Home Care Helps Seniors Better Manage and Live With Chronic Pain

Aching. Stinging. Burning. That is how many older adults who live with chronic pain describe how they feel on a regular basis. Chronic pain may occur anywhere in the body, sometimes for no obvious reason whatsoever. It is defined by pain that lasts for more than three months, either continuously or coming and going. And […]

Helping a Loved One Adjust to a Wheelchair

Getting older requires us to adapt to numerous changes. Our children mature and move out. We may decide to sell the family home and downsize. Retiring from a lifelong profession changes our purpose and goals. And, health problems or mobility challenges may result in the need for a wheelchair. Helping a loved one adjust to […]

Senior Care Helps Diabetics Make Healthy Lifestyle Choices

If you or someone you love is among the nearly 16 million older adults diagnosed with diabetes, you no doubt know firsthand how challenging the disease is to manage. Between prescription drugs, lifestyle changes, daily glucose tests, and much more, a person with diabetes can easily become overwhelmed. And maybe the most challenging barrier to […]

What to do When a Parent Dies

Knowing what to do when a parent dies is hard. In addition to navigating grief, there are a variety of administrative tasks that must be handled in a timely manner. To help alleviate some of the stress during this period of time, our care professionals have put together the following helpful timeline so you will […]

What Is Shingles and Why Do Seniors Need a Vaccine for It?

With the large amount of press regarding the COVID-19 vaccinations, it is very easy to lose focus on the other crucial vaccinations for aging parents. But there’s one specifically that is worthy of time in the spotlight: the shingles vaccine. What Is Shingles? Shingles is an illness caused by the same virus that causes chickenpox. If […]

How Home Care Supplements Hospice for an Enhanced Care Experience

When someone is approaching the end of life, comfort and quality care are paramount. Families must know that the individual they love will receive everything needed for a peaceful transition. Hospice care is very helpful during this time, and home care supplements hospice to ensure that both the person receiving care and family members have […]

Learning How Home Care Helps with Lou Gehrig’s Disease

Receiving a diagnosis of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (often called ALS or Lou Gehrig’s disease) raises a multitude of questions and concerns, both for the patient who received the diagnosis and the people who love them. What causes ALS? What are the symptoms now – and what will they be as time goes on? Who can […]

Understanding How to Cover the Costs of Senior Care

Living at home for a lifetime is the goal of nearly all aging adults. Home is where we are most comfortable. It is where memories have been and continue to be created. We have carefully designed our environment at home based on our particular tastes and preferences. And it’s where we have the independence to […]

Working with a Home Care Agency to Provide Long-Distance Senior Care

People say distance makes the heart grow fonder, but long-distance senior care may cause additional feelings: concern, helplessness, and worry, for example. It’s hard to know precisely how older loved ones are doing through telephone calls, letters, emails, and video chats. There are numerous actions you can take, however, to ensure their health and wellbeing, […]

The Benefits of Fiber and How to Get More in a Senior’s Diet

If a senior loved one in your life is more inclined to indulge in the various junk and fast food choices which are so readily accessible, they are in excellent company. While these sorts of foods are convenient, they are usually full of calories, cholesterol and fat and lack fiber as well as other key […]