Examining How to Pay for Home Care
Continuing to live at home for a lifetime is the desire of nearly all older adults. Home is the place we are most content. It is where memories have been and continue to be made. We have carefully built our environment at home based on our individual tastes and preferences. Plus, it’s where we possess […]
Taking Steps to Improve Senior Foot Health
It’s challenging to put your best foot forward when soreness wracks every step. Foot issues are common when we get older, which is understandable; there are so many delicate bones that carry our bodies’ weight. Not just that, because they are far away from the heart, our feet might not be getting as much oxygen-rich […]
Senior Skin Benefits From Extra TLC
Once we age, skin changes are normal. Our skin becomes thinner and drier, may develop wrinkles, creases, and age spots, and bruises easier. Yet a little extra TLC for senior skin can make a difference towards keeping it more vibrant and healthy. Try these suggestions from the aging care professionals at Live Free Home Health […]
Heart Attack Recovery Tips to Maximize Quality of Life
After experiencing a heart attack, it’s commonplace to go through a wide range of feelings: relief that the ordeal is over, uncertainty about what could possibly have caused the attack, and anxiety about the potential of it occurring again, just to name a few. The good news is there are actions that heart attack survivors […]
Effective Tips to Calm Physical Aggression in Alzheimer’s
Of the numerous complex behaviors that may arise in individuals with Alzheimer’s disease, perhaps the most difficult is physical violence. Even a formerly calm senior can be prone to aggressive outbursts, particularly in the later stages of the disease, caused by several of factors: reduced self-control and inhibition, psychological and mental distress, physical pain or […]
Calming Activities for Those with Dementia
If a family member is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s or another kind of progressive dementia, everyday life can seem like a puzzle to be solved. Considering that there are varied stages of the disease, it’s common to find a number of activities that are comforting and purposeful for the older person in one stage, which can […]
Live Free Home Health Care’s Top Tips for a Stress-Free Holiday with Seniors
When it comes to celebrating the holidays, society’s message to us is that the bigger, flashier, and more costly the experience, the better. But for family caregivers, specifically those in the sandwich generation who are busy caring for both older parents and their own children and husband or wife, trying to meet these expectations can […]
The Perfect Gift for Family Caregivers, and Their Loved Ones: Respite Care
Although profoundly rewarding and fulfilling, providing care for an aging loved one also encompasses a wide array of hurdles that can create serious health concerns for family caregivers. And though it’s common for family members to put their own needs on the back burner to place the emphasis completely on the needs of their loved […]
Holiday Time Is the Perfect Time to Assess Senior Care Needs
Spending time with loved ones is the hallmark of the holidays. With the kids off from school and extended time off from work, it’s the perfect chance for the generations to get together and enjoy each other’s company. It also serves as the opportune time to check in on the health, safety and wellbeing of […]
Is Your Senior Loved One Resistant to Home Care? These Tips Can Help!
There are certain things we commonly take for granted, until there’s a possibility of losing them. Topping that list is the freedom and independence that make it possible for us to come and go as we please, and to make all of the little choices and decisions that come about each day: what and when […]