Long-Distance Care: The Many Benefits of Partnering with a Senior Care Agency

It is said that distance makes the heart grow fonder, but long-distance care for aging parents may cause additional feelings: worry, concern, and helplessness, to mention a few. It’s hard to know exactly how your senior loved ones are doing through phone calls, video chats, emails, and letters. There are things you can do, however, […]

The Benefits of Incorporating High Fiber Foods into a Senior’s Diet

If an older adult you know is prone to indulge in the numerous junk food and fast food choices that are so readily accessible, he or she is in excellent company. Even though these types of foods are fast and easy, they are generally full of calories, cholesterol and fat, and lack fiber as well […]

How In-Home Care Services and Hospice Care Services Can Work Together

If you ask people who are within the last six months of their lives what is most important to them, you are likely to hear answers such as: Maintaining control over which services will likely be provided To be free from pain Emotional and spiritual support To remain at home In-home hospice care meets all […]

Caring for Elderly Parents: How an In-Home Care Consultation Can Help

You’ve just finished speaking with Dad on the telephone, and now have a concern that something isn’t quite right. Though it was a nice conversation, his memory lapses were concerning. He assured you that he’s perfectly fine – that he’s eating very well (despite the fact that he couldn’t recall what he had for lunch), […]

Managing Long-Term Illness With the Help of Home Care

Did you ever get up in the morning and realize, as soon as you got out of bed, that it was going to be “one of those days?” Maybe you slept through your alarm, tripped over the dog, and then remembered you were out of coffee. These small inconveniences, however, pale in comparison to what […]

Look Out for These Clues to Reduce the Risk of Falls in the Elderly

For those age 65 and older, falls are a very serious threat. As many as one in four older adults will experience a fall, and after falling, the possibility of falling again doubles. Senior falls often result in E/R visits, fractures, head injuries, and hospitalizations – not to mention the costs connected with falls: up […]

Six Ways In-Home Care Services Can Help Reduce Isolation in Seniors

Isolation. Fear. Loneliness. The pandemic has wreaked havoc on all of us in one way or another, but for seniors especially, the seclusion required to ensure safety from COVID-19 has had harmful effects on emotional, physical and mental wellbeing. At Absolute Companion Care, a provider of top-rated home health care in Towson and the surrounding […]

Balancing Act: Caregiving for Elderly Parents and School-Aged Children

If your days are overflowing with parenting, working, managing a home, caring for elderly parents, and trying to fit in time for yourself while nurturing other relationships, welcome to the sandwich generation! Consisting of those ages 35 – 54 who are “sandwiched” between meeting the needs of children at home and caring for elderly parents, […]

Long Term Care Planning for Elderly Parents

Being together over the holidays is a great time to get caught up and the perfect time to have discussions about long term care planning with elderly parents. Having an open and honest conversation around care needs, home modifications and finances is important to help meet the wishes of senior loved ones. Absolute Companion Care […]

Helping Seniors with Pandemic Fatigue Cope

It’s been more than six months since the COVID-19 pandemic began. The restrictions which have been set up to emphasize safety can begin to wear on all of us, and while there’s a normal longing to want to “return to normal,” there’s a new concern: seniors with pandemic fatigue. Pandemic fatigue stems from attempting to […]