First for the record let me state that I am not a doctor. Neither is the man I work for, the founder of The Perfect Companion Jon Siegel, and in home caregiving business here in the Phoenix area. However that…

Give me a break, that is what many boomers are saying to themselves now that they are holding down a fulltime job and also taking care of their aging parents. Facts are we are all living longer these days, and…

First let me dispel the myth that the sandwich generation loves and eats only sandwiches! For those of you in the sandwich generation, it is a much more serious matter. The sandwich generation refers to those of us at the…

First of all let me state that I am not a doctor. However in our consultations with many of our elderly clients we see a recurring theme, UTI's often mistaken or misdiagnosed as something else. Urinary Tract Infections can be…

Remember the song Bingo...B...I..N..G..O bingo is his name oh? Well to remember EIPPO just hum the song Bingo in your mind the next time you are talking about taking care of an elderly parent as they attempt to age in…

It's a fact. We are all getting older. Baby boomers began turning 65 in 2011 and are now driving growth at the older ages of the population. By 2029, when all of the baby boomers will be 65 years and…

There are conservatively over 300 home health companies in Arizona, but do they all have the secret sauce? The Perfect Companion does. Founder Jon Siegel has been a practicing Medicare certified geriatric psychotherapist  for over 30 years, and uses his…

Look at these sobering statistics. The U.S. population age 65 and over is expected to double in size within the next 25 years. By 2030, almost 1-out-of-5 Americans — some 72 million people — will be 65 years or older.…

Your parents are older. They live by themselves, and are beginning to slow down. Their hearing isn't great, and they need help taking care of themselves. What to do? Well first and foremost if they still have their mental faculties…