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When Cooperative's Ken Schwartz, MSW, isn't meeting with a family to start services, he is out and about in St. Louis sharing aging parent resources like these healthy aging tips: Find and follow your formula for healthy aging-and expect it to change as you do. Old...

There are endless resources to help you as you care for your aging parent.  So many, in fact, that finding what works for your Mom or Dad is overwhelmingly time-consuming.  Really, who has time to research what works, what doesn't and why?  Here, I've...

Recent research states increasing your omega-3 fatty acid intake can prevent two major causes of blindness: retinopathy and macular degeneration.  These same two diseases also cause low vision in many individuals.  Low Vision Therapy by Cooperative Home Care can help...

Happy New Year! Leading into 2011, Owners Mitch Waks and Jim Guller presented Cooperative's strategy and goals for the next two years.  During this top secret meeting, each employee reaffirmed his/her commitment to Cooperative.  While I can't divulge too...

~Mitch Waks & Jim Guller, Owners & Cooperative's Administrative Staff host St. Louis' Caregivers Holiday Party today.  Office employees will roll up their sleeves and serve the caregivers delicious food from "The Hill", there are also door prizes and...

And now, without further adieu, a Thanksgiving message from Owner Mitch Waks: Some Food For Thought -  The Pilgrims made seven times more graves than huts.  No Americans have been more impoverished than these who, nevertheless, set aside a day of...

If you're like me, you've passed dozens of "Flu Shots Here" signs throughout St. Louis and surrounding counties.  My aging parents got their shots in October.  Cooperative posted flyers about where to get free flu shots.  Yet at least one recent report...

While Cooperative's expertise is in St. Louis home care and aging parents, we understand not every aging parent needs home care.  Or, if they do, it may be a one-time episode as a result of a fall or hospitalization.  By the time they are discharged from...