Starting the search for professional home health care services can be overwhelming with so many choices to navigate. United Home Healthcare is here to help with tips for choosing an Indiana home health care partner, whether you are looking for skilled care or homemaking assistance (also known as custodial care). Skilled Care: Provides for medical needs Homemaking Assistance: Helps with housekeeping, shopping, meal preparation and the like-or personal care, such as bathing, dressing, [...]
![[In the News] Thank Seniors This Thanksgiving](http://unitedhhc.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Thankful-200x200.jpg?quality=100.3021031019220 "[In the News] Thank Seniors This Thanksgiving")
At Thanksgiving, we often gather with our loved ones and extended family. It's a wonderful setting for sharing experiences, telling stories and saying thank-you. Now there is never really a wrong time to express gratitude, but Thanksgiving lends us that extra special setting to give those special thank-yous. Take a moment to ponder on what you’re grateful for this year and to find a small way to share that gratitude with those you love, especially the elderly in your life. Curious how to [...]
Did you know winter is one of the most dangerous seasons for seniors? The elderly population is more vulnerable to extreme cold and has a higher risk for experiencing issues such as hypothermia and frostbite. Seniors often have a lower body temperature as well, due to a lack of mobility and other health conditions. Due to their increased risks, it’s important for seniors to be prepared for when temperatures dip. Central Indiana in-home healthcare leader United Home Healthcare (UHHC) is [...]
Safe at Home, a special outreach event organized annually by CICOA Aging & In-Home Solutions, is an event close to our hearts here at United Home Healthcare. We were proud to be the title sponsor again this year and roll-up our sleeves along 150 other volunteers to serve low-income homeowners over the age of 60 to help make their homes and yards safe and accessible for daily living. It's a high-impact half-day of service that not only touches senior lives but ours as well. One of our [...]
Did you know adding a music therapy to routine home health care can be easy and so beneficial for those in your care? Evidence has been found to indicate that music speeds up the process of healing tissue. It also can distract the brain from focusing on chronic physical pain as well. Music can be helpful for memory care and strengthening cognitive skills. Hearing a piece of music has been found to enhance the activity of the genes which regulate dopamine secretion and memory, while [...]