The Home Care Solution for Long-Distance Caregiving
They say distance makes the heart grow fonder, but living far away from senior parents often causes additional feelings: concern, helplessness, and worry, for example. It’s hard to know exactly how your parents are doing through phone calls, letters, emails, and video chats. There are steps you can take, however, to ensure their health and […]
Discover How an In-Home Care Consultation Can Help Determine Senior Care Solutions
You’ve just finished talking with Dad on the phone, and have a sense that something isn’t quite right. While it was a good chat, his memory lapses were alarming. He reassured you that he is perfectly fine – that he’s eating very well (although he could not recall what he had for lunch), taking his […]
How In-Home Care Can Help Older Adults Manage Long-Term Health Conditions
Did you ever wake up and realize, from the time you got out of bed, it was going to be “one of those days?” Maybe you overslept, tripped over the dog, and then remembered you were out of coffee. These small inconveniences, however, pale in comparison of what more than 50% of all adults in […]
Helping Seniors Cope with Pandemic Fatigue
It has been more than six months since the COVID-19 pandemic began. The restrictions which have been put in place to emphasize safety can start to wear on all of us, and while there is a natural craving to want to “get back to normal,” there is a new issue: helping seniors cope with pandemic […]
National Grandparents Day Celebrates the Mutual Benefits of Grandparent/Grandchild Relationships
As the saying goes, “What happens at Grandma’s stays at Grandma’s!” Being a grandparent is probably one of life’s greatest joys – the chance to experience once more the delight of spending quality time with the children in your life; only this time around, they are your children’s children, so the relationships are that much […]
Shopping for Elderly Home Care Services: Questions to Ask
Discovering the right care solution for a senior family member is one of the most significant and overwhelming decisions you will face. Ensuring the safety and security of a senior loved one is paramount, but there are some additional considerations as well, such as whether the senior’s quality of life and capacity to thrive and […]
Shopping for Elderly Home Care Services: Questions to Ask
Discovering the right care solution for a senior family member is one of the most significant and overwhelming decisions you will face. Ensuring the safety and security of a senior loved one is paramount, but there are some additional considerations as well, such as whether the senior’s quality of life and capacity to thrive and […]
Senior Osteoarthritis Treatment, Risk Factors and Management
Affecting 30 million people in the U.S. alone, osteoarthritis is a debilitating and painful condition that results from the wearing away of cartilage, generating friction within the joints as unprotected bones rub against each other. While it can occur in virtually any joint, it most often impacts the hands, hips, knees, lower back, and neck. […]
Struggling to Find the Perfect Gift for a Senior for the Winter Holidays? Try These Creative Ideas!
Doesn’t it feel wonderful to find that perfect gift, the one that will make your loved one’s face light up with joy? For the older adults we love, it’s possibly even more gratifying, because it can be difficult to come up with new and creative ideas. The elderly have years and years of accumulated treasures, […]
Decrease Agitation with Dementia Patients Using These Expert Holiday Tips
Decreasing agitation with dementia patients can be difficult any given day, but add in disruptions to routine, additional visitors, decorations, and noise, and you might just have a recipe for elevated agitation, stress, and discomfort. The answer to a pleasant holiday for your family as well as a senior loved one with dementia lies in […]