Is Your Parent’s Home Secure? In your role as a family caregiver one of the most important priorities in your life will be making sure that your aging parent stays as safe as possible. While you might immediately think of mobility limitations and even cognitive functioning decline and how they might impact your senior when…
Can Home Care Help a Senior Manage Their Fall Risk? According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, an elderly adult falls in the United States every second. This makes falls the leading cause of serious injuries among seniors. Each year, more than 27,000 seniors die as a result of injuries sustained from a…
Setting Family Boundaries with Your Parent When They Come to Live with You One of the greatest benefits of being a family caregiver for your elderly parent is that you have the opportunity to spend extra quality time with them. This boosts your relationship, keeps your mental and emotional health high, and helps you to…
Does Your Elderly Parent Need to Downsize? Moving is something that many people only think of as something that younger families do. When it comes to elderly adults, most people think that these seniors have established their homes and that is where they will be for the rest of their lives. While this might be…
Tips for Helping a Senior with Incontinence Deal with Their Condition Outside of the Home According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in the population of adults over the age of 64 in the United States, just over 50 experience some symptoms of incontinence, such as urinary leakage or urgency. Among these, approximately…
Caregiver Tips – Summer Hobbies for Seniors If you are the caregiver for an aging parent, you might be looking for a way to get them up and active during these summer months. The weather is nice and the days are longer, so you want them to get out into the sunshine, or at least…
How Can You Get Your Elderly Loved One to Accept Your Help? Coaxing your elderly loved one to accept the help that you’re desperate to give her can sometimes feel like a losing battle. And if your loved one doesn’t trust the help that you’re offering, you might find yourself in a difficult situation with…
Choosing the Right Personal Emergency Response System for Your Parent Made famous by the catchphrase repeated in the Life Alert commercial, “Help, I’ve fallen and I can’t get up,” Personal Emergency Response systems have changed the way medical emergency responders are reached. According to Life Alert’s official website, their Personal Emergency Response system saves a…
Driving and Your Aging Parent Driving is one of the rights often associated with independence and freedom. Giving up the right due to physical or mental impairments can be very difficult for the elderly. Helping your loved one stay safe behind the wheel and knowing when it’s time to look for alternative transportation is an…
What Can You Do When an Interaction with Your Loved One Who Has Dementia Isn’t Going Well? Sometimes you can do everything right with your loved one and yet she reacts in a way that you don’t expect at all when you’re interacting with her. This can be especially unpredictable if your loved one has…