Tips for Helping a Senior with Cognitive Functioning Decline Get Better Nutrition
As a family caregiver you know how important it is for your aging parent to get high quality nutrition on a regular basis throughout their later years. Eating a balanced diet with all of the nutrients that they need to help their body function and thrive is an important element of warding off health challenges […]
Six Ways Senior Women Can Keep Loneliness and Isolation From Worsening
Loneliness and isolation can factor into a senior citizen’s overall health. Your mom doesn’t have friends left in the area. Your dad died. You know she’s lonely. What you don’t know is what to do about it. Here are six ways to keep your mom’s loneliness and isolation from worsening. 1. Introduce Her to the […]
Being Honest with Your Parent About Your Emotions After Learning Your Parent Has Cancer
A cancer journey is very personal, but that does not mean that it does not also involve others who will be an integral element of the journey and how it unfolds. This is especially true for an aging adult with a family caregiver. This caregiver will play a critical role in supporting the senior throughout […]
How Can Care Help Your Parent Manage Their Activities of Daily Living?
Challenges in activities of daily living are often what causes an older person to need assistance and care as they get older. ADLs and IADLs are the tasks and activities that people go through each day that allow them to function and thrive in their life. ADLs are the most basic of tasks, such as […]
Organizing Your Parent's Medical Information During Get Organized Month
Having consistent and reliable access to your parent’s medical information is an important part of making sure that you can help them to manage their health conditions, identify when they might be experiencing new or different issues, and that they get the level of care that they need from their medical team on a regular […]
Tips for Effective Hand Washing
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, regular washing of the hands is one of the most important tools that you can use to help prevent illness and infection, and curb the spread of such illness and infection. As a family caregiver, this principle is particularly important as you are caring for an […]
Is Your Parent’s Home Safe? Use this Checklist to Find Out
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shares some startling statistics about seniors and falls. They say that one out of every four people who are aged 65 or older falls every year. Serious injuries occur in one out of every five of those falls. On top of the risk of falls, there are […]
How Can You Help Your Senior Manage Their Risk Factors for a Heart Attack After a Heart Attack?
A heart attack is a very serious and life-changing moment. As a family caregiver, when your aging parent suffers a heart attack, it is time for you to evaluate their lifestyle and make meaningful changes that will help them to stay healthier and reduce the risk that they will suffer another heart attack in the […]
Who Should Be on Your Parent’s Diabetes Care Team?
Diabetes is a complicated disease that has the potential to cause a variety of complications. Because there are so many facets to the care of someone with diabetes, having a diabetic care team can result in more effective management of the disease and reduce the chances of serious complications. If your parent has recently been […]
What Is the Best Way to Get Better Results from Joint Replacement Surgery?
If your senior parent has been told they need knee or hip replacement surgery to treat an arthritic joint, you may be worrying about their recovery and what can be done to improve the results. Usually, a person knows about an upcoming joint replacement surgery weeks ahead of time. The good news is that those […]