Living Comfortably with MS in Your Own Home
Jane Austen once said, “There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort.” And for someone with a chronic illness, like MS, comfort is imperative, as is safety. If your loved one has been diagnosed with MS, the first step in caregiving should be to make the necessary adaptations so the home is a […]
What You Should Know About Multiple Sclerosis
While there is no cure for multiple sclerosis (MS) yet, hundreds of thousands of people in the U.S. are living with it – approximately 400,000 people to be exact, and of that, 86 percent list fatigue as the number one symptom of their disease. The cause of MS is unknown; it is not contagious or […]
New Research Shows Possible Way to Prevent Alzheimer’s Brain Degeneration
Whether you have a loved one with Alzheimer’s or you’re looking for a way to avoid it, exciting new research from Stanford University may point to a way to help prevent the onset of the disease. Research on mice has revealed that the reason nerve cells die off in the brains of people with Alzheimer’s […]
Make Heart Health a Priority
By the time you finish reading this blog post, one American woman will have died of heart disease. This is a scary statistic, but thankfully, there’s a silver lining – heart disease can be prevented! But first, women must get serious about heart health. There’s no better time to get more serious about your heart […]
Think You Understand Your Home Care Options? You Might Want to Think Again!
Home care sounds simple; when an older person needs assistance, someone will come to his home and care for him, right? Well, yes and no. There are several options for in-home care, both from qualified full-service agencies and independent contractors, and the type your loved one gets will often depend on the type of care […]
Shopping for Home Care? Live Free Home Health Care Has the Answers to Your Top Questions!
Home is a calming place, a place of comfort; that’s why, as people age, remaining at home becomes very important. The great news is that, with an abundance of home care agencies on the market nowadays, it’s more possible than ever for an older loved one to remain at home for as long as he […]
Fascinating New Findings on Aging: Could It Really Be Just a State of Mind?
It’s long been said that we’re only as old as we feel, and perhaps we’ve believed that to be true to a limited extent. Some research, however, surprisingly points to the reality of mind over matter. Psychologist Ellen Langer performed a rather radical experiment on a group of septuagenarians in the 1980s that is beginning […]
The Latest Natural Remedy for Troubling Alzheimer’s Behaviors
In our last blog, we shared research on DBS (deep brain stimulation), which is showing remarkable results in helping regulate behavior and mood swings in those with Alzheimer’s. If you’re looking for a more natural way to manage these challenging behaviors, however, we’ve discovered another solution to share that’s proving effective in helping Alzheimer’s caregivers […]
Life-Changing Alzheimer’s Treatment – Available Now!
Understanding and managing the up and down behavior and mood swings experienced by those with Alzheimer’s is a never-ending cycle for family caregivers, and a draining one at that. In fact, the Alzheimer’s Association ranks personality changes as one of the top reasons families make the painful decision to place their loved one with Alzheimer’s […]
Breathe Easier with New Techniques for Controlling COPD
For the many Americans affected by COPD – upwards of 12.7 million of them, according to the American Lung Association – help is on the way, in the form of three innovative treatments that are showing promising results. COPD causes air to be trapped in the lungs when they are inflated. To counteract this, some […]