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Family Caregiver Stress
  • 4 Signs Of Family Caregiver Burnout May is Mental Health Awareness Month and it’s a great time for family caregivers to focus on their own mental health. Taking care of a senior parent with Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s or other medical challenges like disabilities after a stroke or heart attack can be tough ... Continue Reading

Family Caregiving
  • Who’s On Your Mom’s Support Team? After her cancer diagnosis, your mom starts treatments immediately. You’re supporting her as much as you can, but you can’t stop working. You can’t afford to go without an income for the next few months. At moments like these, your mom needs a strong support team. Who should ... Continue Reading
  • 4 Signs Of Family Caregiver Burnout May is Mental Health Awareness Month and it’s a great time for family caregivers to focus on their own mental health. Taking care of a senior parent with Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s or other medical challenges like disabilities after a stroke or heart attack can be tough ... Continue Reading
  • How To Convince Your Senior To Take Their Medication As the primary caregiver to your parents, you may be struggling to get them to take medications from the doctor each day. This can be for several reasons, maybe the pills are too big, maybe they need to be taken with food and your senior isn't hungry, or they hate drinking ... Continue Reading
  • Are You Making Caregiving More Difficult for Yourself? Too many family caregivers needlessly complicate their caregiving journey. You may worry too much about what you’re doing and whether you should be doing something else or you could be having negative feelings around having help. The reality is that there’s no right or wrong ... Continue Reading

Family Gatherings
  • How to Include Your Mom with Alzheimer's in Thanksgiving Plans Your mom is in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease. She seems okay for the most part, but she does get extremely nervous in larger groups. Thanksgiving is coming up, and your family has always had a large gathering. Should you include her this year? How can home care ... Continue Reading

Healthy Habits
  • Simple Ways to Boost Heart Health It is common knowledge that seniors encounter several age-related health conditions, including heart disease. On the other hand, seniors may minimize their risk by making the correct lifestyle choices. Everything from eating right to exercising will help boost a senior's ... Continue Reading
  • What Can You Do to Help Your Senior to Manage Stress? Lots of people believe that aging adults don’t experience stress after retirement. The reality is that stress is a big part of life for anyone, including your elderly family member. The big thing is to figure out how to help your elderly family member to deal with the stress ... Continue Reading
  • Learn More About Hydration for Your Senior As the weather warms up and days are longer and sunnier, it's easy for older adults to end up experiencing dehydration. They get outside to enjoy the warmth of the sun and lose track of time. Your mom's experiencing UTIs and her doctor says she's not drinking enough water ... Continue Reading

Home Care Assistance
  • How to Include Your Mom with Alzheimer's in Thanksgiving Plans Your mom is in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease. She seems okay for the most part, but she does get extremely nervous in larger groups. Thanksgiving is coming up, and your family has always had a large gathering. Should you include her this year? How can home care ... Continue Reading
  • Is it Time for Home Care Assistance for Your Senior? When do you know that the time is right to bring in extra help for your elderly family member? That answer varies from one situation to another, but it helps to have an idea what parts of your senior’s normal daily life are becoming more complicated for her. Knowing those ... Continue Reading

Sleep Issues
  • Sleeping and Why it Matters to Seniors Why do we spend around one-third of our lives sleeping? Couldn't we get much more done if we missed the prescribed seven to eight hours of sleep every night? Actually, your brain does numerous critical jobs. At the same time, you sleep, processes that make you significantly ... Continue Reading

24-Hour Home Care
  • Sleeping and Why it Matters to Seniors Why do we spend around one-third of our lives sleeping? Couldn't we get much more done if we missed the prescribed seven to eight hours of sleep every night? Actually, your brain does numerous critical jobs. At the same time, you sleep, processes that make you significantly ... Continue Reading

Accepting Help
  • 4 Signs Of Family Caregiver Burnout May is Mental Health Awareness Month and it’s a great time for family caregivers to focus on their own mental health. Taking care of a senior parent with Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s or other medical challenges like disabilities after a stroke or heart attack can be tough ... Continue Reading

Activities of Daily Living
  • Should Seniors Have a Beauty Routine? When a person hits over 70, they may want to stop putting in effort in certain areas. They may be wondering if it is even worth it to have a beauty routine where skincare and hair care is something they focus on. The truth is self-care can come in many forms, and it all ... Continue Reading

Aging in Place
  • Do You Have Questions About Elder Care? Elder care services are designed to help your dad maintain his independence while aging. How much do you know about this essential service? It's time to find out more about all that elder care offers to older adults. What Does Elder Care Help With? What can elder care aides ... Continue Reading
  • Six Factors to Consider if Your Senior Is Planning to Age in Place If your elderly family member has expressed a desire to age in place for as long as possible, you might want to talk with her about some of the factors that can determine if that’s truly a good fit for her or now. This list is just a hint of what you might want to dig deeper ... Continue Reading
  • What Is The Goal of In-Home Care for Aging Adults? You've heard about in-home care, but you're not sure how it works. Start by taking a closer look at the services and how they help aging adults who want to remain in their homes. In-Home Care Helps With Light Housekeeping Your mom can dust, but her vacuum is a bit bulky and ... Continue Reading

Alzheimer's Disease
  • How to Include Your Mom with Alzheimer's in Thanksgiving Plans Your mom is in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease. She seems okay for the most part, but she does get extremely nervous in larger groups. Thanksgiving is coming up, and your family has always had a large gathering. Should you include her this year? How can home care ... Continue Reading
  • Alzheimer's Disease Stages: How to Help Your Senior Unfortunately, there are many people who have a loved one with Alzheimer’s disease. While this disease is exceedingly difficult on the elderly person, it can take a significant toll on their loved ones too. If your elderly loved one has this disease, you may want to do ... Continue Reading

Arthritis
  • How Can Home Care Help A Senior With Arthritis? If your senior loved one has arthritis, home care can help them live the way they want in their own home as they get older. According to the AARP more than 75% of seniors want to stay in their homes as they get older. Seniors who have arthritis may have a hard time with many ... Continue Reading
  • Why Is National Arthritis Awareness Month So Important? When you know more about a particular health issue, it’s easier to help someone through it. That’s the case with arthritis as well. May is National Arthritis Awareness Month, and there’s a lot of information available about the different types of arthritis and how it might ... Continue Reading

Benefits of Home Care
  • Do You Have Questions About Elder Care? Elder care services are designed to help your dad maintain his independence while aging. How much do you know about this essential service? It's time to find out more about all that elder care offers to older adults. What Does Elder Care Help With? What can elder care aides ... Continue Reading
  • Six Factors to Consider if Your Senior Is Planning to Age in Place If your elderly family member has expressed a desire to age in place for as long as possible, you might want to talk with her about some of the factors that can determine if that’s truly a good fit for her or now. This list is just a hint of what you might want to dig deeper ... Continue Reading
  • How Can Home Care Help A Senior With Arthritis? If your senior loved one has arthritis, home care can help them live the way they want in their own home as they get older. According to the AARP more than 75% of seniors want to stay in their homes as they get older. Seniors who have arthritis may have a hard time with many ... Continue Reading
  • What Is The Goal of In-Home Care for Aging Adults? You've heard about in-home care, but you're not sure how it works. Start by taking a closer look at the services and how they help aging adults who want to remain in their homes. In-Home Care Helps With Light Housekeeping Your mom can dust, but her vacuum is a bit bulky and ... Continue Reading

Benefits of Pet Ownership
  • In-Home Care Helps Seniors Take Care Of Pets Having pets can make seniors much happier and it can improve their health, too. Many seniors find that having pets gives them a sense of purpose and pets bring a lot of joy into their lives. Studies show that pets can be very beneficial for seniors. But as your senior parent ... Continue Reading

Brain Games
  • Creative Activities to Maintain a Healthy Mind Focusing on brain health can be crucial for seniors, even if they may not know it. This is something that senior home care can focus on and something the whole family can encourage. No matter what age you are, taking care of your brain is crucial. It may be something a ... Continue Reading

Cancer
  • Know the Symptoms of Colorectal Cancer Colorectal cancer is a term used to include cancer that started in either the colon or the rectum. Individuals over the age of 50 have a higher risk of developing this cancer than younger people, so it’s important for you and your parent to recognize the symptoms in case ... Continue Reading

Care Team
  • Who’s On Your Mom’s Support Team? After her cancer diagnosis, your mom starts treatments immediately. You’re supporting her as much as you can, but you can’t stop working. You can’t afford to go without an income for the next few months. At moments like these, your mom needs a strong support team. Who should ... Continue Reading

Caregiver Resource
  • How to Sneak Some Time for Yourself During Caregiving As a family caregiver to an older family member, it may sometimes feel like you never have any time to yourself. That can mean neglecting your own needs. You may not be exercising, doing activities you enjoy, keeping up with friends, or even just relaxing. However, there ... Continue Reading
  • Does Your Elderly Loved One Need Help Getting Into and Out of Their Bed? As your loved one gets older, they are going to lose strength in their muscles, as well as balance and flexibility. Your elderly loved one might complain of painful joints a lot, too. They may have diabetes, dementia, arthritis, and other conditions that make it difficult ... Continue Reading
  • Everything Elderly Adults Need to Know About Vitamin C Whenever someone is caring for an elderly adult, they need to be aware of the health needs of that individual. If you are taking care of your elderly loved one or an elderly neighbor, one of the things that you should know about is Vitamin C. This is one of the main vitamins ... Continue Reading

Caregiver Stress
  • Are You Making Caregiving More Difficult for Yourself? Too many family caregivers needlessly complicate their caregiving journey. You may worry too much about what you’re doing and whether you should be doing something else or you could be having negative feelings around having help. The reality is that there’s no right or wrong ... Continue Reading

Caregivers
  • Five Ways You Can Recognize Malnutrition in Your Aging Adult Before you can solve any problems that your senior has around eating, you need to be able to recognize them first. That’s easier to do when you know some of the signs that she might show that point to malnutrition. She’s Sick More Often Your senior’s body uses food as fuel ... Continue Reading
  • Are Your Parents Overlooking Their Safety While Living at Home? Living out the rest of your life in the community you love is not a surprising goal. Staying in a home that you've designed and upgraded to meet your needs is also understandable. As your parents follow through on their wish to age at home, are they overlooking their safety? ... Continue Reading

Caregiving
  • Living With COPD: A Caregiver’s Guide Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a common condition among people over 65, especially smokers and former smokers of tobacco. However, great strides have been made in treating it. If you have a mother or father with COPD, there are many things you and your home ... Continue Reading
  • Tips for Reducing Sundowning Caregivers in Midtown NY: Tips for Reducing Sundowning Sundowning is a symptom of Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia. It is a group of symptoms that appear late in the day and often continue on through the evening hours. Their cause is not clear, though some relate it ... Continue Reading
  • Providing Support to an Aging Parent That Lives Miles Away Caregivers in Stuyvesant NY: Providing Support to an Aging Parent that Lives Miles Away Telltale signs may be evident. Your loved one doesn’t sound quite so optimistic during your weekly calls. There is a sense of hesitancy, even fear, when asked how they’ve been doing. Your ... Continue Reading
  • Does Rainy Spring Weather Really Affect Uncle Charlie’s Arthritis? Family Caregivers in Queens NY How often have you heard an aging parent, aunt or uncle say it must be going to rain because their arthritis or their back is acting up? Turns out it’s not just an old wives’ tale after all. There really is some truth to it. Though it’s not so ... Continue Reading

Companion Care at Home
  • What Can You Do to Help Your Senior to Manage Stress? Lots of people believe that aging adults don’t experience stress after retirement. The reality is that stress is a big part of life for anyone, including your elderly family member. The big thing is to figure out how to help your elderly family member to deal with the stress ... Continue Reading

Companionship
  • Elder Care can Help Fight Depression and Isolation in Seniors When your aging parent is struggling with depression or isolation, it can be really tough to know how to help, especially when you live distantly or are busy with other obligations. Fortunately, there are ways to help support older adults when they are living with depression ... Continue Reading

COPD
  • Living With COPD: A Caregiver’s Guide Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a common condition among people over 65, especially smokers and former smokers of tobacco. However, great strides have been made in treating it. If you have a mother or father with COPD, there are many things you and your home ... Continue Reading

Creative Activities
  • Creative Activities to Maintain a Healthy Mind Focusing on brain health can be crucial for seniors, even if they may not know it. This is something that senior home care can focus on and something the whole family can encourage. No matter what age you are, taking care of your brain is crucial. It may be something a ... Continue Reading

Dementia Care
  • Alzheimer's Disease Stages: How to Help Your Senior Unfortunately, there are many people who have a loved one with Alzheimer’s disease. While this disease is exceedingly difficult on the elderly person, it can take a significant toll on their loved ones too. If your elderly loved one has this disease, you may want to do ... Continue Reading

Depression & Mental Health
  • How to Help Your Senior Parent Deal with Depression It is not uncommon to sometimes feel sad or blue. These feelings can sometimes last for days at a time. This may happen due to any unfortunate event in life like job loss, break up, or death of a loved one. At these blue times life seems to be more monochromic and grey where ... Continue Reading
  • Elder Care can Help Fight Depression and Isolation in Seniors When your aging parent is struggling with depression or isolation, it can be really tough to know how to help, especially when you live distantly or are busy with other obligations. Fortunately, there are ways to help support older adults when they are living with depression ... Continue Reading
  • Does it Seem Like Your Elderly Loved One is Depressed? Here are Signs to Watch For. As you may know, depression can be tough to overcome. You may have experienced some depression yourself at certain times in your life. Maybe you are even experiencing depression now. With that being said, you may know some of the symptoms of depression. However, it is ... Continue Reading

Elder Care
  • Do You Have Questions About Elder Care? Elder care services are designed to help your dad maintain his independence while aging. How much do you know about this essential service? It's time to find out more about all that elder care offers to older adults. What Does Elder Care Help With? What can elder care aides ... Continue Reading
  • Learn More About Hydration for Your Senior As the weather warms up and days are longer and sunnier, it's easy for older adults to end up experiencing dehydration. They get outside to enjoy the warmth of the sun and lose track of time. Your mom's experiencing UTIs and her doctor says she's not drinking enough water ... Continue Reading
  • What Are the Common Anxiety Disorders in the Elderly? Are you concerned about your elderly loved one’s anxiety levels? If so, you may want to have them see a doctor or a therapist. Your elderly loved one could have one of the many different anxiety disorders that are common in senior citizens. Unfortunately, many elderly people ... Continue Reading
  • Elder Care can Help Fight Depression and Isolation in Seniors When your aging parent is struggling with depression or isolation, it can be really tough to know how to help, especially when you live distantly or are busy with other obligations. Fortunately, there are ways to help support older adults when they are living with depression ... Continue Reading

Elderly Care
  • The Dangers of Hoarding Many of us have lots of stuff and as we age, we tend to gather even more. It can be hard to let it go. Occasionally the need to hold onto our stuff develops into a mental health condition called compulsive hoarding. Compulsive hoarding is the excessive and compulsive ... Continue Reading
  • Know the Symptoms of Colorectal Cancer Colorectal cancer is a term used to include cancer that started in either the colon or the rectum. Individuals over the age of 50 have a higher risk of developing this cancer than younger people, so it’s important for you and your parent to recognize the symptoms in case ... Continue Reading
  • Does it Seem Like Your Elderly Loved One is Depressed? Here are Signs to Watch For. As you may know, depression can be tough to overcome. You may have experienced some depression yourself at certain times in your life. Maybe you are even experiencing depression now. With that being said, you may know some of the symptoms of depression. However, it is ... Continue Reading
  • Why is Walking a Great Form of Exercise for Older Adults? You've heard that your parents should aim for half an hour of exercise a day. Walking seems to be the form of exercise that their doctors recommend the most. Why is walking so good for older adults? Walking Lets the Mind Wander One of the benefits of walking is that while ... Continue Reading

Estate Planning
  • Making a List to Assist with End of Life Discussions One of the hardest conversations a person will partake in has to do with end-of-life medical preferences. Unfortunately, it is also one of the most useful conversations, as well. It can be difficult and stressful talking about our wishes when we are faced with a catastrophic ... Continue Reading

Exercise
  • Tips for Encouraging Senior Citizens to Be Active Is your elderly loved one becoming sedentary? The truth is that senior citizens need to continue staying active. They don’t have to run marathons or anything that intense. However, elderly people should be active for at least a little while every day. Doing so can help to ... Continue Reading
  • Don't Let Knee Pain Keep Your Mom From Staying Active Several things can cause knee pain in older adults. Your mom's knees are stiff, and she has a harder time with mobility when she stands up after sitting for a while or getting out of a car. Osteoarthritis may be the problem. Osteoarthritis is the most common form of ... Continue Reading
  • Why is Walking a Great Form of Exercise for Older Adults? You've heard that your parents should aim for half an hour of exercise a day. Walking seems to be the form of exercise that their doctors recommend the most. Why is walking so good for older adults? Walking Lets the Mind Wander One of the benefits of walking is that while ... Continue Reading

Fall Prevention
  • Six Things to Change in a Kitchen to Make Your Parents' Lives Easier Falls are more likely to occur in a bedroom or bathroom, but a kitchen can be another problem area for older adults. Lower the risk of a fall and make daily chores easier for your parents by making these six changes to their kitchen. Rearrange Items to Keep Frequently Used ... Continue Reading

Falls
  • The Dangers of Hoarding Many of us have lots of stuff and as we age, we tend to gather even more. It can be hard to let it go. Occasionally the need to hold onto our stuff develops into a mental health condition called compulsive hoarding. Compulsive hoarding is the excessive and compulsive ... Continue Reading
  • Is Your Senior Frailer than You Realized? Frailty can sneak up on your senior and on you. This is especially true if you don’t live near your senior and suddenly realize that she’s lost mobility, muscle tone, and more. Talking with your elderly family member’s doctor about what she’s experiencing can help you to put ... Continue Reading
  • Stair Lifts vs. Elevators: Which Is Best After a Stroke? Moving your mom from her home isn't ideal. She doesn't want to move, but her house isn't on one level. Yet, her doctors and physical therapists all agree that she's going to need a wheelchair for the rest of her life. You're torn. You don't want to stress or upset your mom, ... Continue Reading

Family Caregivers
  • Planning a Family Reunion? Here are a Few Things to Consider Last year at this time, many of us were foregoing any family reunions. The global pandemic was active in almost all communities and in order to protect our family and loved ones, we did not gather together because it wasn’t safe. This year brings a whole different feel to it ... Continue Reading

Health & Wellness
  • Simple Ways to Boost Heart Health It is common knowledge that seniors encounter several age-related health conditions, including heart disease. On the other hand, seniors may minimize their risk by making the correct lifestyle choices. Everything from eating right to exercising will help boost a senior's ... Continue Reading
  • Men's Health Month: Five Medical Tests Your Dad Should Be Asking About How often does your dad see his doctor? Men's Health Month occurs every June. It's a time for men to focus on their health and learn more about what they can do to stay healthy. Doctor's visits are just one of the things your dad should be doing for himself. Men should see ... Continue Reading
  • Five Ways You Can Recognize Malnutrition in Your Aging Adult Before you can solve any problems that your senior has around eating, you need to be able to recognize them first. That’s easier to do when you know some of the signs that she might show that point to malnutrition. She’s Sick More Often Your senior’s body uses food as fuel ... Continue Reading
  • Living With COPD: A Caregiver’s Guide Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a common condition among people over 65, especially smokers and former smokers of tobacco. However, great strides have been made in treating it. If you have a mother or father with COPD, there are many things you and your home ... Continue Reading

Healthy Habits
  • Is Peanut Butter Good for Seniors? When creating your weekly grocery list, don't forget to include peanut butter. While it is heavy in fat and calories (the good kind), it is also a nutritional powerhouse in moderation. When you don't have enough time to take care of your parents and try to figure out ways to ... Continue Reading
  • Should Seniors Have a Beauty Routine? When a person hits over 70, they may want to stop putting in effort in certain areas. They may be wondering if it is even worth it to have a beauty routine where skincare and hair care is something they focus on. The truth is self-care can come in many forms, and it all ... Continue Reading

Heart Disease
  • Learning to Spot the Symptoms of Heart Disease Heart disease is dangerous because many people suffer from it without knowing it until it’s too late. If your aging parent has a family history of heart disease or suffers from any conditions that can make heart disease more likely to occur, you may worry that his heart is ... Continue Reading

Heart Health
  • Men's Health Month: Five Medical Tests Your Dad Should Be Asking About How often does your dad see his doctor? Men's Health Month occurs every June. It's a time for men to focus on their health and learn more about what they can do to stay healthy. Doctor's visits are just one of the things your dad should be doing for himself. Men should see ... Continue Reading
  • Learning to Spot the Symptoms of Heart Disease Heart disease is dangerous because many people suffer from it without knowing it until it’s too late. If your aging parent has a family history of heart disease or suffers from any conditions that can make heart disease more likely to occur, you may worry that his heart is ... Continue Reading

High Blood Pressure
  • 5 Ways Your Senior Can Cope with High Blood Pressure High blood pressure is common enough that just about everyone knows someone who has been diagnosed with this illness. What you might not be aware of is how high blood pressure can contribute to health issues like strokes, heart disease, and even chronic kidney disease. ... Continue Reading

Home Care
  • Simple Ways to Boost Heart Health It is common knowledge that seniors encounter several age-related health conditions, including heart disease. On the other hand, seniors may minimize their risk by making the correct lifestyle choices. Everything from eating right to exercising will help boost a senior's ... Continue Reading
  • How To Convince Your Senior To Take Their Medication As the primary caregiver to your parents, you may be struggling to get them to take medications from the doctor each day. This can be for several reasons, maybe the pills are too big, maybe they need to be taken with food and your senior isn't hungry, or they hate drinking ... Continue Reading
  • Is Peanut Butter Good for Seniors? When creating your weekly grocery list, don't forget to include peanut butter. While it is heavy in fat and calories (the good kind), it is also a nutritional powerhouse in moderation. When you don't have enough time to take care of your parents and try to figure out ways to ... Continue Reading
  • How Seniors Can Always Find Their Glasses If your senior loved one is always losing their prescription glasses, they are definitely not alone. During January, which is National Eye Care Month, you and your senior loved one can take steps to make sure that your senior loved one can always find the prescription ... Continue Reading

Home Care Assistance
  • Hot Weather Safety Tips for Your Aging Parents Many Americans saw record highs in the spring and throughout the summer. When it's hot outside, are your parents taking precautions to stay safe? Hot weather can lead to many health issues like dehydration, heat exhaustion, and sunburn. Go over these hot weather safety tips ... Continue Reading

Home Care Resources
  • Natural Remedies That Could Help Your Elderly Loved One Are you helping to provide care for your anxious elderly loved one? If so, it is important to know there are medications that could help with easing anxiety. However, many of those medications cause mild to severe side effects. The good news is that there are some natural ... Continue Reading
  • What Kinds of Changes Could Your Senior Be Seeing Now? It’s no secret that your senior’s body changes as she grows older, but what types of changes could she be experiencing? Trouble with Senses She’s Always Trusted Your senior may have always been able to rely on her hearing and her vision, which makes it extra frustrating when ... Continue Reading
  • Ways to Clean at Home to Prevent Coronavirus Coronavirus, or COVID-19 , is at the forefront of most people’s minds right now. With businesses and schools largely shut down, people are spending more and more time at home in pursuit of social distancing to prevent the spread of the disease. Part of that effort also needs ... Continue Reading
  • What Do You Need to Know about Energy Conservation? If your elderly family member isn’t practicing the necessary skill of energy conservation, now is the time for her to start doing so. You might not realize just how effective conserving even a little bit of energy can be for your senior. Energy Conservation Defined So, what ... Continue Reading

Home Safety
  • The Dangers of Hoarding Many of us have lots of stuff and as we age, we tend to gather even more. It can be hard to let it go. Occasionally the need to hold onto our stuff develops into a mental health condition called compulsive hoarding. Compulsive hoarding is the excessive and compulsive ... Continue Reading
  • How Do Caregivers Prevent Hospital Readmissions? Infection, failure to follow instructions, and falls are leading reasons for hospital readmissions. If your mom fell and was hospitalized or is recovering following surgery, it's important to keep her from having to return to the hospital. She'll heal better at home. How do ... Continue Reading
  • Stair Lifts vs. Elevators: Which Is Best After a Stroke? Moving your mom from her home isn't ideal. She doesn't want to move, but her house isn't on one level. Yet, her doctors and physical therapists all agree that she's going to need a wheelchair for the rest of her life. You're torn. You don't want to stress or upset your mom, ... Continue Reading

In-Home Care
  • 5 Ways Your Senior Can Cope with High Blood Pressure High blood pressure is common enough that just about everyone knows someone who has been diagnosed with this illness. What you might not be aware of is how high blood pressure can contribute to health issues like strokes, heart disease, and even chronic kidney disease. ... Continue Reading
  • What Is The Goal of In-Home Care for Aging Adults? You've heard about in-home care, but you're not sure how it works. Start by taking a closer look at the services and how they help aging adults who want to remain in their homes. In-Home Care Helps With Light Housekeeping Your mom can dust, but her vacuum is a bit bulky and ... Continue Reading
  • In-Home Care Helps Seniors Take Care Of Pets Having pets can make seniors much happier and it can improve their health, too. Many seniors find that having pets gives them a sense of purpose and pets bring a lot of joy into their lives. Studies show that pets can be very beneficial for seniors. But as your senior parent ... Continue Reading

Injury Prevention
  • How Do Caregivers Prevent Hospital Readmissions? Infection, failure to follow instructions, and falls are leading reasons for hospital readmissions. If your mom fell and was hospitalized or is recovering following surgery, it's important to keep her from having to return to the hospital. She'll heal better at home. How do ... Continue Reading

Joint Health
  • Don't Let Knee Pain Keep Your Mom From Staying Active Several things can cause knee pain in older adults. Your mom's knees are stiff, and she has a harder time with mobility when she stands up after sitting for a while or getting out of a car. Osteoarthritis may be the problem. Osteoarthritis is the most common form of ... Continue Reading

Living Independently
  • Should Your Senior Live Closer to You? Living far away from your family may be stressful at any age, but it gets increasingly challenging as your parent's age and some duties become more difficult for them. Caring for an elderly loved one means you spend a lot of time and energy on your parent – but being a ... Continue Reading
  • Helping Your Elderly Loved One Stay in Their Home Most senior citizens want to stay in their home. They don’t want to have to move in with a family member or move anywhere else. The good news is that there are many ways that you can help your elderly loved one to stay in their home. There are many resources and tips that ... Continue Reading
  • How is Home Care Vital to Your Dad's Independence? Independence is everything to a person. As your dad gets older, one of his biggest fears is that he'll lose his independence as his health changes. Don't let him worry. Even if his abilities change, home care helps him maintain his independence. It Offers Companionship When ... Continue Reading

Medication
  • How To Convince Your Senior To Take Their Medication As the primary caregiver to your parents, you may be struggling to get them to take medications from the doctor each day. This can be for several reasons, maybe the pills are too big, maybe they need to be taken with food and your senior isn't hungry, or they hate drinking ... Continue Reading
  • What Happens if Your Dad Forgets His Medications? A study by the Kaiser Family Foundation found that 89 percent of older adults report taking at least one prescription medication each day. More than half report taking four or more pills each day. It's a lot of pills each day. Not only does your dad have multiple pills he's ... Continue Reading

Men's Health
  • Men's Health Month: Five Medical Tests Your Dad Should Be Asking About How often does your dad see his doctor? Men's Health Month occurs every June. It's a time for men to focus on their health and learn more about what they can do to stay healthy. Doctor's visits are just one of the things your dad should be doing for himself. Men should see ... Continue Reading

Mental Health
  • What Are the Common Anxiety Disorders in the Elderly? Are you concerned about your elderly loved one’s anxiety levels? If so, you may want to have them see a doctor or a therapist. Your elderly loved one could have one of the many different anxiety disorders that are common in senior citizens. Unfortunately, many elderly people ... Continue Reading

Nutrition & Diet
  • Is Peanut Butter Good for Seniors? When creating your weekly grocery list, don't forget to include peanut butter. While it is heavy in fat and calories (the good kind), it is also a nutritional powerhouse in moderation. When you don't have enough time to take care of your parents and try to figure out ways to ... Continue Reading
  • Five Ways You Can Recognize Malnutrition in Your Aging Adult Before you can solve any problems that your senior has around eating, you need to be able to recognize them first. That’s easier to do when you know some of the signs that she might show that point to malnutrition. She’s Sick More Often Your senior’s body uses food as fuel ... Continue Reading

Outdoor Safety
  • How Can Personal Care at Home Help Your Senior Stay Cool This Summer? Summer heat is something that a lot of people look forward to all winter, but it can be dangerous for your senior. Between age-related changes and hotter temperatures than ever, there’s a lot for your senior to manage during the hotter months. It’s a good idea to get help ... Continue Reading
  • Hot Weather Safety Tips for Your Aging Parents Many Americans saw record highs in the spring and throughout the summer. When it's hot outside, are your parents taking precautions to stay safe? Hot weather can lead to many health issues like dehydration, heat exhaustion, and sunburn. Go over these hot weather safety tips ... Continue Reading

Personal Care at Home
  • Six Factors to Consider if Your Senior Is Planning to Age in Place If your elderly family member has expressed a desire to age in place for as long as possible, you might want to talk with her about some of the factors that can determine if that’s truly a good fit for her or now. This list is just a hint of what you might want to dig deeper ... Continue Reading
  • How Can Personal Care at Home Help Your Senior Stay Cool This Summer? Summer heat is something that a lot of people look forward to all winter, but it can be dangerous for your senior. Between age-related changes and hotter temperatures than ever, there’s a lot for your senior to manage during the hotter months. It’s a good idea to get help ... Continue Reading
  • Should Your Senior Live Closer to You? Living far away from your family may be stressful at any age, but it gets increasingly challenging as your parent's age and some duties become more difficult for them. Caring for an elderly loved one means you spend a lot of time and energy on your parent – but being a ... Continue Reading

Pet Care
  • Small Pets That Might Suit Your Senior Dogs dramatically enhance the quality of life for several elderly by offering comfort and companionship. Elderly isolation is a serious problem in the United States, and emotional support animals may assist combat it. Caring for an animal companion may also give elderly a ... Continue Reading
  • In-Home Care Helps Seniors Take Care Of Pets Having pets can make seniors much happier and it can improve their health, too. Many seniors find that having pets gives them a sense of purpose and pets bring a lot of joy into their lives. Studies show that pets can be very beneficial for seniors. But as your senior parent ... Continue Reading

Quality of Life
  • Making a List to Assist with End of Life Discussions One of the hardest conversations a person will partake in has to do with end-of-life medical preferences. Unfortunately, it is also one of the most useful conversations, as well. It can be difficult and stressful talking about our wishes when we are faced with a catastrophic ... Continue Reading

Reducing Stress
  • What Can You Do to Help Your Senior to Manage Stress? Lots of people believe that aging adults don’t experience stress after retirement. The reality is that stress is a big part of life for anyone, including your elderly family member. The big thing is to figure out how to help your elderly family member to deal with the stress ... Continue Reading

Senior and Health Issues
  • 5 Ways Your Senior Can Cope with High Blood Pressure High blood pressure is common enough that just about everyone knows someone who has been diagnosed with this illness. What you might not be aware of is how high blood pressure can contribute to health issues like strokes, heart disease, and even chronic kidney disease. ... Continue Reading

Senior Care
  • Don't Let Knee Pain Keep Your Mom From Staying Active Several things can cause knee pain in older adults. Your mom's knees are stiff, and she has a harder time with mobility when she stands up after sitting for a while or getting out of a car. Osteoarthritis may be the problem. Osteoarthritis is the most common form of ... Continue Reading
  • Men's Health Month: Five Medical Tests Your Dad Should Be Asking About How often does your dad see his doctor? Men's Health Month occurs every June. It's a time for men to focus on their health and learn more about what they can do to stay healthy. Doctor's visits are just one of the things your dad should be doing for himself. Men should see ... Continue Reading
  • Planning a Family Reunion? Here are a Few Things to Consider Last year at this time, many of us were foregoing any family reunions. The global pandemic was active in almost all communities and in order to protect our family and loved ones, we did not gather together because it wasn’t safe. This year brings a whole different feel to it ... Continue Reading
  • Teach Your Parents Smartphone Safety A smartphone is extremely helpful if your parents like to spend time in their yard or going for walks. It gives them a way to call someone if they need help. It also allows you to track their location if they're gone for too long. Smartphones do require some knowledge of how ... Continue Reading

Senior Care Advice
  • How Senior Care Can Help During a COPD Flare Up Chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder, or COPD, is a condition that affects the lungs. It can sometimes get worse without warning. When this happens, it is called a flare up. While a COPD flare up can be frightening, senior care can help your aging relative to deal with a ... Continue Reading
  • How Senior Care Can Help with These Conditions Many Seniors Face Even with the best of intentions, caring for a parent who has a chronic health condition is hard work. Offering some of the care on your own is a true act of love, but you shouldn’t lose sight of your own needs. You need time to socialize, work without interruption, and have ... Continue Reading
  • Get Legal Paperwork in Place Before an Emergency Strikes In a high-stress situation, you don’t need extra things to do. When it comes to your parents’ care, having paperwork in place as early as possible will make a big difference. That’s why it’s important to sit down as a family, discuss your parents’ preferences when it comes ... Continue Reading
  • Feel Frustrated by a Senior’s Tendency to Wander? Wandering is a common problem for people with dementia. Most commonly it’s a response to an unmet need of some sort. That’s why it helps to run through a list of basic needs to see of those resolve your senior’s urge to wander. But there’s a lot to learn as a caregiver to a ... Continue Reading

Senior Home Care
  • Small Pets That Might Suit Your Senior Dogs dramatically enhance the quality of life for several elderly by offering comfort and companionship. Elderly isolation is a serious problem in the United States, and emotional support animals may assist combat it. Caring for an animal companion may also give elderly a ... Continue Reading
  • Who’s On Your Mom’s Support Team? After her cancer diagnosis, your mom starts treatments immediately. You’re supporting her as much as you can, but you can’t stop working. You can’t afford to go without an income for the next few months. At moments like these, your mom needs a strong support team. Who should ... Continue Reading
  • What Does Your Senior Need to Know about Low Vision? Every February is Low Vision Awareness Month, which makes it a great time to check in with your senior about whether she’s noticed any changes in her vision. If she hasn’t been to her eye doctor in a while, now is a perfect time to make an appointment. Low Vision Defined Low ... Continue Reading
  • Creative Activities to Maintain a Healthy Mind Focusing on brain health can be crucial for seniors, even if they may not know it. This is something that senior home care can focus on and something the whole family can encourage. No matter what age you are, taking care of your brain is crucial. It may be something a ... Continue Reading

Senior Home Safety
  • Six Things to Change in a Kitchen to Make Your Parents' Lives Easier Falls are more likely to occur in a bedroom or bathroom, but a kitchen can be another problem area for older adults. Lower the risk of a fall and make daily chores easier for your parents by making these six changes to their kitchen. Rearrange Items to Keep Frequently Used ... Continue Reading

Senior Safety
  • What Happens if Your Dad Forgets His Medications? A study by the Kaiser Family Foundation found that 89 percent of older adults report taking at least one prescription medication each day. More than half report taking four or more pills each day. It's a lot of pills each day. Not only does your dad have multiple pills he's ... Continue Reading
  • Hot Weather Safety Tips for Your Aging Parents Many Americans saw record highs in the spring and throughout the summer. When it's hot outside, are your parents taking precautions to stay safe? Hot weather can lead to many health issues like dehydration, heat exhaustion, and sunburn. Go over these hot weather safety tips ... Continue Reading

Seniors and Health Issues
  • Sleeping and Why it Matters to Seniors Why do we spend around one-third of our lives sleeping? Couldn't we get much more done if we missed the prescribed seven to eight hours of sleep every night? Actually, your brain does numerous critical jobs. At the same time, you sleep, processes that make you significantly ... Continue Reading
  • How Can Home Care Help A Senior With Arthritis? If your senior loved one has arthritis, home care can help them live the way they want in their own home as they get older. According to the AARP more than 75% of seniors want to stay in their homes as they get older. Seniors who have arthritis may have a hard time with many ... Continue Reading
  • What Are the Common Anxiety Disorders in the Elderly? Are you concerned about your elderly loved one’s anxiety levels? If so, you may want to have them see a doctor or a therapist. Your elderly loved one could have one of the many different anxiety disorders that are common in senior citizens. Unfortunately, many elderly people ... Continue Reading
  • What Does Your Senior Need to Know about Low Vision? Every February is Low Vision Awareness Month, which makes it a great time to check in with your senior about whether she’s noticed any changes in her vision. If she hasn’t been to her eye doctor in a while, now is a perfect time to make an appointment. Low Vision Defined Low ... Continue Reading

Shingles
  • Shingles: Disease Facts and Tips for Caring for Your Senior Shingles, which is also known as Herpes zoster, is caused by the reactivation of the varicella-zoster virus (VZV), the same virus that causes varicella (chickenpox). Shingles most commonly causes a painful rash. Unfortunately, vaccination is only the way to prevent VZV from ... Continue Reading

Signs Your Senior Needs Help
  • Is it Time for Home Care Assistance for Your Senior? When do you know that the time is right to bring in extra help for your elderly family member? That answer varies from one situation to another, but it helps to have an idea what parts of your senior’s normal daily life are becoming more complicated for her. Knowing those ... Continue Reading

Skin Care
  • Should Seniors Have a Beauty Routine? When a person hits over 70, they may want to stop putting in effort in certain areas. They may be wondering if it is even worth it to have a beauty routine where skincare and hair care is something they focus on. The truth is self-care can come in many forms, and it all ... Continue Reading

Social Activities
  • Planning a Family Reunion? Here are a Few Things to Consider Last year at this time, many of us were foregoing any family reunions. The global pandemic was active in almost all communities and in order to protect our family and loved ones, we did not gather together because it wasn’t safe. This year brings a whole different feel to it ... Continue Reading

Staying Active
  • Tips for Encouraging Senior Citizens to Be Active Is your elderly loved one becoming sedentary? The truth is that senior citizens need to continue staying active. They don’t have to run marathons or anything that intense. However, elderly people should be active for at least a little while every day. Doing so can help to ... Continue Reading
  • How to Help Your Senior Parent Deal with Depression It is not uncommon to sometimes feel sad or blue. These feelings can sometimes last for days at a time. This may happen due to any unfortunate event in life like job loss, break up, or death of a loved one. At these blue times life seems to be more monochromic and grey where ... Continue Reading

Staying Hydrated
  • Learn More About Hydration for Your Senior As the weather warms up and days are longer and sunnier, it's easy for older adults to end up experiencing dehydration. They get outside to enjoy the warmth of the sun and lose track of time. Your mom's experiencing UTIs and her doctor says she's not drinking enough water ... Continue Reading

Staying Organized
  • How Seniors Can Always Find Their Glasses If your senior loved one is always losing their prescription glasses, they are definitely not alone. During January, which is National Eye Care Month, you and your senior loved one can take steps to make sure that your senior loved one can always find the prescription ... Continue Reading

Technology & Aging
  • Teach Your Parents Smartphone Safety A smartphone is extremely helpful if your parents like to spend time in their yard or going for walks. It gives them a way to call someone if they need help. It also allows you to track their location if they're gone for too long. Smartphones do require some knowledge of how ... Continue Reading

Therapy
  • Could Light Therapy Help Your Mother? Some people get depressed in the winter. Perhaps it’s fewer daylight hours, perhaps the cold contributes. Winter depression is called “seasonal affective disorder” or SAD, for short. Back in the 1980s, science discovered that light boxes, which employed numerous bright light ... Continue Reading

Vision & Eye Health
  • What Does Your Senior Need to Know about Low Vision? Every February is Low Vision Awareness Month, which makes it a great time to check in with your senior about whether she’s noticed any changes in her vision. If she hasn’t been to her eye doctor in a while, now is a perfect time to make an appointment. Low Vision Defined Low ... Continue Reading