One thing that I can’t stand is listening to people bicker and argue over and over about certain things. For the longest time, my mother and sister would argue about nearly anything and everything that came up. If my sister and I were visiting our mother for Mother’s Day or some other holiday, my sister would complain about the food that her mother prepared. Now they are arguing about elder care. I don’t [...]
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 [...]
Breathing is more than just an important part of living. If you breathe well you can experience calmness and increased stamina. This is especially essential for older adults who can benefit from the good health effects of practiced breathing. Did you know that your aging parent could lose up to 20 percent of their blood oxygen levels just from the natural course of aging? Proper breathing standards as part of a daily routine [...]
Even though the details of your caregiving situation may be unique, there are many commonalities between family caregivers and what they have to arrange caregiver sharing between siblings. Normally, one sibling becomes the primary caregiver due to other siblings living farther away or the one sibling being more suited to being a caregiver. Either way, it’s an unfair situation and is too much for one person to handle alone without help. Kate’s caregiving [...]
There are so many things that you have to remember as a caregiver, when you’re taking care of a loved one and have a full-time job or other obligations, you may not remember them all. However, the one thing, or the one rule that every caregiver should remember above all others is that you should never avoid asking for help when you need it. There are plenty of reasons why some people don’t [...]
As people age, they begin to lose some strength, which means that they tend to lose some ability to do certain things around the house. Even if your elderly father or mother had always taken care of their home, kept it clean and organized, and safe, that doesn’t mean that’s going to continue well into the future. If you are concerned about elder care and safety, then there are some things that you [...]
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 [...]
For most of my adult life, I had done what I thought was the right thing, for myself, for my family, and for my future. I built a retirement fund, invested wisely, and watched what I spent money on. One thing that I didn’t plan for was elderly care and it’s not because it never crossed my mind; it was because I didn’t have any reason to. I can point to three key [...]
Gratitude is, in itself, one of the most powerful forces that we have to work with. The problem is that in our modern, fast paced world, too often we don’t stop to appreciate the things that other people do for us, for our loved ones, or for those in need. If you have an elderly loved one who might require senior care soon, who relies on it, or who has relied on it, [...]
When you are caring for someone with Alzheimer’s, whether you manage the care or do all the caregiving yourself, it can be very stressful. It’s a bigger issue to deal with than most other serious diseases. Part of the reasoning behind this statement is that the loved one needs care for a number of decades rather than just a few months or a couple of years. As time goes by, your loved one [...]
