The FirstLight Care Corner
For those who want to learn more about senior home care, guidance
for caregivers, and living your best day, every day.
GO RED for American Heart Month
February is not only the month of love and affection but also American Heart Month with today being National Wear Red Day. The purpose is to create awareness for and fight against heart disease, which is the number one killer of women. Did you know that more women die of...
How far would you go to help someone in need?
A touching story hit the media this week about a 101-year old woman in Detroit who was evicted from her home by a HUD foreclosure in September. Sadly, the elderly woman, Texana Hollis, was left outside in her wheelchair with her few belongings in a trash receptacle. Hollis has since...
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Do Caregivers Deserve Overtime? We Think So.
Many people, including the elderly, caregivers and home care agencies, are wondering how the Dept. of Labor’s proposed changes to the companionship and live-in worker regulations will affect the in-home care industry. In 1974, these regulations originally created a limited exemption from both minimum wage and overtime pay requirements to...
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Ohio franchisees awarded Best of Home Care
Congratulations to Ohio owners John and Jane Moyer on recently achieving the Best of Home Care award which is distributed by Home Care Pulse, a third party provider of client and caregiver satisfaction services to private duty home care agencies. The award is given to the top performers in client...
