Injury Prevention & Home Safety

Do You Know What to Do if Your Elderly Family Member Faints?

Home Care in Garner NC: What to do if a Senior Faints Fainting is not often serious for many people, but in your aging family member, it could be a sign of other issues, such as low blood pressure. Should your elderly family member faint, try to remember these steps. 1. Try to [...]

By |2024-03-18T13:29:42-04:00September 13, 2017|Categories: Caregiver Wellness & Tips, Injury Prevention & Home Safety|Tags: |

Improving Home Safety and Accessibility for Seniors with Weakness in Their Hands

Caregiver in Wake County NC: Safety and Accessibility for Seniors with Hand Weakness In your role as a family caregiver, it is extremely important that you focus not just on the assistance and care that you need to give your parent, but also the ways in which you can help your parent to [...]

By |2024-03-18T13:29:45-04:00August 23, 2017|Categories: Injury Prevention & Home Safety|Tags: |

4 Things That Can Affect a Senior’s Ability to Drive

Senior Care in Cary NC: 4 Things That Affect a Senior's Ability to Drive As your loved one ages, her abilities change. Some of those are directly tied to her ability to keep driving safely. When your senior family member gets to a point that it's no longer safe for her to drive, [...]

By |2024-03-18T13:29:47-04:00August 2, 2017|Categories: Injury Prevention & Home Safety, Vision & Eye Health|Tags: |

Household Technology That Helps Mom in the Kitchen

Caregiver in Garner NC: Technology to Help Mom in the Kitchen Aging presents new challenges. One place your mom may feel many of the effects of aging is in the kitchen. Lifting pans, digging into the back of a cupboard, or keeping items stocked properly is hard as memory declines and arthritis sets [...]

By |2024-03-18T13:30:42-04:00June 21, 2017|Categories: Injury Prevention & Home Safety, Technology & Aging|Tags: |

Mother’s Day (May 14): Five Things You Can Do to Make Mom’s Home Safer

Before you take your mom out for a meal to celebrate Mother's Day, take some time to make her home safer. There are five simple things you can install or change in your mom's house that will keep her safer at times when she's home alone. Caregivers Raleigh NC: Mother's Day (May 14): Five [...]

By |2024-03-18T13:30:52-04:00May 5, 2017|Categories: Injury Prevention & Home Safety|Tags: |

You’re Trying to Balance Mom’s Wishes with Her Safety

Home Care in Chapel Hill NC: You’re Trying to Balance Mom’s Wishes with Her Safety You know your mother is a strong, independent woman. At times she may seem stubborn or ornery, and while she’s getting older and dealing with certain health issues and limited mobility, you have done whatever you can to [...]

By |2024-03-18T13:31:01-04:00March 16, 2017|Categories: Injury Prevention & Home Safety|Tags: |

Safety Tips for Moving an Elderly Loved One from Bed

You’ve been helping your elderly father for some time. Lately, now, he is having difficulty getting out of bed. You may be in your 40s or 50s, the average age of a family caregiver in the United States right now, and you may not be in the best of physical condition. Caregiver in Durham [...]

By |2024-03-18T13:31:04-04:00March 10, 2017|Categories: Aging in Place, Injury Prevention & Home Safety|Tags: |

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 [...]

By |2024-03-18T13:31:12-04:00February 2, 2017|Categories: Injury Prevention & Home Safety, Senior Care Advice|Tags: |

What You Should Know during Fire Prevention Week

Elder Care in Garner NC October 9 through 15 is Fire Prevention Week. As a family caregiver, this is the ideal opportunity for you to learn more about fire risk and what you can do to help protect your elderly loved one from the potential dangers that can come with residential fires.   Some things [...]

By |2024-03-18T13:31:30-04:00October 5, 2016|Categories: Injury Prevention & Home Safety|Tags: |
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