Reduce Family Caregiver Stress by Keeping a Journal
With the new year just around the corner, now is a great time to consider new strategies that can help you be an even more effective caregiver and also provide benefits to your senior loved one. Journaling is a wonderful way to reduce family caregiver stress, and can be utilized as an outlet to problem-solve […]
Balancing Caring for Older Parents and School-Aged Children
If your days are overflowing with managing a home, working, parenting, caring for older parents, and attempting to squeeze in time for yourself while looking after other relationships, welcome to the sandwich generation! Made up of those ages 35 – 54 who are “sandwiched” between meeting the needs of caring for older parents and school-aged […]
The Importance of Addressing Older Adult Mental Health
They’re called our “golden years” for good reason; growing older brings with it an abundance of advantages, including greater wisdom, the freedom to enjoy life minus the responsibilities of a career and young family to raise, plus the opportunity to spend more time with family members and participating in activities we enjoy. Yet it’s not […]
Shopping for Elderly Care Services: Questions to Ask
Determining the best care solution for a senior loved one is one of the most significant as well as overwhelming decisions you will face. Ensuring the safety and security of the older adult is very important, but there are a number of other considerations as well, including whether the older adult’s quality of life and […]
Treatment Options for Seniors with Mesothelioma
Older adults diagnosed with mesothelioma have a variety of options when it comes to treatment. The type of care your loved one receives will be determined after a doctor or specialist evaluates him or her. Since each older adult’s diagnosis is unique, treatment will vary on an individual basis. While there is no specific treatment […]
Safe Driving Practices for Seniors
Remember that feeling as a teenager when you first climbed behind the steering wheel, that great exhilaration of being able to go wherever you wanted? The freedom that being able to drive grants us is beyond compare! Nonetheless, once we grow older, many different factors can come into play that affect safe driving practices for […]
House Modification for the Elderly: Tips to Keep Seniors Safe While Aging in Place
With the majority of older adults deciding to continue to live at home during the course of aging, it is important to complete a comprehensive home assessment to look for and resolve any dangers and ensure those you love stay safe. The best way to accomplish this is to begin outside of the home and […]
Home Modifications for Older Adults to Improve Bathroom Safety
Even though you might consider your bathroom to be a safe refuge where you can relax and slow down with a soothing bath or invigorating shower at the conclusion of a long day, for senior loved ones, the bathroom is considered to be the most dangerous room in the house. With slippery floors which are […]
The Best New Year’s Resolutions for Caregivers? Those That Are Achievable!
We either love them or despise them, but no matter what our stance on New Year’s resolutions, there’s something incredibly energizing about stepping into a whole new year, offering us a new slate and the chance to make any adjustments we wish to improve total wellbeing or to accomplish a completely new goal or dream. […]
Creative and Helpful Gift Ideas for Seniors
Doesn’t it feel fantastic to find that perfect gift, the one that will make your loved one’s face light up with joy? For the older adults we love, it is possibly even more gratifying, given that it can be challenging to come up with new and creative ideas. Aging parents have years and years of […]