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Top 12 Fall Prevention Tips from Professional Caregivers

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 ......

Meet One of the Best Caregivers in America

For some, caregiving is a responsibility. For others, it’s a privilege. For all of us, it’s an honor, and that’s why it’s a special occasion when this call to serve others is recognized on a national level. It’s a special kind of person who commits a significant part of his ......

Personal Emergency Response Systems Can Ease Your Worries

The first priority of most older Americans is to preserve as much of their independence as they can for as long as they can. For us as caregivers, that means being present enough to offer support without interfering. This can be challenging for some families, as we can’t ......

Celebrate Independence at Every Age

When we’re young, we celebrate every new symbol of our emerging self-reliance: Going to the store by ourselves for the first time. Getting a driver’s license. Heading off to college. Paying our own rent or mortgage. While we take pride in these accomplishments in the ......

The Elder Abuse Problem: How to Protect Your Loved Ones

It seems like one of the common principles that unite all cultures: Respect your elders. But sometimes it doesn’t work out that way. An under-appreciated problem The problem of elder abuse in our country — and it is a serious problem, with the Department of Health and Human ......

Our Exceptional Caregiver of the Year "Truly Lives it Every Day"

The leadership from Home Helpers Home Care offices in more than 600 local communities gathered April 19 in Nashville to honor our 2015 Exceptional Caregiver Award finalists. I was honored and humbled to name Betty Bibb the 2015 Exceptional Caregiver of the Year. Betty is a ......

Practical Advice for When You Can't Be There

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 ......

How to Help Your Elderly Parent Organize their Home

A well-organized household makes life easier for elderly parents who want to live independently at home. Isn’t it amazing how much stress can be removed from your daily life when your home or workspace is neat and clean? I’ve found I can’t get my best work done until my area ......

When Cupid Takes Aim at Older Hearts

“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 ......