Living with ALS: How Home Care Can Help
Being diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (also known as ALS or Lou Gehrig’s disease) raises numerous questions and concerns, both for the person diagnosed and people who love them. What causes ALS? What are the current symptoms – and what will they be as time goes on? Where can I turn for help? Approximately 30,000 […]
Understanding How to Pay for In-Home Senior Care Costs
Continuing to live at home for a lifetime is the objective of most seniors. Home is where we’re most content. It is where memories have been and continue to be made. We’ve meticulously built an atmosphere at home in line with our personal style and preferences. And it’s where we have the liberty to make […]
Caring for Senior Male Health
If your dad, grandpa, or other father figure seems to opt for doing anything at all over going to the doctor, he’s in good company. The Cleveland Clinic recently interviewed men on this very topic and discovered that only ½ of those interviewed get routine examinations, and almost ¾ of them would prefer to clean […]
Caregiver Tips for the Middle Stage of Parkinson’s Disease: Part 2 of 3
A Parkinson’s disease diagnosis impacts members of the family as well as the person diagnosed. Understanding what to expect as the condition progresses is key to being prepared for the changes to come and to making the most of every day. In our three-part series, we will be posting caregiver tips about what to expect […]
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 […]
The Benefits of Fiber and How to Increase Fiber Intake for Seniors
If the seniors in your life are more prone to indulge in the numerous junk and fast food choices that are so readily available, they’re in good company. Although these types of foods are convenient, they are usually full of calories, cholesterol and fat and lack fiber along with other key nutrients that are needed […]
In-Home Hospice Care and Home Care Services Meet a Variety of Needs
If you asked people who are within the last six months of their lives precisely what is most important to them, you are very likely to hear replies such as: Maintaining control over which services will be provided To be free from pain Emotional and spiritual support To remain at home In-home hospice care meets […]
The Many Benefits of Social Wellness for Older Adults and How Home Care Can Help
Living through more than a year of a worldwide pandemic taught us never to take for granted the small but exceptionally essential things in life: shared laughter, hugging our loved ones, a lunch date in our favorite café. We learned firsthand the variety of benefits of social wellness, how much it should be valued, and […]
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 […]
Choosing Home Health Care for a Senior You Love
It wasn’t long ago when there was an overall presumption that when we grow older, we’ll naturally need to move into an assisted living facility or nursing home. There’s now an increased awareness that choosing home health care during the course of aging can be a feasible option. There is also additional knowledge since the […]