Adult Diapers and Incontinence Products

Resources, information and advice from caregivers about selecting and using adult diapers to deal with urinary or bowel incontinence.

Managing beds electrical Incontinence at Home

Adult incontinence is a common issue experienced by older adults as their cognitive or physical condition declines due to age or illness. Adults who are dealing with urinary or…

New insurance policy exclusions are putting home care agencies at risk

The COVID-19 pandemic is putting home care and home healthcare agencies at increased risk of liability from client lawsuits due to communicable disease exclusion clauses that insurance companies are adding to their policies.

Odell Studner Insurance broker Gavin Studner advised home care agencies to check their policies carefully for the exclusions. He suggested this Friday during a Care Academy webinar on…

When Laura sent me an email in early August, the first thing she did was apologize. “Please excuse how inelegant and disjointed this will be,” she wrote. “It matches my brain after being a caregiver since 2013.”

In 2013, Laura was several decades into a career as a marketing consultant. Her work was rewarding and challenging; she felt like she got to be creative every day and was never bored. She had gone freelance in the early 2000s and reveled in the freedom of being her own boss.…