How Can You Protect Your Senior’s Emotional Well-being as Her Life Changes?
Big changes can mean big emotional reactions for your elderly family member. She may not fully understand at times exactly what she’s feeling, but having a strong routine can help her to work through her emotions. Ensure that She Still Has Privacy. As she ages, you senior may need a lot more help than she […]
What Are the Potential Symptoms of Ulcerative Colitis?
There are approximately 1.6 million people throughout the United States who are living with inflammatory bowel disease. Of these people, approximately 907,000 people have a condition known as ulcerative colitis. This is more common than Crohn’s disease and is more common in adults than children. Though it is generally diagnosed between the ages of 15 […]
Tips for Keeping Your Senior’s Pets Safe and Healthy During the Holidays
Pets are an important part of people’s lives, and can be especially valuable to elderly adults. Many studies have shown that regular interaction with animals can reduce stress, ease depression and other mental and emotional health issues, decrease loneliness and isolation, reduce blood pressure, protect the heart, and overall increase quality of life, health, and […]
Tips for Caring for a Senior with Lung Cancer
If you have recently learned that your aging parent is one of the thousands of people who will be diagnosed with lung cancer in the United States this year, your life has just taken a turn. As their family caregiver, you must now think about the care needs that they will have as they fight […]
Food Poisoning is Especially Harmful for Elderly Adults
Elderly adults are at a greater risk than other age groups for food poisoning. Because the immune system weakens with age, a senior’s body may not be able to fight off infectious organisms as well as it once did. Where younger adults may struggle for a few days and recover quickly, an elderly person can […]
Adopt a Senior Pet Month: 10 Health Benefits from Dogs
November is Adopt a Senior Pet Month and it’s an ideal time for family caregivers to see whether or not their aging relative might want a canine companion. Instead of a rambunctious and untrained puppy, many elderly adults find that the best fit for them is a senior dog. There are thousands of loving and […]
What You Can Do as a Family Caregiver to Fight Alzheimer’s Disease Stigma
There are many challenges that seniors living with Alzheimer’s disease face on a daily basis. From memory loss to diminished cognitive functioning to the loss of independence that they once valued. As a family caregiver, however, it is important that you acknowledge that these are not the only challenges that these seniors face. One of […]
How Does Caring for Your Dad Impact Your Health?
In a 2015 study by the National Alliance for Caregiving and AARP, it came out that there are around 43.5 million family caregivers in the nation. This care is provided without receiving any pay. The average age of a family caregiver is 49, and 60 percent of them are women. According to this service, the […]
Four Questions to Ask Your Mom About Life at Home
Concerns regarding your mom’s safety and happiness at home keep popping into your head. She’s all alone and doesn’t know her neighbors anymore. You stop in as often as you can, but you live an hour away. You struggle with work responsibilities, home upkeep, your kids’ schedules, and time spent with your mom. Feeling stressed? […]
What Should You Bring with You to a Doctor’s Visit for Your Parent?
Visiting the doctor is a fairly routine element of many family caregivers’ care journeys. When you are caring for your senior you are likely to need to bring them to the doctor multiple times a year, sometimes on a regular schedule, to deal with chronic health conditions, address illnesses, or manage injuries. When you go, […]
