Finding Positivity in Caregiving: New Year’s Resolutions for a Brighter New Year
“I’m going to clean the bathrooms more regularly.” “I’m going to force myself to run three miles every day.” “I’m going to eat more celery and less chocolate.” Do your New Year’s resolutions feel more like punishment than positivity? If so, resolve to make 2024 the year you set some goals you’ll look forward to […]
The Leading Challenges Faced by Family Caregivers
Caring for your aging parents is a remarkably rewarding act of love. As you think about the care they provided for you when you were growing up, you now are able to reciprocate. It allows you to take your relationship with your parents to a whole new level. Having said that, providing care for family […]
How to Respond When a Family Member Critiques Your Caregiving
“You never…” “You should…” “Don’t do it that way!” As a caregiver for an older parent, you work selflessly to offer care for your loved one. What happens when you’re giving it all you have, but your all is not good enough? Negative feedback is never easy to hear, but it is especially hard when […]
How Family Caregivers Can Cope With Emotions of Caring for Others
As a family caregiver, it often feels like you have to be the rock of the family: cool, composed, and in control. No matter what the situation, you maintain the sense of peace and warmth your family member requires, never wavering, always strong and supportive. Right? If this is the image you have created for […]
Elderly Care Services Help Family Caregivers Balance Life and Care
What does a regular day look like for you as a family caregiver? For a lot of people, it begins before sunrise, assisting a senior member of the family who may have trouble sleeping during the night and is in need of assistance, or at least someone to talk to. From there, the day could […]
How to Avoid Getting Injured When Caring for Loved Ones
When you made the decision to provide care for a senior loved one, you likely didn’t consider your role to be risky. Yet the dangers of caregiving aren’t anything to take lightly. As many as 94% of caregivers who participated in a recent survey described physical pain in one or more parts of their body […]
What to Expect When Becoming a Caregiver for Elderly Parents
It may have started informally, with a little support here and there. Picking up a couple of things from the store for your aging parent. Dropping off the extra pan of lasagna you made while preparing your own family’s dinner. Or simply just spending a bit longer visiting to make sure things are ok. Now, […]
Osteoarthritis Joint Pain in the Elderly Increases Fall Risk
The data associated with senior falls is troubling. Falls are classified as the primary reason for injury in the elderly, bringing about hundreds of thousands of hip fractures each year, in addition to the numerous other injuries sustained. As common as falls are for seniors, the risk is more than doubled for people with osteoarthritis, […]
Home Care Is a Solution That Helps Seniors Age in Place
It was not long ago when there was a general presumption that when we grow older, we will naturally need to relocate into a nursing home or assisted living facility. There is now a better understanding that living at home for the duration of aging with in-home support is actually a feasible option. There is […]
Balancing Act: Caring for Elderly Parents and School-Aged Children
If your days are overflowing with working, parenting, managing a home, taking care of elderly parents, and attempting to fit time in for yourself while nurturing other relationships, welcome to the sandwich generation! Made up of those ages 35 – 54 who are “sandwiched” between meeting the needs of both children at home and elderly […]