The Benefits of Personalized Home Care Services
Learn how personalized home care services can make a big difference in the lives of seniors and their caregivers.
Effective Communication Strategies for Caregivers
As a family caregiver, finding creative ways to communicate with those special seniors in your life is essential for their health and well-being. What follows are several communication tips that every caregiver should know.
How to Assist When a Senior is Dealing with Incontinence
For many seniors, incontinence can be messy, uncomfortable, or embarrassing. If you are assisting an aging loved one with bladder control issues, these incontinence care tips will help keep them more comfortable, confident, and active.
How to Provide Care for a Loved One without Straining Family Relationships
Any way you slice it, caring for elderly relatives can create a messy family dynamic. If you’ve been shouldering most of the caregiving burden alone, here’s how to let family members know that you could use their help without damaging your relationships.
Coping When a Loved One Has Hearing Loss
According to the National Institutes of Health, roughly 25% of all Americans aged 65 to 74 suffer from some form of hearing loss. For those 75-and-over, the rate is one out of two. If you’re currently caring for an aging in place elderly loved one with a hearing impairment, keeping the lines of communication open [...]
Talking to Dad about Home Care Services for Mom
Your mother and father have been married for over 60 years. They met shortly after he returned home from World War II, fell in love, and were quickly married. For the most part, they had a wonderful marriage, but they certainly had challenges along the way. Your mother recently suffered from a stroke and while [...]
Talking to Relatives About Home Care for Elderly Loved Ones
Mary knew that it was time to talk to her sisters about their father's failing health, but she dreaded the conversation. He'd been declining for months, but since her sisters lived all across the country, they hadn't seen the problem for themselves. Home care was the right option, but she had a feeling that her [...]
Supporting your Parent after a Fall
Elder Care in Chapel Hill NC Falls are the number one cause of injury among the elderly population. Every 11 seconds, an older adult is admitted to the emergency center due to a fall. But while the physical effects such as hip fractures and broken bones can be devastating, sometimes it is the emotional wounds [...]
How Can Age Affect Your Loved One’s Ability to Drive?
Senior Care in Raleigh NC Your elderly loved one may not feel as though much has changed for her over the years and she could be right, to a certain extent. The truth is, however, that aging can affect your loved one's ability to drive safely in a variety of ways. Changes to Eyesight and [...]
Tips for Helping Your Parent Enjoy Reading More
Home Care in Apex NC October 2 through 8 is Great Books Week. This is the ideal opportunity to get your aging parent reading more so that they can keep their mind active and engaged, improve their cognitive processing and memory skills, and enjoy constructive entertainment that can connect them with others through a reading [...]
