Setting Your Parent Up for a More Active Lifestyle in the New Year Being physically active is one of the most important elements of achieving and maintaining better health and well-being throughout life. This does not change with age. In fact, encouraging your senior to stay active as they age can make a tremendous difference…
Are You Being Too Hard on Yourself as a Caregiver? Being strict with yourself isn’t necessarily a bad thing overall, but it can keep you from being the kind of family caregiver that you most want to be. Start looking for ways to help yourself to be kinder to you as you go about your…
Building a Care Team for Your Senior After an Alzheimer’s Diagnosis: Who Should Be Included? After your parent’s diagnosis with Alzheimer’s disease is a time of decision-making and putting plans into place. Now is the time to start making these important decisions and getting them established because your elderly parent will have their greatest strength…
Caregiver of the Year Congratulations to Dawn Banks on being named Reliant at Home Care’s 2017 Caregiver of the Year. Dawn is in her 3rd year with Reliant and we are honored to have Dawn apart of our team and know that our clients do too! Below are some of the reasons why we have…
How Home Care Can Help Wheelchair Bound Seniors Beat Boredom Studies show that seniors who lack social interaction and are bored are more likely to suffer from depression. In a study published in the Industrial Psychiatry Journal, researchers studied 55 elderly people to examine how depression, social interaction, and boredom are related. They concluded that…