Four Ways to Improve Your Dad’s Favorite Father’s Day Desserts
Father’s Day is Sunday! Your dad wants people to make his favorite dishes and desserts from his childhood, but you worry about his nutritional needs. Instead of refusing to treat him to a childhood favorite meal, including dessert, use these four tips to improve the nutrition in his favorite desserts. Use Pureed Dates, Bananas, or […]
Shopping Strategies for Those with Hearing Loss
When younger, did your loved one always love to go shopping? Maybe she found it a fun hobby or even just a good way to get out, get moving, and explore her community. But now that she has hearing loss, you may have noticed that she doesn’t like to shop as much. She may put […]
Food Safety Week: Facts About Older Adults and Food Poisoning
Food Safety Week falls from June 5th to June 11th, and World Food Safety Day occurs during this period, too. It’s a week of learning more about the importance of food safety, preventing foodborne illnesses, and taking better care of your health when it comes to purchasing, storing, and preparing food. Here are a few […]
Home Care Assistance Enhances Quality of Life for Seniors
Each May, Older Americans Month is celebrated. It’s a time to focus on aging adults and their needs, especially as those needs start to change in bigger ways. Working with home care assistance helps family caregivers and aging adults to focus on several key areas that can directly contribute to increasing the quality of life […]
3 Ways Senior Home Care Makes Nutrition Easier for Aging Adults
As seniors age, eating what they know they should in order to stick to a balanced diet may not be as easy as it once was. That does not mean that seniors are unaware of why they should eat a healthy diet, it just means that there’s a lot more at stake. Challenges related to […]
Six Ways Home Care Helps With Summer Vacation Plans
Summer vacation plans are in the works, but there’s one thing that you’re struggling with. You help your mom each day, but you can’t go on vacation and also be there for her at the same time. Home care services like respite care are the perfect solution. Learn more about what home care aides can […]
How Does Stress Affect Seniors?
Stress just doesn’t ever go away, even for aging adults. What matters is how seniors deal with their stress, because the effects of too much stress really can be debilitating. Figuring out what is contributing to stress for seniors makes managing the issue a lot easier. Here are some of the ways stress impacts seniors […]
How Do You Help Your Mom Maintain Her Independence?
Your mom lives alone and that worries you. If she’s sick, no one would know until they visit or she is able to make a call. If she fell, she might go hours or days before anyone knew. But, she wants to age in place and hates the idea of moving. How do you help […]
What Senior-Specific Oral Care Concerns are There?
One out of five older adults aged 65 or older has at least one untreated cavity. Two out of three have gum disease, and almost 20% of adults 65 or older have lost all of their teeth. The best way to protect your mom’s teeth is by making sure her oral care routine is well […]
Five Ways Senior Home Care Addresses ADL Challenges
Seniors often find themselves approaching a time when they are having more and more trouble with something called ADLs. These are activities of daily living, which are activities that everyone performs on a regular daily basis. Eventually, seniors may find these tasks are just so much more difficult than they used to be. Having help […]
