Worried About Senior Falls? These Exercises Can Help!
Fall prevention: it is one of the top focuses of healthy aging, considering the fact that falls are one of the top sources for serious injuries and even death in older adults. At Hearts at Home In-Home Care, the experts in aging in place in Kansas City and the surrounding areas, we work hard to […]
Room by Room Senior Fall Prevention
If your elderly loved one is one of the 90% of seniors over age 65 who decides to stay at home throughout aging, there are a number of considerations to ensure the senior’s comfort, independence, and most importantly, safety. It’s a widespread assumption that if the older person remains at home, specifically if she’s been […]
Hearts at Home’s Top Safety Tips for Helping Seniors Enjoy This Summer
What’s not to love about love the warmer, longer, leisurely days of summertime? With family get-togethers and festivities like graduations, weddings, holiday gatherings, and more, many seniors are more active through the summer season. And since it’s easy for older adults to rapidly become overheated, it’s critical to know how to recognize heat-related health issues, […]
Tips for Maintaining Independence After Giving Up the Car Keys
We are a mobile society, and being able to get out whenever and wherever we desire is one of the very best liberties we enjoy as adults. However, as we grow older, driving typically ends up being hazardous based on a number of factors, and the time subsequently comes when the difficult discussion must be […]
Baby, It’s Cold Outside! These Winter Tips Can Help Keep Seniors Safe
The months of winter are overflowing with a great deal beauty: shimmering icicles, pure white snow, warm, inviting fires. But it is also laden with potential risks, specifically for older adults. The Johnson County home healthcare team at Hearts at Home wants to assist you in keeping your older loved ones safe this winter with […]
Holiday Tips: Deck the Halls with Senior Safety in Mind
The holiday season is finally here! Families gather together from far and wide to celebrate, reminisce, and share in the love and joy that make this time of year so meaningful. And as the Hearts at Home team in elder care in Overland Park, KS knows, the holidays aren’t the same without festive decorations to […]
Tricks to Make Medication Management Less Scary!
Although it’s certainly true that medications can be life-saving, we’ve also heard a number of shocking accounts of patients who erroneously took an incorrect medicine – either because of a miscommunication with the prescribing medical professional or the pharmacy. Yet there’s inherent danger to taking any drugs: substance misuse. Much like it would be exceedingly […]
Beat the Heat with These Summer Safety Tips for Seniors
Now that we’re deep into the dog days of summer, the longer periods of sunlight, higher humidity and higher temperatures can quickly take a toll on the health of older adults. Since hundreds of Americans die each summer from heat-related complications, and the majority of those are seniors, it’s crucial to take steps to ensure […]
Take This Fall Risk Assessment to Ensure Your Senior Loved Ones Are Safe!
Have you ever seen a comedy that involved a man or woman accidentally stepping on a banana peel and staging an elaborate, exaggerated fall? Perhaps it’s funny on TV, but elderly falls are certainly no laughing matter. As a matter of fact, falls are the top cause of both serious injury and death in the […]