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The Pro’s and Con’s of Home Care

The Pro’s and Con’s of Home Care

by STEPHANIE ERICKSON
Contributor

Your aging mother finally agreed to allow some help in her home so you set out on the task of finding the right person.

As you do your homework, you realize that home care is expensive and finding the right person or agency is not as simple as you thought. You begin to wonder if home care is the right intervention at all! This week on Caregivers’ Circle, Ryan McEniff, with Minute Women Home Care, discusses the pro’s and con’s of using home care. He also offers some tips of how to introduce this service to your loved one. For more information, visit the Ultimate Private Home Care Guide.

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