Warning Signs that Point to the Need for Senior Care Services
Looking around at the home where you grew up, the home where your parents still live, can bring forth a flood of memories. The finished wood stairs you used to practice tap dance routines on, much to your father’s dismay. The bedroom door you repeatedly slammed during your tumultuous teenage years. You know that your […]
Granite State Independent Living Tips for Caregiving after a Loved One’s Hospital Stay
Imagine this happening: your frail, senior mother, who lives alone, fell last weekend, broke her thighbone and forearm, and is currently being released from St. Joseph Hospital in Nashua. Sorting through and reading her discharge paperwork, you notice the doctor’s orders for a number of different medications, ongoing physical therapy, a medical checkup appointment that […]
5 Tips to Minimize Holiday Home Care Stress in New Hampshire
Even the most wonderful time of the year can quickly spiral out of control when you factor in caring for a senior loved one on top of all of the holiday shopping and wrapping and baking and decorating! At Live Free Home Health Care, the respite care Concord experts, we fully understand the time and […]
Tips to Determine How Much In-Home Care Is Needed
Are you in the process of making or helping a loved one make the decision to receive in-home care? This can be a difficult decision, but once the decision is made for your loved one to age at home, the next step is to access the level of in-home care needed. The Lawton Instrumental Activities […]
Resistance Training: 4 Tips to Get Your Loved Ones to Accept Help
Becoming our parents’ parent may be a role many of us find ourselves in as our parents get older and need more assistance. But the role reversal of caring for Mom and Dad, who once took care of us, isn’t an easy transition for even parents and children who have the best relationship. Our parents […]
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 […]
Home Care’s Role in Helping Seniors Thrive
Recently, we discussed the signs and symptoms of geriatric failure to thrive. These symptoms, including impaired physical function, malnutrition, depression, and cognitive impairment are important signs to look out for in your loved one. If you do notice several signs of failure to thrive and realize the time and skills needed to properly assist are […]
How Can Social Activity Improve Memory?
In our last blog, we discussed studies that proved social interaction can lead to improved health outcomes for older adults, from reducing risk of disabilities and depression to living longer. There are also many studies showing that being socially active reduces cognitive decline, including the following: The American Journal of Psychiatric Health published a study […]