Aging parents who live an hour or more from their adult children often discover the need for extra support at home. When conducted from afar, help with paying bills or managing finances, emotional support and evaluating the safety of the home are all examples of long distance senior care. Adult children who live too far away to provide constant supervision…
Overnight care becomes invaluable to seniors and their families when more comprehensive care is needed. While many seniors experience a better quality of life with assistance with the activities of daily living, such as bathing, meal preparation, grocery shopping and dressing, greater care is eventually required for those suffering from progressive conditions, like Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia….
In past generations, senior citizens have had limited options when it came to getting the care that they need to live comfortably and safely. If a senior citizen did not have a family member available to take care of them, they would most likely have to go to a retirement home to live. This option, while it provided them with…
Home care agencies or home care registries (also known as nurse registries) differ on a vast scale. Family caregivers are encouraged to distinguish between each type of care when considering hiring support for a loved one at home. The first question to understand this differentiation is if they have their aides as employees or independent contractors since they both provide…
Those who are nearing the end of life require a certain level of treatment. Whether this treatment is focused on a cure, such as in palliative care, or simply comfort, such as in hospice care, defines the nature of care one receives. A patient struggling with a serious illness may elect palliative care in the hopes of stumbling across a…
Various individuals may, at times during the course of their life, fall ill, be hospitalized or suffer an injury. No matter what their age, individuals will benefit from additional support at home. Extra help at home aids all walks of life, from senior citizens to individuals with a disability and to those who are healing from an injury. Additional support…
When winter sets in, the majority of us settle for the great indoors. Staying put is rarely a convenience. Most people are motivated to head out into the blistery freeze to grocery shop, visit the post office or tend to various necessary errands. Senior citizens are no less inclined. When winter descends its chilling temperatures our way, senior citizens must…
The most celebrated time of year is fast approaching! Baking holiday cookies with the children, spending time with relatives from afar and excitedly unwrapping oodles of presents are all a part of the magnificent festivities of the season. Along with the cheer comes responsibility to those we love. Children require our devotion; travel plans to visit family must be booked…
