of U.S. residents 65 years of age and older has risen by a factor of eleven over the course of the twentieth century; by comparison, the entire population has only grown by a factor of three. This dramatic rise in the number of healthy, surviving seniors, plus the cost of home care, means that many families need to hire full time, around-the-clock caregivers for their loved ones but can’t afford to do so.
At Allegiance Home Health & Rehab, we recommend or implement top-of-the-line security and medical surveillance technology that can easily be installed at home to ensure that you or your family member stays safe.
CHF - Congestive Heart Failure
Allegiance offers a specialized care program for cardiovascular patients who suffer from Congestive Heart Failure (CHF). Roughly 5 million Americans are currently affected by CHF, a cardiovascular condition that impairs the heart's ability to pump blood, decreasing the amount of oxygen and other vital nutrients carried to the organs and tissues.Seniors with CHF will find that this serious cardiovascular disorder can limit their safe activity level, prolong recovery time, and impact many aspects of their daily lives. That's why Allegiance offers a targeted care plan for monitoring and safe management of the disorder
Background Screening Law
New Background Screening Law to
Protect Vulnerable Elders
by: Elder Affairs, State of Florida; Elder Update, September/October 2010
Florida elders in nursing homes and assisted living facilities – along with children in daycare, individuals with disabilities and many other Floridians participating in government-funded programs – will benefit from a significant change that took effect August 1. Under a new law, people who work directly with these groups must pass an extensive background screening process designed to root out workers who might pose a threat to the very individuals they are supposed to becaring for.
