Relationships with Grandparents Provide Mutual Benefits
As the old saying goes, “What happens at Grandpa’s stays at Grandpa’s!” Being a grandparent is likely one of life’s greatest joys – the chance to experience once again the delight of spending quality time and doting on the children in your life; only this time around, they are your children’s children, and so the […]
Transitional Care at Home: Provides Help After a Hospital Stay
After a medical procedure or hospitalization, the words we look forward to hearing most are, “Here are your discharge papers – you’re free to go home now!” What a feeling of relief there is in coming through the front door, sinking into a favorite chair, and relaxing. However, there are often a variety of tasks […]
The Early Signs of MS: Know What to Look For
Its cause remains not known, but affecting over one million people within the United States alone, multiple sclerosis can result in a wide and unpredictable range of symptoms and severity. What we do know is the fact that women are more likely to be diagnosed with MS, and that each person will experience it in […]
Help Prevent Eye Damage in Seniors by Focusing on Ocular Health
How to prevent eye damage in seniors Those of us in the age 40+ demographic know how it feels to start to struggle with small print, finding the need to start wearing reading glasses, increasing the font size on our electronic devices, or holding books at arm’s length to attempt to minimize blurring. Getting older […]
Looking for In-Home Care Services for Seniors? Know the Questions to Ask
Discovering the right care solution for a senior loved one is one of the most important as well as overwhelming decisions you will face. Ensuring the safety of the senior is paramount, but there are a number of other things to consider as well, for example, if the senior’s quality of life and ability to […]
Dehydration in the Elderly: Don’t Overlook This Health Risk
During the warmest time of the year, keeping up with proper hydration is necessary, especially for older adults. In fact, approximately 50% of all older adults are chronically under-hydrated, according to a recently available UCLA research study, which could lead to an assortment of health risks, including kidney stones, urinary tract infection, and also a […]
Summertime Safety: Tips for Seniors
How to Keep Our Senior Loved Ones Safe and Healthy in Summertime The longer days of summer mean more time for swimming, family cookouts, gardening, and all of those other wonderful seasonal outdoor activities. However, it also means an elevated risk for a variety of health concerns for senior loved ones, who are more prone […]
Elderly Drivers: Tips for Safety
Remember that feeling as a teen when you first climbed behind the steering wheel, the great excitement of being in a position to go anywhere you wanted? The freedom that the ability to drive offers us is beyond compare! Yet once we get older, multiple factors may come into play that impact the capacity for […]