senior care
A Day in the Life of In Home Caregivers
Home care is a broad term which entails different kinds of services that depend primarily on the specific needs of patients. For in home caregivers, a typical work week means at least five days with their patient. This set up fosters familiarity and consistency, while ensuring comfort and convenience for both parties. A typical day […]
5 Tips to Age Well
When you look back at your life, do you think of what would your life be if you had done something you were too afraid to do back then? Everybody has those moments where looking back makes us regret the decisions we made or could have made. Stress Long-term emotional stress makes people grow old […]
Senior Diet Solutions: Addressing Multiple Health Conditions
Seniors often have multiple conditions resulting in a thorny diet problem. A good example is the combination of heart problems, diabetes, and renal failure. Heart problems and diabetes call for a for a heart-healthy diet low in saturated fat, loaded with vegetables, fruits and whole grains. But when diabetes leads to renal failure, the patient […]
Senior Medical Alert Systems – A Caregiver’s Best Friend
For a caregiver, checking on the needs of your elderly patients as well as their safety is a must. This is especially true when you are working as a private caregiver and your elderly patients are staying in their own home or perhaps in the home of one of their kids. Now, dilemma occurs when […]
The Importance of Diet and Exercise to Senior Care
Many primary care providers make the mistake of dismissing their charges as incapable of being challenged. While many seniors who reach the point of needing primary also experience reduced muscle strength, their capacity to bounce back from non-ambulatory states should always be kept as a possibility. Individuals who engage in active senior care should always […]