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Explaining Nutrition Changes And Proper Elderly Care Part 1
Maintaining a healthy diet is a tried and true method of healthy living for people of all ages. As we get older, though, more attention is required in order to meet our nutritional needs. Unfortunately, many of our elderly residents are not eating as healthy as they should. Malnutrition at this stage in life can…
Read MoreAre There Stroke Risk Factors that Your Loved One Can Change?
In your role as a family caregiver, awareness is one of the most important tools that you can have. Being aware of the risks that your aging parent faces is critical to enabling you to devise a course of care that is right for them to help them not only manage these risks, but also…
Read MoreTai Chi & Yoga: Five Good Reasons to Get Started and Ask Your Parent to Join You
As your parent ages, joint pain, stiff muscles, and loss of some balance may happen. According to the National Health Institute, 14.8 percent of the adults in the U.S. faced balance issues in 2008. Sometimes a health issue, such as an inner ear infection is the cause, other times it can simply happen because of…
Read MoreWhat are the Potential Complications of High Blood Pressure?
Approximately 75 million people throughout the United States are currently living with high blood pressure. The risk for developing this condition increases with age, with the majority of people who have it being over the age of 50. As a family caregiver it is important that you understand this condition and how it can impact…
Read MoreFour Signs That Your Aging Parent Might Need Home Care
And once we get that first taste of independence, it is hard to let it go. That is why it is so difficult for many seniors to accept that they might need home care in order to keep living in their own home. It is completely understandable that the last thing that anyone wants is…
Read MoreGadgets to Help your Elderly Parent Age in Place
According to the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP), nearly 90 percent of seniors want to “age in place” or remain in their home through their elderly years. If a chronic disease or injury is affecting your parent, it may seem difficult to fulfill this wish. Fortunately, technological advances have made it even easier for…
Read MoreWhat You Should Know About Whooping Cough and Your Senior
One of your most important and effective tools in your caregiver journey with your elderly parent is awareness. When you are aware of the risks that your aging parent is facing, you are better able to make the care decisions that will reduce those risks and protect your senior, or enable you to give them…
Read More3 Personality Traits that Can Cause Trouble for You as a Family Caregiver
Everyone has unique personality traits that can either serve them well or that can make their life a little more difficult. When you’re a family caregiver, these three traits in particular can really give you some extra trouble. You don’t have to get rid of them, especially since they’re a part of you, but you…
Read MoreSupport the Senior Cause with a Color Ribbon
Most likely you have seen one if not many of those colored ribbons – the looped patterned ones –around your city or town. Nearly everyone is familiar with the pink ribbon for breast cancer. And from cars and windows to pins and patches, there are so many varieties. Have you wondered what they are representing?…
Read MoreHelping Seniors Navigate the World Through Computers
Most everyone today has a cell phone and access to a computer; whether a laptop or desktop, or other variety. With the internet, possibilities are endless in terms of resources. These could include social groups, online games, and even ways to order home care and health supplies to have them delivered to your doorstep for…
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