What are the Best Respite Care Options for Caregivers?
Providing daily help to senior patients is a fulfilling job, but handling it with your day-to-day tasks can become mentally and physically demanding. If you are a caregiver for an elderly loved one in the family, you know how overwhelming handling everything can get at times. If you feel like you need a break to […]
10 Ways to Prevent Falling at Home
Whether you’ve just begun on your caregiving journey with an elderly loved one or you’ve been caring for them for some time, one of the risks are sure you must have heard a considerable amount of time is the risk of falling. Every year millions of seniors over the age of 65 suffer a fall, […]
6 Ways to Improve Mental Health in Seniors
Staying active and challenging the brain are a few vital ways to boost mental health later in life. But for seniors, adjusting to a new season of life, and the isolation associated with the recent COVID-19 can be difficult. Addressing mental health issues in seniors is important because many are also handling chronic conditions. If […]
Understanding Alzheimer’s or Dementia Behavior Problems: 6 Caregiver Challenges & Suggestions
Caring for someone with dementia or Alzheimer’s poses many challenges for families and caregivers. People with dementia have a progressive biological brain disorder that makes it more and more difficult for them to remember things, communicate with others, think clearly, and take care of themselves. Also, caregiving has become all-consuming. As a person’s physical, cognitive, […]