Is your senior parent dealing with ants coming into their home? Ants can be annoying for anyone, but for an elderly person, it can be a bigger problem. For seniors who are wheelchair bound or do not have energy for doing much of their own housekeeping, they’ll need some extra help. If you’re still struggling with caregiving in general, you should consider hiring senior care services. When your parent needs more than you [...]
Happiness is defined differently for different people. For some, happiness is a nice, tall tub of ice cream. For others, it’s competitive sports. For the senior who relies on home care services, happiness can seem like a much more difficult accomplishment to achieve. There are so many things that almost every senior can still do and that could bring them happiness and as we enter the month of August, where it is [...]
Healthy Snacks for Seniors When the role of caregiving is suddenly upon you, there is a good chance you will feel under-prepared for it. Most people don’t have training in this area. Your elderly loved one may have suffered an illness or injury which puts them in need of some assistance, or perhaps they don’t have the strength or flexibility to care for their home by themselves anymore. Most people are not prepared [...]
What is being considered a growing epidemic in this county is the fact that many caregivers for elderly individuals are family members who have full time jobs. It’s consider a growing problem because it’s placing a lot of strain on the caregiver, his or her job, and it’s also detracting from a proper level of care. Home care services is an alternative that can make a considerable difference in the lives of those [...]
People who are active for most of their life have a tendency to feel boredom creep into their life when they aren’t out doing what they used to do. Boredom is a common side effect of having more time on your hand, feeling as though you’re stuck inside and can’t do the same things that you once enjoyed. While we can’t stop the tides of time, with the right support, such as home [...]
You’ve been protected by your parents all your life. They’ve always been there for you – whether you needed help with selecting the perfect tux for that important prom night or an issue related to your newborn baby. Now when you see your pillars of strength slowly weakening, it’s hard to bear. The very parents that were always there when you needed help, now need help with things. With the beginning of this [...]
Are there limits to what live in care for seniors can or should do to support your elderly loved one? Absolutely. Sometimes, though, it’s difficult to understand or realize that. You think that since this person is getting ‘free room and board’ (which they’re not, they’re earning it, often 18 hours a day or more), that they should be able to do anything that you need done in your mother’s or father’s home. [...]
When it comes to providing care for an elderly individual, there are a number of options that you can choose from. You can hire an in home care service provider to come to your loved one’s home for a few hours a day, every day or even just a couple of days a week. This could be ideal for those patients who require just a small level of support, to check on them, [...]
Being a vegan or vegetarian is a choice, just as deciding that you want to have chicken or steak for dinner tonight. Sometimes, however, two different viewpoints, opinions, and desires can conflict with one another. It’s important to respect another person’s point of view as well as their desires, without letting your convictions be compromised. If an elderly individual who requires home care services happens to be a vegetarian, and the in home [...]
Respite care allows the primary caregiver to take a break from the daily stresses that may be caused by caring for an elderly or disabled relative. Respite care may just be a few hours of in-home help daily or a couple times a week for a period of time. Some senior care facilities can arrange for temporary housing in their facility if the elderly person needs extensive care or monitoring. The amount of [...]
