How Do Families Finance the Cost of At-Home Care?
Continuing to live at home for a lifetime is the goal of most seniors. Home is the place we are most comfortable. It’s where memories have been and continue to be made. We’ve meticulously crafted our surroundings at home according to our particular tastes and personality. Plus, it’s where we possess the freedom to make […]
A Senior Care Agency Offers Support for Those Caring from a Distance
They claim distance makes the heart grow fonder, but residing far from elderly parents often causes additional feelings: helplessness, worry, and concern, to name a few. It is hard to understand precisely how your senior loved ones are doing through phone calls, video chats, emails, and letters. There are many things you can do, however, […]
Good Senior Nutrition Never Gets Old! The Importance of a Balanced Diet
Remember family dinners at Grandma’s house? The enticing scents wafting out from the kitchen would draw everyone in to assemble at the table to enjoy her home cooking. There were always plenty of leftovers for future meals or late-night snacks. However, for many older adults, these kinds of family meals are few in number. The […]
In-Home Care Solutions Help Seniors Remain at Home While Aging
It wasn’t long ago when there was a general presumption that when we grow older, we’ll naturally need to relocate into a nursing home or assisted living facility. There is now a better understanding that living at home throughout aging with in-home support is actually a feasible option. There is also more extensive information since […]
Six Ways In-Home Care Services Can Reduce Loneliness in the Elderly
Isolation. Fear. Loneliness. The pandemic has wreaked havoc on all of us in one way or another, but for older adults in particular, the seclusion essential to ensure safety from COVID-19 has had harmful effects on emotional, physical and mental wellbeing. With a professional team of senior care experts providing home care in Topeka, Grace […]
Stressed Out? These Stress Management Techniques Can Help
They’re known as “the golden years” for good reason; getting older cements in us information from lessons learned during a lifetime, and also the ability to relax from the busy pace of young adulthood and take time to truly savor what matters most. Yet our senior years can be a time full of added stress, […]
Reduce Agitation in Dementia with These Activities
Once a close relative is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s or another type of progressive dementia, everyday life can feel as though it’s a riddle to be figured out. Given that there are several stages of the disease, it’s not uncommon to come up with a variety of activities that are pleasing and enjoyable for the senior […]
Caregivers, Beware of the Dangers of Burnout: Find Relief Through Respite Care
In spite of being tremendously rewarding and fulfilling, providing care for an elderly loved one also entails a multitude of challenges that can produce serious health hazards for family caregivers. And though it’s very common for family members to put their own needs on the back burner to place the emphasis completely on the needs […]
When a Senior Loved One Needs Help: How to Raise the Subject of Home Care
Many of us find that there are things we are apt to take for granted, until we’re faced with the possibility of losing them. Topping that list is definitely the independence that makes it possible for us to come and go as we wish, and to make all of the little decisions and choices that […]
Grace Home Care Shares the Information You Need to Know About COPD
As approximately 11 million individuals in America alone presently clinically diagnosed with COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease), we at Grace Home Care fully understand the complexities and complications associated with the airflow restrictions – and as a result, the lifestyle restrictions – that seniors with the disease face each day. It’s very important for us […]