How Home Care Helps Following Heart Surgery

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During National Heart Month, Home with You Senior Care would like to share a couple of important ways to show your heart some love: learn how to keep your heart healthy, and know how home care helps with recovery if you experience heart surgery. Look After Your Heart These simple measures can help maintain heart […]

How to Prevent Depression in Older People You Love

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After spending some time with family and friends and revisiting cherished traditions and memories throughout the holiday season, it is typical for a feeling of nostalgia and sorrow to set in for older adults. Even though some amount of short-term post-holiday disappointment can be expected, it is essential to be aware that it could grow […]

Top Tips for Keeping Senior Feet Healthy

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It is difficult to put your best foot forward when pain wracks each step. Foot issues are common when we get older, which is understandable; there are so many delicate parts that hold the weight of our bodies. Furthermore, because they’re far away from the heart, our feet may not be receiving as much oxygen-rich […]

A Dedication to Senior Exercise Is a Dedication to Overall Health

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We’re about to start a new year, and we all realize what this means: time to make some resolutions! If you’re similar to most people, you’ll start with the best of intentions. But as time goes on and life gets busier, you will probably find your determination dwindling until you have lost your resolve to […]

Improving the Health of Senior Men

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If your father, grandfather, or other father figure would rather do anything at all over going to the doctor, he’s in good company. The Cleveland Clinic recently conducted an interview on the health of senior men and found that only 50 percent of those interviewed get regular checkups, and almost three-quarters of them prefer to clean […]

Why You Should Partner with a Home Care Agency for Long-Distance Care

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They claim distance makes the heart grow fonder, but residing far away from aging parents often causes additional feelings: worry, concern, and helplessness, to name a few. It is hard to understand precisely how your senior loved ones are doing through phone calls, letters, emails, and video chats. There are actions you can take, however, […]

Understanding the Symptoms and Signs of Vascular Dementia in Seniors

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With more than 5.8 million Americans diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, it is one of the most common forms of dementia. However,  there’s another, less familiar type of dementia causing cognitive issues in seniors: vascular dementia. Knowing the risk factors, symptoms and signs of vascular dementia, along with the unique attributes that set it apart from […]

Why Is Fiber Important for Seniors?

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If the older adults in your life are more prone to indulge in the numerous junk and fast food choices that are so readily accessible, they are in good company. Even though these sorts of foods are convenient and easy, they are often full of calories, cholesterol and fat and lack fiber as well as […]

Helpful Tips to Manage Oral Care in a Senior with Alzheimer’s

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It is one of the first things we do each morning, as well as one of the final things we do every night, typically on autopilot without giving it an additional thought. Yet it actually is a complex process comprised of multiple steps, making this seemingly easy task quite a challenge for a person with […]

How In-Home Care Services Can Complement Hospice Care

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If you asked individuals who are within the last six months of their lives specifically what is most important to them, you are very likely to hear replies such as: Retaining control over which services will be provided To be free from pain Spiritual and emotional support To remain at home In-home hospice care meets […]