How to Maintain Hearing Health Throughout Life
Birds singing. Children laughing. Your favorite song. There are countless lovely sounds to enjoy all around us, so it’s important to take good care of the extraordinary gift of hearing. As we get older, our ability to hear clearly can change, but there are steps we can take to maintain hearing health for as long […]
Improve Heart Health With These Top Foods for Seniors
There are plenty of visual reminders around this time of year to bring to mind that vital organ that works around the clock to keep us healthy! Store shelves are full of heart-shaped balloons, boxes of candy, and cards. Since it’s also American Heart Month, it is the perfect time to take steps to help […]
Understanding Anhedonia and How Home Care Helps
After the thrill of the holidays, it’s not unusual for the winter gloom to kick in. Yet what might appear at first glance to be a touch of boredom could in fact be something bigger that should be addressed. Anhedonia, is a loss of interest in activities that someone once liked and is an indication […]
Tips for Seniors: Living Healthy in 2023 and Beyond
Living healthy in 2023 is likely at the top of most people’s new year goals. But have your resolutions already fallen by the wayside? If so, don’t worry; you are in good company. Some of us are gung-ho about a significant change in lifestyle once we roll over into the new year, but life quickly […]
How to Help Seniors Live Better
While we get ready to roll the calendar forward to 2023, it’s a great time to ponder what we’ve learned from the last year and what adjustments we’d like to make in the new year. It is more than simply making a resolution that we will likely give up on within a matter of weeks. […]
Identifying MCI in an Older Family Member
Going home for the holidays is a great chance to think back on holidays past and make some new memories. It is also a time when family members may uncover changes to their elder loved ones – changes that may be too small to detect during a phone call or FaceTime, but become glaringly evident […]
How to Help Loved Ones Live With CHF
We have only one, and it is perhaps the most fundamental organ in our bodies – so learning that our heart is “failing” is frightening. Congestive heart failure, or CHF, impacts about 6 million people in the United States alone, according to the CDC, and even though it’s a chronic illness, there are actions people can take […]
Tips for Taking an Older Loved One to a Doctor’s Appointment
When taking care of an older relative, there’s always a fine line to walk. You need to provide as much care and support as you possibly can while not crossing the boundaries that safeguard a senior’s self-esteem and individual independence. It is especially true with regards to doctor’s appointments and making critical medical care decisions. […]
How to Help Seniors Manage Chronic Health Conditions
If you are a family caregiver and your days seem overloaded with juggling appointments with different physicians, trips to the drugstore, lab work, managing medicines and special dietary needs for an older person you love, you are not alone! Chronic health issues like arthritis, COPD, diabetes, and heart disease afflict many people age 60 and […]
Top Myths About Aging
If you are holding onto some common myths about aging that involve an inactive, solitary lifestyle spent in a rocking chair in front of the TV day in and day out, it is time for you to think again! The secret to healthy aging is understanding the facts and debunking the myths to embrace a […]