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 […]
Caregiving Can Be Stressful. Try These Calming Techniques from Live Free Home Health Care!
Caregiving and stress frequently go hand in hand. Devoting your life to fulfilling the needs of an older family member can be daunting, particularly when a serious health concern is at play, leaving family caregivers with fewer opportunities to meet their own needs and for fulfilling and relaxing activities. However, it’s actually very important for […]
Senior Care and Sibling Rivalry: How to Manage Difficult Family Dynamics
When looking back over the years spent with your sisters and brothers, you can probably recollect a plethora of wonderful memories: holidays spent with each other, childhood games you enjoyed, key events like graduations, birthdays, and weddings. However, if we’re honest, there are also many hurts that occurred that are inclined to stay with us […]
An All-Too-Common Emotion in Senior Care: Caregiver Guilt
Guilt: it’s one thing every caregiver can relate to. No matter how much hard work we dedicate to caring for a senior loved one, somehow it never seems to be quite enough, leaving us feeling as though we could have done more, shown more compassion, been more patient. And if we don’t effectively handle the […]
A Laugh A Day Keeps Caregiving Stress Away!
Life often hands us “one of those days” – you’ve slept through the alarm and missed an important appointment, the coffee maker chose today to quit working, you tripped over the shoes left beside the bed, dropping your phone and smashing the display screen, and to top it all off, you feel a cold coming […]
Live Free’s Room by Room Tips for Senior Fall Prevention
If your elderly loved one is one of the 90% of adults over age 65 who decides to remain at home throughout aging, there are various considerations to assure the senior’s comfort, independence, and most importantly, safety. It’s a popular assumption that if the older adult stays at home, specifically if she’s lived there for […]
Enjoy These Top Summer Activities for Seniors
While kids certainly look forward to summer break and all of the fun it involves, summertime doesn’t have to lose its excitement as we age! New Hampton, NH caregivers at Live Free Home Health Care, providing the highest quality in home health care New Hampton offers. We love helping older adults enjoy life to the […]
Top Strategies for Helping Seniors Safely Enjoy the Lazy, Hazy Days of Summer
What’s not to love about love the warmer, longer, leisurely days of the summer season? With family get-togethers and festivities such as graduations, weddings, holiday gatherings, and more, many seniors are more active through the summer season. And since it’s easy for older adults to rapidly become overheated, it’s crucial to know how to recognize […]
Help Older Adults Stay Engaged in Life with These Senior Socialization Strategies
If you’ve ever observed young children at a park, you’ve witnessed how quickly they gravitate towards other kids, and how second-nature it is for them to be fast friends. Regrettably, as we grow older, we usually tend to begin to be more self-conscious and reserved, and it becomes much harder to make and keep friendships. […]
Giving Up the Keys: Maintaining Independence When It’s Time to Stop Driving
We’re a very mobile society, and being able to pick up and go whenever and wherever we’d like is one of the greatest freedoms we enjoy as adults. However, as we grow older, driving often becomes unsafe for a variety of reasons, and the time ultimately arises when the difficult conversation must be held to […]