Seniors are choosing to live at home where they are comfortable, have more access to their friends and continue to be independent. For many, though, staying home requires some assistance…
Seniors who can’t get around like they used to may turn to the internet for their social activities. Websites like Facebook and services like Twitter help give seniors that social…
As your elderly loved one needs increasingly more assistance with activities of daily living (ADLs), you’ll likely begin considering which available eldercare options are right for your family. Many elderly…
When an older family member struggles with memory loss and dementia, we often lose the ability to communicate with them in a way that is satisfying to both of us.…
You check in on your elderly loved on regularly, and you have arranged for live-in care through a homecare agency. He loves the aide who fixes his meals, reads with…
With the arrival of colder weather we pull out the sweaters and gloves. We put up the storm windows and we make sure the snow shovel is where we can…
Many of us have elderly parents or loved ones who live independently and seem to be doing well. At some point, however, you may have a nagging feeling that they…
Over five million people live with Alzheimer’s Disease in the U.S. What makes that figure even more staggering is that Alzheimer’s is not the only type of dementia affecting elders.…
Something as simple as fun is the easiest way to change people’s behavior for the better. Be it for yourself, for the environment or for something entirely different. The only…
Whеn аn elderly parent suffers frоm illness оr hаs аn ongoing medical condition, іt mау bесоmе nесеssаrу fоr а family member tо tаkе time оff frоm work tо provide at…