Things to Look for at a Retirement Home to Ensure Your Parents Are Being Kept Safe (9/16/2021) - When it comes time for your parents to move into a retirement home, there are all sorts of things that you need to look for to ensure that they will remain safe. Unfortunately, not all retirement homes make the safety of their residents as much of a priority as they should, and this can have … Continue reading "Things to Look for at a Retirement Home to Ensure Your Parents Are Being Kept Safe"
The Importance of Updating Home Safety Features as You Age (9/15/2021) - Falls, burns, the inability to call someone, and a lack of safety features are a few major reasons that health complications occur in many elderly people. There is a growing number of older people who continue to live independently, so it is important to prepare the home and make it safer. Older people can have … Continue reading "The Importance of Updating Home Safety Features as You Age"
How to Start the Conversation With Your Parents About Making Their Wills (9/8/2021) - End-of-life discussions are hard to have with your family who you wish could live forever. While no one wants to face the reality that they’ll eventually pass away, it is important to establish what needs to happen when they do. Estate planning makes life easier for everyone. Your parents might balk at the idea of … Continue reading "How to Start the Conversation With Your Parents About Making Their Wills"
3 Ways To Look After Your Aging Loved Ones (2/18/2021) - Taking care of your aging loved ones is an important responsibility. Since they’re no longer as active, you need to pay careful attention to their needs because neglect can trigger or worsen their health conditions. Failing to senior-proof your home can also put your aging loved ones at risk of slip-and-fall accidents or limit their … Continue reading "3 Ways To Look After Your Aging Loved Ones"
4 Ways To Keep Your Aging Loved Ones Safe (2/11/2021) - As your loved ones age, their bodies will become weak and require many different things. More often than not, seniors no longer have the vigor and mobility to move around with ease or the best eyesight to see clearly. These changes should prompt you to take extra measures to ensure that your aging loved ones … Continue reading "4 Ways To Keep Your Aging Loved Ones Safe"
Tips for Moving Seniors From Independence at Home to an Assisted Living Community (2/5/2021) - Inevitably, if we are lucky enough to live long enough, we eventually all need some help doing the day-to-day activities that we were once able to do by ourselves. As much as we would like to be there for our loved ones when they reach this point in their lives, we can’t usually be there … Continue reading "Tips for Moving Seniors From Independence at Home to an Assisted Living Community"
How Personal Care Services Can Benefit Seniors (1/26/2021) - Personal care services for seniors aren’t just about providing them with simple medical help whenever they need it. It’s also about seeing to it that they’re able to retain their independence at all times, while you’re assisting them on personal care activities that they can no longer do as comfortably as before. In some cases, … Continue reading "How Personal Care Services Can Benefit Seniors"
The Most Commonly Misdiagnosed Conditions In Older Adults (12/14/2020) - The natural process of aging can produce many changes in a person’s body. These changes can often be mistaken for an actual illness, making it tough to pinpoint the difference between a real problem and something that is a normal part of getting older. The problem for many seniors comes when the diagnosis is wrong, … Continue reading "The Most Commonly Misdiagnosed Conditions In Older Adults"
5 Must-Have Items Seniors Should Bring to Their Assisted Living Home (12/8/2020) - The job of convincing your senior parent to move into a senior living facility is only half the battle for family members. The rest of the challenge comes when it’s time to start downsizing and sorting through decades of memories and cherished items from the family home. The most common reason seniors are reluctant to … Continue reading "5 Must-Have Items Seniors Should Bring to Their Assisted Living Home"
7 Health Exams Seniors Should Take (12/8/2020) - As you age, the body undergoes many different changes that can affect your life significantly. In fact, a person’s age can be a risk factor for the occurrence of some diseases. This is why older people are considered vulnerable groups, particularly for COVID-19 and similar diseases, and need to take a more proactive approach when … Continue reading "7 Health Exams Seniors Should Take"
