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Category: Senior Care

How to Reduce Risks Associated With Osteoporosis

Jan052021rthomashome care, in home care, osteoporosis

If your mother is a senior citizen age 50 or older, she may be at risk for osteoporosis. Home health care professionals suggest that you and your mom may want to educate yourselves on this disease as well as learn about some of the many ways to reduce the risks associated with osteoporosis. Statistically, 20 percent of all older women…

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How to Help Protect Seniors from Scammers

Nov302020Assisting Handsat home care for seniors, home care, home care for seniors, scammers, senior care

Have you noticed the phone ringing off the hook at your mother or father’s home? Most of the time the number is an 800 caller or unknown. In fact, at this stage of your parent’s life, there are very few people who call them on the phone other than you. So who are all these callers? The majority of these…

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The Difference Between Collecting and Hoarding

Nov252020Assisting Handscaregiver, collecting, hoarding, senior caregiver

For years you may have tried to help your parent acknowledge the difference between collecting and hoarding. However, over time your mother or father found the need to hold on to items from their past that remind them of bygone days. Within days, weeks, months and now years the collecting may have taken over their home and life. This “collection”…

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Useful Tools for Seniors

Nov202020msoltishome care, home care providers, senior care

Change is not always easy, but when mom or dad has the support of compassionate home health care services enriching their daily lives, positive outcomes are possible. Physical and emotional changes always come about with aging. What may have been easy for your parent months or even weeks ago may suddenly be more challenging. But caregivers and occupational therapists assist…

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The Benefits of Square Dancing for Seniors

Nov152020Assisting Handssenior care, square dancing

Your mom or dad may enjoy exercise, in the form of square dancing, which is a social activity for seniors and yet can also be great exercise as well. When your mom or dad Do-Si-Do they are up on their feet or sitting upright in a wheelchair swaying and moving to the beat.  Dance is one of the most popular…

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How to identify, Stop and Prevent Elder Abuse

Nov052020msoltiscare for seniors, elder abuse, home care, home care for seniors, in home care, in home care for seniors

Elder abuse is a major problem that seniors face as they age. Of course it’s wrong and often avoidable if care providers, including family members, are better educated. But consider how difficult it may be for you to take care of your loved one who may be acting erratic.  Your parent may be suffering from dementia or Alzheimer’s and the…

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Exercise Activity Resources Available to Seniors

Sep302020Assisting Handscompanion care, exercise and fitness, exercise for seniors, home care, senior care services, transportation services

Activities for your mom or dad can involve much more than playing BINGO, or sitting in a knitting circle and chatting. Today’s seniors are searching for home care services that include the independence to choose the lifestyle they want to live. Research indicates that adult children may not have to make many decisions for their mothers or fathers as they…

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How Nutrient Deficiencies Can Cause Cravings for Unhealthy Food

Sep182020rthomashome care, home care services, meal preparation

You may be chuckling about some of mom or dad’s cravings for sweets and junk food and have determined it is due to age or a medically related issue. However, it’s suspected that many otherwise healthy seniors have vitamin deficiencies that cause such cravings. Were you aware that the lack of certain vitamins in your parent’s diet could cause them to…

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Mall Walking for Seniors: How We Can Help

Jul102020Assisting Handshome care, home care agency, senior home care, senior home care agency

If your mother or father wants to begin a mall walking routine but doesn’t know how or where to start, why not ask a senior home care agency? The professionals at your local senior home care agency have information on many topics, and if they don’t, they know where to look for them. You may not have the answers for…

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Seniors Learn to Accept their New Roles with Home Helpers

Jun042020Assisting Handshome helpers, senior care, senior home care

Life is a series of changes, and with each change we take on different roles in life. For many in their elder years, losses may have affected them, and expectations may feel more like disappointments. It is often the home helpers who provide the guidance and support for seniors to accept their new roles in society. Challenges for Elderly Relatives…

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