Whether you are a family caregiver or a professional caregiver from a home care agency, meal planning and preparation is frequently a major part of the care you provide. Your senior may be able to make a breakfast or lunch without assistance...
Read MoreSenior Health: 9 Tips for Keeping Seniors Healthy Over the Holidays
The holiday season is one of the best times of the year. It’s filled with family traditions. There are parties and dinners for family and friends. Lots of traditional foods are offered, including desserts and snacks. If you have children, there...
Read MoreHome Care Near Me: 6 Ways to Find In-Home Senior Care Around You
The need for in home senior care can be due to several different situations. Your loved one may have been doing well independently, but they are scheduled for a knee or hip replacement and will need temporary assistance. Perhaps you have been the...
Read MoreSenior Care Jobs: 4 Services a Caregiver Can Do
Baby Boomers are having a significant impact on the healthcare field. With the continued aging of a significant number of our population, the increased need for assistance, especially for in home elder care services, is exploding. Most elderly...
Read MoreInternational and Domestic Travel: Everything You Need to Know to Prepare a Senior
You were talking to your Mom or Dad, and they mention that they wish they had traveled more in their younger years. Maybe they mention a location they were always wishing they could see. Or their 50th class reunion from high school is coming up...
Read MoreFuneral Arrangements: Preparing for End of Life Care and Obligations
In the past, no one pre-planned their own funeral. All funerals were pretty much the same, and it was expected that the surviving family would take care of the final duties. If you were a member of a church, there were certain requirements that...
Read MorePreserving Memories: Scrapbooking with Your Senior
Scrapbooking has developed from sliding photos into a plastic sleeve to albums that are decorated and captioned. This can be a great senior activity to do when providing at home senior care. You can choose an event or a theme, or perhaps they...
Read MoreCaregiver Time Management: 7 Tips for Planning Ahead and Reducing Stress
The role of caregiver is becoming the norm rather than the exception. As life expectancy increases, so does the need for a caregiver. You may just be helping Mom and Dad with the “heavy” chores like mowing the lawn or shoveling snow, or your...
Read MoreUnderstanding the 7 Stages of Dementia: What to Expect from Start to End Stage
Dementia is a disease that affects a person’s ability to problem solve. It affects memory and thinking, language, and judgment, and it even causes physical problems such as the ability to walk. There can be personality changes as well. The person...
Read More8 Organizations Offering Professional Support to Caregivers
The role of caregiver comes with many challenges. Sometimes it is a gradual progression of “helping out” a senior parent, and sometimes it means becoming the primary in-home caregiver. Other times, the role of senior caregiver is thrust upon you...
Read MoreNutrition and the Elderly: Changing the Way We Eat as We Get Older
As we age, many things can affect our appetites, which, in turn, affect our nutrition. The senses of smell and taste decrease as we age This makes some foods less appealing. Even medications can change the taste of foods, such as causing a...
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