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Virtual Assistants In Caregiving
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is becoming an increasingly integral component of the caregiving landscape, offering transformative support to both professional caregivers and family members. By enhancing the quality, efficiency, and personalization of care, AI is reshaping how assistance is delivered across a broad range of needs and contexts. Through the use of AI-powered sensors, cameras, and...
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Summer Confinement - Senior Care
No one enjoys spending a bright, beautiful summer day indoors, yet seniors and the elderly recuperating from hospital admissions, surgeries, or outpatient procedures may find themselves bedridden or confined to one room. Being bedridden can be difficult to adjust to – being confined or homebound can lead to a multitude of medical and psychiatric illnesses....
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SPRING INTO SPRING
Even the home-bound or immobile patient can share in a celebration of rebirth and renewal. After a long winter of weighty clothing, heavy blankets and drawn drapes, caregivers can hang light-weight colorful window treatments, add colorful sheets and blankets, spring flowers, oils, and scents to a patient’s room. It’s a mood booster for not just...
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ELDER ABUSE – GASLIGHTING
Regardless of how the event is characterized, an elderly patient can believe they are facing a situation in which a difficult choice has to be made – a choice transgressing a moral principle. Often, these events or dilemmas are a result of gaslighting, a practice that involves manipulating someone into doubting their own memory or...
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NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF SENIOR SCREEN TIME
Sitting mom or dad in front of the television can have the same effect as plopping a two-year-old in front of the cartoon channel. A whole aspect of a child’s development and a senior’s health depends on socialization and interaction. Many caregivers feel they are doing the right thing by keeping mom and dad at...
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SUNDOWNING
Sundowning, a symptom of Alzheimer’s and dementia, is not a disease but a dementia-related behavior. It occurs when cognition or behavior declines in the afternoon or evening. Although the exact cause is unknown, it may occur due to disease progression and changes in the brain. Symptoms can include disorientation, aggression, confusion, insomnia, anxiety, hallucinations, irritability,...
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