Holiday Activities to Help You Spend Quality Time with Your Loved Ones and Help Bring the Family Together For many, the holiday season is a time of joy dedicated to spending quality time with loved ones and making lasting memories. It’s a time when shared holiday activities bring us closer and create a sense of…
For many of us, the holidays are the time of year when we get to spend a little extra time with loved ones. No matter how long you get to connect this year, you may start to notice some indications that loved ones aren’t quite the same. Maybe they’re a little forgetful, have ……
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), approximately 50 percent of patients do not take their medications as prescribed. It’s estimated in the United States that among seniors the percentage is even higher. More than 80 percent of seniors regularly take two or ……
I think one of the benefits of growing older is gaining perspective. The concept of time, for example, can’t really be explained to a younger person that makes them really understand how fleeting our time is here on Earth. But to today’s high school graduates, for example, ……
America is one of the few countries in world history to actually include the concept of “the pursuit of happiness” in an establishing document — in the Declaration of Independence. Of course, we understand that happiness isn’t guaranteed, but we are free to pursue it, ……
Home Helpers caregivers recommend you keep crucial items in your own caregiver ready bag, just in case you need to head to the hospital or a doctor’s office without notice. Last week, we offered some suggestions for creating a Ready Bag in case your older loved one needs to ……
Our relationships with our siblings are among the most complicated, conflicting and certainly the longest of our lives. Caregiving Can Put Stress on Sibling Relationships Depending on our personalities and age differences, our brothers and sisters are at times our mentors, ……
Slips, trips, and stumbles can be more serious as we grow older or when our recuperative powers are compromised by some medical condition. That’s why many of our friends and colleagues in the caring professions are joining together to promote National Falls Prevention ……
5 helpful tips for those of you in long-distance caregiving situations. Jean writes: “ Your column has been very useful in helping us talk to my mother-in-law when we visit, but she lives half a continent away and is in her 70s. How can we tell if she needs help between ……
“This woman is running my dad’s entire life!” “It’s like my mother needs his permission to see her own family!” “How do we know this isn’t just some sort of con artist?” Those are few of the openers we’ve heard from family members concerned when their elderly parents start ……