6 Common Problems Nursing Homes Face In home care and nursing homes provide alternate solutions when elderly loved ones begin to need care to manage everyday life. Some seniors need intensive monitoring to keep them healthy and happy. Other individuals thrive with only a minimum of tending. A variety of issues can negatively affect older individuals. Nursing homes are faced with 6 major problems when providing in home services for seniors. [...]
What Are Nursing and Residential Care Facilities, and Why Are They Important Knowing the difference between nursing homes and residential care facilities is an important thing to understand. After all, moments with our loved ones are fleeting, and life is full of difficulties. The best we can do is cherish the time we have and make the most of it. Parents, children, siblings, and spouses with limited physical or mental capacities [...]
Getting the Right Care after a Hospital Discharge Hospital Discharges and the Appropriate Care Approach Staying in the hospital can be quite a taxing experience for anybody. It doesn't matter if you were in the hospital overnight. It doesn't matter if you were there for weeks or months at a time, either. Getting discharged after spending any amount of time in a hospital setting can leave anyone feeling a little lost [...]
One of the worst aspects of Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia is the loss of your memory. This creates a tremendous amount of frustration for your loved one suffering from it and brings about profound sadness in you as their caregiver. If you are taking care of a parent or grandparent who suffers from Alzheimer's, you may want to know about a technique for facilitating communication with your loved one that also [...]
Walking during the winter is an excellent form of exercise and it can be a little easier than starting a walking program in summer.
Communicating with an older adult who has dementia is no easy task. Dementia affects their memory, ability to think, personality, and their ability to speak. All of these things can make communication extremely difficult, both for the older adult and for caregivers
Most people are familiar with mononucleosis as “mono” or “the kissing disease.” It’s a condition that usually passes from person to person through saliva. It’s most often associated with adolescents, but people of any age can get it. Older adults who get mono are more likely to develop liver problems than are people of other age groups.
As the winter weather rolls in, being able to maintain safety while driving in these conditions is an essential part to fulfilling all needs and taking care of your family while preserving your safety and the safety of others. It is important to remember that there are considerations during winter weather that are different from warmer weather driving, and following these considerations must be done to avoid potentially devastating at consequences.
A stroke changes your elderly family member's life in so many ways and recovery can take a long, long time.
Personal care tasks, such as getting dressed or washing her face, can be the ones that stymie your senior when they become difficult.
