Aging in Place Modifications to Create a Dementia-Friendly Home
The daily dilemmas of providing care for a senior loved one with dementia are constantly changing. Today, the difficulty could be frustration due to the lack of ability to communicate effectively. Next week, it may be wandering and attempting to go “home.” There can be sleepless nights if sundowning is a factor, or aggressive actions […]
Living With MS: Common Symptoms
Its cause is still unknown, but affecting over one million people in the United States alone, multiple sclerosis can cause an extensive and unpredictable range of symptoms and severity. What we do know is the fact that women are much more likely to develop MS, and that each person living with MS will experience it […]
The Importance of Routine Senior Eye Exams to Optimize Ocular Health
Those of us in the age 40+ demographic know how it feels to begin to have trouble with small print, finding the need to begin wearing reading glasses, increasing the font size on our electronic devices, or holding books at arm’s length in order to cut down on blurring. Growing older and becoming challenged with […]
Shopping for Elderly Home Care Services: Questions to Ask
Discovering the right care solution for a senior family member is one of the most significant and overwhelming decisions you will face. Ensuring the safety and security of a senior loved one is paramount, but there are some additional considerations as well, such as whether the senior’s quality of life and capacity to thrive and […]
Shopping for Elderly Home Care Services: Questions to Ask
Discovering the right care solution for a senior family member is one of the most significant and overwhelming decisions you will face. Ensuring the safety and security of a senior loved one is paramount, but there are some additional considerations as well, such as whether the senior’s quality of life and capacity to thrive and […]
Senior Driver Safety Tips
Remember that feeling as a teenager when you first climbed behind the steering wheel, experiencing the exhilaration of being able to go wherever you wanted? The freedom that being able to drive offers us is beyond compare! However, as we get older, a number of factors can come into play that affect the safety of […]
Older Adults Often Don’t Report Adverse Prescription Side Effects
Anyone who has taken prescription drugs understands that they normally come with a comprehensive listing of possible adverse reactions and prescription side effects. Although prescriptions are, of course, intended to help us, the harm that can result from these adverse reactions may outweigh the benefit we obtain. For older adults, the vast majority of whom […]
House Modification Tips to Keep Seniors Safe While Aging in Place
With the majority of older adults opting to continue to live at home during aging, it is critical to complete a thorough home assessment and house modification to locate and fix any dangers and make certain the older adults you love remain safe. The best way to accomplish this is to begin outside the home […]
House Modification Tips to Keep Seniors Safe While Aging in Place
With the majority of older adults opting to continue to live at home during aging, it is critical to complete a thorough home assessment and house modification to locate and fix any dangers and make certain the older adults you love remain safe. The best way to accomplish this is to begin outside the home […]
Traumatic Brain Injuries: A Surprisingly Common Diagnosis in Seniors
When you think about a traumatic brain injury (TBI), your first thought could very well be a sports-related accident, such as a football player crashing head-first into a rival, or maybe a head-on collision in an auto accident – something less likely to affect senior loved ones. Yet the prevalence of senior traumatic brain injury […]