If your Mom or Dad is getting confused easily or is a potential episode of Hoarders on A&E, it’s time to intervene and make their life less stress, and consequently yours. Plus, medication errors are no joke, including not taking medication because you can’t find it or taking the wrong medication. Let’s get started by Read More
Category: Home Care
The Gift of Time for Caregivers
Time is NOT on your side when you’re responsible for the health and safety of a loved one with Alzheimer’s or dementia. You may feel like you’re on a treadmill, constantly attending to this person’s needs, but not at all tending to your most basic ones—like actually working out on an actual treadmill. The lack Read More
Bonding with your elderly friends over audio books
Books on tape or audio books have dramatically changed the way seniors can access and digest books. Even if they weren’t lifelong readers, it’s never too late to spark the love of a good story. In other instances, silver-haired book worms may no longer have the mental wherewithal to read more than a couple pages, Read More
Keeping the Holidays Happy for the Elderly
The holidays are stressful for many of us—our sleeping, eating and exercising routines can be thrown amuck due to long to-do lists, overindulgent parties, not enough time to shop for and prepare nutritious meals, and lack of time and energy for workouts. That’s why it’s important for caregivers to stick to their healthy habits as Read More
Signs your loved one may need home health care
When a parent or other loved reaches a time in life when they become infirm, you may want to do everything in your power to care for them properly. However, in today’s world, many people are busy with jobs or families of their own that make it difficult to ensure that an elder has all Read More