As our population gets older more and more of our senior citizens are faced with the dilemma of where to live in their final years. Many of them are not quite ready for a nursing home but they require a significant amount of attention and help.
The home healthcare industry as well as nursing homes and assisted living facilities as you can imagine are absolutely booming cross the country. In the next five years alone it's estimated that an additional 20 million seniors will be candidates for some kind of assisted living care. That is going to require not only a lot facilities but also a lot of personnel to take care of the seniors.
There is already a shortage of personnel. And because there's a shortage of facilities all that does is drive the cost of those facilities up making home healthcare for some the only option. No matter what your financial situation assisted living, nursing home or home healthcare; it is very expensive.
And because of the shortage of personnel the industry is fraught with unqualified people, who more than likely are underpaid and looking for a free ride. It has been estimated that 40% of all home healthcare facilities report some kind of elder abuse. In home healthcare it is even worse.
So what are you supposed to do to protect your aging parents?
The best thing you can do to protect your folks in an assisted living facility, long term care facility or in a home health care situation is get a spy camera to keep an eye on them and their caregiver to detect any abuse or theft which is very common.
A well placed spy camera can detect any kind of elder abuse in a nursing home or home healthcare situation. It is an extra set of eyes on your loved ones when you can't be there.
When are you getting one?
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