Watching a loved one age may be one of the hardest things for any of us to do. Age can take away a senior’s mobility, morale and health. Some of our oldest heroes become more dependent and insecure with age. The best thing one can do for them is provide them health care in the [...]
Music can play such a pivotal role in anyone’s life. It ties people to memories, evokes strong emotions and can even motivate a listener to take action. With adults in home senior care, it is especially important in adding to the quality of life. Often the emotional or mental well-being of a person is [...]
There are people who can do everything perfectly in their life and still develop dementia. Genetics and outside circumstances sometimes just predetermine a person’s fate. However, this is not a reason to live life as if there is no control over it. People can take comfort and hope from the ways to prevent getting [...]
Ideally an elderly person and their family will consider hospice care well before they need to, unfortunately this is not always the case. Hospice care remains an excellent option for those who want effective in home health care during the final stages of life. Here are 5 tips for anyone to consider when trying to [...]
It’s normal for a person to not know exactly how much senior care costs, and part of this is due to the fact that it obviously varies for everyone. Another component of being unsure is largely due to the fact that most people probably assume they can’t afford it, and therefore it’s much easier to [...]
Pneumonia in the elderly is particularly threatening because as the body ages, the immune system can weaken considerably. In home care services for aging seniors, it can prove difficult to spot the symptoms of this disease. At times pneumonia symptoms mimic the signs of a person with Alzheimer’s. To understand the best preventive practices, an [...]
Home senior care workers and the families of those with Alzheimer’s have learned a great deal about how to care for their charges through trial and error, and that’s will be true for anyone new to this horrible disease too. However, there’s no reason not to learn from their mistakes so fewer mistakes are made [...]
People spend around ⅓ of their lives sleeping, which is not news to anyone. What may be surprising though is when people realize how often they actually think about sleep. People spend so much time devoted to it that it tends to slip their minds during the waking hours. For all of us and especially [...]
With all the advancement, effort and money made in the medical field, it can feel frustrating that there is still no cure for Alzheimer’s. What’s important to remember is that despite any kind of waste or inefficiency that might be found today amongst the doctors, there are still discoveries being made that could lead to [...]
Knowing the risks can help a person in home senior care feel more in control (and thereby calmer) about what they can do to help themselves avoid a certain fate. Education will also ensure that family members can follow the same rules as well to help keep them out of risk of dementia or Alzheimer’s. [...]
