My mom lived in an assisted care facility where everyone left their doors open. One man with Alzheimer’s was restless and walked the halls endlessly. On one visit, she mentioned…
Here is an interesting article about the benefits of hiring a Home Health Care Company for a loved one: With the increasing number of elderly in the United States, many…
Wouldn’t it be nice to be perfect? Wouldn’t it be nice to be a caregiver who had only loving thoughts every moment of the caregiving day? Maybe there are caregivers…
Exercising three times a week could be more effective than medication in relieving the symptoms of major depression in elderly people and may also decrease the chances that the depression…
1. You worry when your phone rings. You worry when your phone doesn’t ring. 2. You see the pharmacist more than your closest friends 3. You get excited when there’s…
Grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked anyway, the good fortune to run into the ones I do, and the eyesight to tell the difference. I planted…
Just before the funeral services, the undertaker came up to the very elderly widow and asked, "How old was your husband?" "98," she replied. Two years older than me." "So…
9 Strategies to Help a Parent Who Refuses Care Your mother resists in-home helpers, insisting you can wait on her. Your frail father won't stop driving. Your aunt denies the…
Many seniors prefer to “age in place,” living out their later years in their own homes, especially when faced with the outdated concept of old “nursing homes.” However, today’s senior…
Living to see 107 years is a very long time. If you live for that long you are going to get to do a lot of interesting things, just ask…