Celebrating Everyday Heroes: Family Caregivers
If you have ever felt underappreciated and unrecognized in your role as family caregiver, this month is for you! November is National Family Caregivers Month, a time to celebrate the tireless work and dedication you invest in making sure a loved one’s life is the best it can be. While It’s Not Always Easy, You […]
Building a Support System When Caring for Parents as an Only Child
Being an only child has some perks. As a kid, you never had to experience sibling rivalry or fights, and you also had the advantage of receiving all the love and attention of your parents. As an adult with no siblings, you may now realize that it is your turn to provide all the care […]
Top Strategies for Helping a Loved One With Incontinence
It’s not something most people would feel comfortable sharing with others. The truth is, the awkwardness of even discussing incontinence is generally enough to keep the issue hidden. Not only that, but there’s a common misconception that it’s simply a standard part of aging and needs to be silently accepted and dealt with. Yet the […]
How to Care for a Senior With Allergies
It’s summertime! After the long, cold winter and wet springtime, we can at last spend time out in nature. For older adults, getting out into the beauty of nature, fresh air, and sunshine is particularly important for both mental and physical health. Unfortunately, however, it can also trigger seasonal allergic reactions. And this is only […]
Tips for Maintaining Self-Reliance for People With Dementia
If you are caring for someone with dementia, you may be inclined to do whatever you can for the person to ease the stress of even the most basic everyday tasks. Independent living and dementia may even seem like polar opposites. However, all of us have a natural need to safeguard self-reliance and the freedom […]
Palliative and Hospice Care: Decoding the Terminology for Families
When a loved one is dealing with a serious health condition, you might feel helpless. You want to do everything you can to alleviate the discomfort, fear, or pain, but are unsure of where to begin. One of the best ways you can help is by learning all that you can about the diagnosis, prognosis, […]
How Partnering With a Home Care Agency Helps Family Caregivers Find Balance
It is a delicate balancing act. On the one hand, you have your work, which supplies you with fulfillment, purpose, and obviously, a paycheck. On the other hand, you’re providing care for someone you love. Trying to give 100% to both of these vitally important roles can leave you physically and mentally drained, with little […]
Investigating the Causes of COPD Flares and How Best to Manage Them
We’ve waited all winter for March! At long last, the days are becoming longer and we can start to feel the promise of springtime in the air. For a person with COPD, there is even more cause to celebrate the changing of the seasons. Cold, dry air is among several COPD triggers, and the appearance […]
Strategies to Protect Seniors’ Ability to Hear
Children’s laughter. A favorite tune. Birds singing. There are various lovely sounds to enjoy everywhere, so it’s important to take good care of the awesome gift of hearing. As we grow older, our ability to hear clearly can diminish, but there are measures we can take to keep our hearing as healthy as possible for […]
How the Right Food Choices Can Help Seniors Maintain Heart Health
There are many visual reminders around this time of year that prompt us to think about that tremendously vital organ that works around the clock to help keep us healthy! Store shelves are full of heart-shaped balloons, boxes of candy, and cards. Since it’s also American Heart Month, it’s an ideal time to take steps […]