The Benefits of Home Care Assistance When Caring From a Distance
They claim distance makes the heart grow fonder, but living far from aging parents can cause additional feelings: helplessness, worry, and concern, for example. It’s hard to understand just how your senior loved ones are doing through phone calls, video chats, emails, and letters. There are steps you can take, however, to ensure their health […]
Discover Senior Home Care Solutions with an In-Home Care Consultation
You’ve just finished talking with Mom on the phone, and now have a sense that something isn’t completely right. Though it was a nice chat, her lapses in memory were concerning. She assured you that she’s absolutely fine – that she is eating very well (despite the fact that she could not remember what she […]
How Home Care Can Help Older Adults Manage Long-Standing Health Conditions
Did you ever get up in the morning and realize, as soon as you got out of bed, that it was going to be “one of those days?” Maybe you slept through your alarm, tripped over the dog, and then remembered you were out of coffee. These small nuisances, however, pale in comparison of what […]
How to Start Talking with Older Parents About Long Term Care Planning
Being together over the holidays is a great time to catch up and an ideal time to have discussions about long term care planning with elderly parents. Having an open and honest conversation around care needs, home modifications and finances is essential to help fulfill the wishes of senior loved ones. Inspired Home Care, a […]
Pandemic Fatigue in Older Adults: Tips to Help
It’s been over 6 months since the COVID-19 pandemic began. The restrictions which have been put in place to emphasize safety can begin to wear on us all, and while there’s a natural desire to want to “get back to normal,” there is a new worry: pandemic fatigue in older adults. Pandemic fatigue is a […]
Shopping for Senior Care Services: Questions to Ask
Finding the right care solution for a senior family member is one of the most significant as well as daunting decisions you will face. Ensuring the safety of the senior is paramount, but there are some additional considerations as well, for example, whether the senior’s quality of life and capacity to thrive and continue to […]
Senior Safety Tips to Reduce Fall Risks in the Bathroom
While you might consider your bathroom to be a safe place where you can relax and unwind with a soothing bath or invigorating shower following a challenging day, for aging parents, the bathroom is probably the most dangerous room in the home. With slippery floors which can be even slipperier when wet, closed-in spaces, and […]
Tips to Prevent Senior Citizen Abuse and Neglect
It breaks our hearts to listen to stories on the news of vulnerable older adults who’ve suffered senior citizen abuse and neglect, and maybe it seems as though it’s something which happens to “somebody else” – definitely never to our own family members. However, nearly five million seniors within the U.S. are the subject of […]
Safeguard Seniors From Flu Complications
Far from merely sniffles and a cough, the flu can hit seniors hard. With a weakened immune system, those over age 65 are specifically at risk of flu complications, which can be rather severe. As we get into flu season, Inspired Home Care, the experts in elder care in Barrington, IL and the surrounding areas, […]