Help Senior Loved Ones With Dementia Enjoy the Holiday Season
Living with dementia is challenging on any given day, but add in disruptions to routine, additional visitors, decorations, and noise, and you might just have a recipe for elevated agitation, stress, and discomfort. The key to enjoying the holiday season, both for your family and a senior loved one with dementia, depends on pre-planning, remaining […]
Exercise for Seniors Keeps Joints Healthy
Did you know for each and every pound of weight we lose, we reduce four pounds of pressure from our knees, and as many as six pounds from our hips? This is certainly great incentive for everyone to stay active, regardless of age! Most notably for older adults, however, who are susceptible to joint pain […]
Want to Make It a Stress-Free Holiday with Seniors? Try These Tips from Grace Home Care!
When it comes to celebrating the holidays, the world’s message to us is that the grander, flashier, brighter and more expensive the experience, the better. However, for family caregivers, especially those in the sandwich generation who are currently taking care of both older parents and their own kids and husband or wife, striving to meet […]
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 […]
Warning: Be On the Lookout This Holiday Season for Senior Elder Care Needs
Spending time with family members is the hallmark of the holidays. With the kids on break from school and extended time off from the workplace, it’s the ideal chance for the generations to get together and enjoy each other’s company. It is, however, also the opportune time to check in on the health, safety and […]
Caregiving Stress Busters: Try These Calming Tips to Restore Serenity
Stress and family caregiving usually go hand in hand. Devoting your life to fulfilling the needs of an older family member can be challenging, particularly when a prolonged health concern is at play, leaving family caregivers with less time to meet their own needs and for pleasant and relaxing activities. However, it’s really important for […]
When Sibling Rivalry Interferes with Senior Care
In thinking back on the years spent with your sisters and brothers, you can certainly recollect a plethora of wonderful memories: holidays and vacations spent with each other, childhood games you enjoyed, key events like graduations, birthdays, and weddings. However, if we’re completely honest, there are also various hurts that occurred that are inclined to […]
Grace Home Care’s Top Tips for Overcoming Caregiver Guilt
If you’re a caregiver, you likely know this emotion all too well: guilt. Despite how much energy and time we invest in caring for a senior loved one, somehow it never seems to be enough, leaving us feeling as if we should have done more, shown more compassion, been more patient. And if we don’t […]
Try This Little-Known Caregiving Tip to Reduce Stress: Laughter!
Surely, you know what it’s like to experience “one of those days” – you’ve overslept and missed a major meeting, the coffee maker chose today to cease performing, you tripped over the cat, dropping your phone and smashing the display screen, and as if that’s not bad enough, you feel a cold coming on; and […]
Grace Home Care’s Top Tips for Managing the Challenging Behaviors of Dementia
Providing care for a loved one with dementia delivers a world of rewards – the experience of peace of mind and fulfillment in knowing you’re aiding in making the senior’s life as secure and comfortable as possible, the joy of seeing the senior’s smile at an enjoyed activity, the warmth of reminiscing. And yet, it […]