Help Seniors Celebrate National Self-Care Awareness Month in September by Adopting Appropriate Self-Care Skills.
As September introduces cooler weather and greater opportunity for safe outdoor activities, help your senior loved ones to renew a proper regimen of self-care. Proper self-care for seniors consists of three inter-related strategies: Maintenance, Monitoring, and Management. Maintenance According to a theory advanced in an article in Advances in Nursing Science, self-care maintenance refers to […]
Five Safety Considerations Around Doors and Windows
Your senior’s home may have some smaller issues to consider, particularly when it comes to doors and windows. Keeping your senior as safe as possible might mean taking a closer look at how well doors and windows are operating. Doors and Windows Open and Close Easily Doors and windows are meant to keep weather and […]
Immunizations Older Adults Need to Get
August is National Immunization Awareness Month. Immunizations are important because they protect people from serious conditions. People of all ages need certain kinds of immunizations, including older adults. In fact, getting the necessary immunizations may be even more important for seniors than they are for other age groups. That’s because their immune systems are typically […]
Four Things You Need to Know about Dry Eye
Dry eyes are not a comfortable problem, but even so your senior might wait a while before letting you know she’s having trouble. She might figure there’s nothing that can be done about dry eye, but she’d be off base a bit. More People Experience Dry Eyes than You Might Think Dry eye is a […]
