Is Hospice or Palliative Care Right for Your Loved One? Learn About These Different Approaches to Care
When a loved one is dealing with a serious health issue, you may feel helpless. You want to do everything you can to alleviate the discomfort, fear, or pain, but are not sure where to begin. One of the best ways you can help is by learning everything you can regarding the diagnosis, prognosis, and […]
Learn About the Best Assistive Equipment for Those With Arthritis
For people with arthritis, even simple, daily tasks and activities can cause debilitating pain. It may lead to a loss of self-sufficiency, as the person begins to rely more heavily on others for support and assistance. Fortunately, there are many helpful assistive devices that can both alleviate pain and allow people who have arthritis to […]
How Senior Care Can Help Family Caregivers Find a Healthy Life Balance
It’s a delicate balancing act. On one hand, you’ve got your career, which provides you fulfillment, purpose, and of course, an income. On the other hand, you’re caring for someone you love. Trying to give 100% to both of these very important roles can leave you mentally and physically drained, with little if any time […]
Tough Questions: Can Hearing Loss Cause Dementia?
When visiting with Mom, you observe the TV is blaring, and she’s asking you to repeat everything you say, or even to speak up because she believes you’re talking too quietly. Some degree of hearing loss is common in older loved ones, and definitely requires staying on top of through regular hearing screenings. But there […]
How to Cope with COPD Flare-Ups and Manage Symptoms
We have all been waiting expectantly for March! At long last, the days are becoming longer and now we can begin to feel the promise of springtime in the air. For a person with COPD, there’s extra cause to celebrate the changing of the seasons. Dry, cold air is one of several COPD triggers, and […]
How to Keep Hearing Healthy in Seniors for Years to Come
Your favorite song. Birds singing. Children laughing. There are so many pleasant sounds to enjoy all around us, so it’s critical to take good care of the awesome gift of hearing. As we grow older, our capacity to hear clearly can be affected, but there are some helpful tips for how to keep hearing healthy […]
Anhedonia: What to Know About This Emotional Change in Seniors
Following the eventfulness of the holidays, it’s not uncommon for the winter doldrums to kick in. Yet what could appear at first to be a bit of boredom could in reality be something more serious that should be addressed. Anhedonia is an emotional change in seniors that leads to a loss of interest in activities […]
Top Strategies to Boost Quality of Life for Older Loved Ones
As we get ready to jump into 2023, it is a great time to ponder what we have learned from the past year and what adjustments we’d like to make in the coming year. It is more than simply making a resolution that we will likely give up on within a matter of weeks. It […]
How to Spot Cognitive Issues in Seniors When Home For the Holidays
Going home for the holidays is a great chance to reflect back on holidays past and make some new memories. But it’s also an occasion when family members commonly identify changes with older loved ones – changes that could be too small to detect on a phone call or FaceTime, but are glaringly apparent in […]
How to Live With Congestive Heart Failure in the Comfort of Home
We have only one, and it is perhaps the most critical organ in our bodies – so hearing from our doctor that our heart is “failing” is quite scary. Congestive heart failure, or CHF, affects nearly 6 million people in the United States alone, according to the CDC, and although it’s a chronic illness, there are […]