Seniors citizens like your mom or dad are more active today than seniors of yesterday. You may remember your grandparents sitting on the front porch rocking back and forth all day long watching the neighborhood children play and people coming and going. However, your parent is nothing like that generation. In fact, your mother or father is doing everything they…
Vertigo is the sensation that makes a person feel like the room is spinning. Your mom or dad may wake up from a deep sleep and sense the room moving all around them, almost like a scene from, “The Wizard of Oz.” However, a scene from a movie is entertaining. According to providers of in home senior care services, this…
Sometimes even your senior mother is too proud or fearful to discuss her health issues. Unfortunately ignoring aches, pains or changes in our body, physical or emotional, can lead to serious problems. It’s important that your mother has a yearly physical. Whether her doctor orders a mammogram or other female-related exams and tests or she is seen by a gynecologist,…
For years, your parents may have planned for their golden years. However, when they reached the age of retirement and became senior citizens, what may have looked so shiny is tarnished. Your mom and dad are not alone. Their golden years are not as golden as they may have imagined, and additional support from senior home care services and family…
Anosognosia is a condition that medical personnel have a difficult time explaining. The most difficult part of this disease is that the person who is affected by it has no concept they are affected. Typically, when a person slides into dementia, they experience signs of forgetfulness and confusion. However, this is not so with anosognosia. When this happens, a personal…
