Senior Home Care: 10 Signs Your Aging Parent Needs Help
How do you know when it's the right time for your loved one to transition to senior home care? Learn what to look out for here.
When Is It Time for Home Care?
How can you know if it's time for your aging loved one to receive professional home care? Here are ten questions to ask.
Avoiding Readmission After Leaving the Hospital
Nearly one in five Medicare patients experience readmission to the hospital after discharge. How can you avoid that? Read on to see!
Elder Abuse – Identify the Signs Before It’s Too Late
As a concerned party, knowing the telltale signs of elder abuse is vital to stopping it and getting them the necessary help.
How to Detect Signs of Depression in Seniors
Although most seniors get depressed from time to time, depression is not a normal part of the aging process. Being able to detect the signs and intervene can be vital to their wellbeing.
How to Protect an Aging Parent from Elder Abuse
If you’re currently looking after an aging in place elderly parent, here are several effective ways to help protect them from being abused.
4 Ways Caregivers Can Keep Their Mental Health in Check
Caregiving is not only physically demanding and time consuming, it can also have a detrimental effect on one’s emotional and mental health. In honor of Mental Health Month, here are 4 reliable ways for caregivers to stay mentally strong.
Why is “Social Distancing” So Important for Seniors?
Under ordinary circumstances, elderly individuals who live independently are encouraged to stay socially active because it provides them with many health benefits. However, Americans of all ages are currently at risk for being exposed to coronavirus, or “COVID-19”. For that reason, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have released preventative guidelines, including the practice of “social distancing”.
5 Tips to Combat Depression in Seniors
Depression is quite common in seniors and if allowed to persist the physical and emotional toll upon their lives can be devastating. On the positive side, because depression isn’t a normal part of the aging process itself it is a very treatable condition.
Avoid Letting Caregiving Adversely Affect Your Marriage and Family Life
Your aging in place elderly mother has been in declining health for several years now. She lives nearby, so you and your spouse take turns providing mom with the care she needs. But you both also have jobs, a household and two active children to manage. Some days you and your spouse hardly see one another at all, and now the kids are starting to complain. What should you do?
