A senior may not have the same pep in their step as they used to. If home care is new for your senior, then declining energy could be understandable. Here are senior health tips and tricks known to increase energies for most seniors. These tips do not take a lot of work, but they will [...]
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 [...]
As people age, it’s not uncommon for them to have a difficult time adjusting to the transitions in life. Companionship care is a service meant for those who can function independently, but could still use additional assistance with in home health care throughout the day. Especially as people get older and learn what they want, [...]
Surgery of any kind can be difficult enough as it is for a family, which can often make the road to rehabilitation paved with difficulty for both the caregiver and the afflicted. Mobility in seniors is not only necessary for good physical health, but also mental health as well. See why having a professional trained [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
