Understanding the different types of care that your senior may need or want can feel overwhelming at first. Personal care at home, for instance, is a specific type of care. It’s about ensuring that your elderly family member’s personal care tasks are handled the right way and when she needs them to be handled. Here’s…
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READ MORE5 Easy Ways to Keep Your Senior Socially Engaged
Social engagement is a lot more important to your senior’s overall health than you or she may fully understand. If getting the social interactions that she needs is becoming a lot more difficult for your senior, it might be time to explore some other ways of making that easier. These ideas and companion care at…
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READ MORE4 Signs Your Senior May Not Be Eating Enough
Is your senior loved one eating enough? They may not be. Malnutrition is something that affects more than half of all seniors. And it’s something that can be difficult for family members to see. Your senior parent may be skipping meals or not eating enough for many reasons. Some of the most common reasons why…
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READ MOREEverything Your Family Needs to Know About Senior Home Care
It’s time to consider your mom’s need for help around the home. After being diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis, she’s not able to do many things that used to be so easy. Maybe she fell and needed surgery to fix a broken wrist. She leans on you a lot, and it’s getting harder to balance your…
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READ MOREFive Ideas if Your Senior Is Starting to Get Lost
That feeling of suddenly not knowing where she is can be excruciating for your elderly family member, especially if she was just in the middle of running an errand or handling some other tasks. Once you know what’s going on, it is important to take action so that you know what you are both up…
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READ MOREDiscuss the Benefits of 24-Hour Home Care for Your Senior with Vision Loss
When an aging parent loses their vision, their need for help around the house will increase dramatically. It’s important to adapt your caregiving to your senior’s new normal, and to bring in more help when you can’t be there. While your mom may no need 24-hour home care services every day, she will need more…
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READ MORERemoving Household Hazards That Increase Fall Risk
Your dad loves his home. He feels safe there, and he’s made so many improvements over the years that he cannot imagine moving. While his home may make him feel safe, the home that’s been perfect for raising a family may not be so great for aging. What can you do to eliminate common household…
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READ MOREHow Seniors Can Make The Most Of Warm Summer Weather
The summer is heating up fast and for seniors that means it will finally be nice enough to get outside and enjoy some sunshine. Seniors need sunlight so that they can get Vitamin D, which is an essential nutrient that humans get from sunlight. After a long dark winter many people are deficient in Vitamin…
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READ MOREHow to Help Your Senior Find Happiness
Does your elderly mother complain that she lacks daily activities? What about your father – has he been spending an increasing amount of time by himself, reminiscing about his old pals, rather than developing new ones? Or, have you seen that your parents get quickly upset when they are unable to do things on their…
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READ MORESenior Home Care Can Help Your Loved One at Meal Time
Preparing meals and eating healthy is difficult for many senior citizens. We all know that planning just one meal a week can sometimes be trying. However, sometimes even deciding what to eat, going to get groceries, and other tasks such as those are too much for a senior citizen. If this is the case for…
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