Category Archives: Senior Care
Communicating with Senior Loved Ones: Top 5 Tips
Communication is an integral part of life and relationships. However, communicating effectively may be challenging with aging loved ones who experience deteriorating health. You may be having difficulty with communication if your senior family member is receiving in home care. To help you out, here are top 5 tips you should remember. Consider the environment … Continue reading
Tips for Maintaining a Healthy Lifestyle at an Advanced Age
Age can lead to many health problems, but only if we let it. There are many wonderful things about growing older, but it is important to pay attention to your health. This is because the older we become, the more our health will diminish. Age will slow down metabolism, reduce energy, diminish memory, and so … Continue reading
Dental Care for Seniors: 5 Tips for Oral Hygiene Maintenance
Taking care of ourselves can become difficult as we age since simple movements can become challenging. Our memory is not as sharp as it used to be, as well, so forgetting to simply brush our teeth can be understandable but of course, this shouldn’t be acceptable. We’d want to take care of our oral health … Continue reading
Learning and Sharing Your Loved One’s Story
Are you sometimes still surprised to learn something new about your mom or dad? With the daily stresses and details of caregiving it can be hard to remember that your loved one has an entire history that you know little about – only what you’ve seen in photographs or heard from stories. Dedicate some time … Continue reading
SENIOR NUTRITION – THE THREE BIG CONCERNS
As we age, our bodies require different nutrients and different amounts of particular nutrients. Some studies have found that up to 50 percent of the elderly population suffers from poor nutrition or even malnutrition. Because seniors may have limited mobility, nutrition becomes a two-fold challenge – 1. exercise to burn off calories is onerous, and … Continue reading