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7 Tips and Strategies for Helping Seniors Avoid Falls at Home

Seniors who fall one time are twice as likely to fall again, according to The Centers for Disease Control. Coupled with the fact that one out of every five falls results in serious injury, family caregivers need to focus on reducing fall risk for their elderly family members as much as possible. Home care services...

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How Can Home Care Providers Assist Seniors Dealing With Arthritis?

When most people think about mobility issues with seniors, they might think about seniors’ ability to walk around and get from point A to point B. Mobility concerns cover a wide range of issues, including issues with the hands. Many seniors deal with arthritis in the hands as joints break down from wear and tear...

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How Do Nutrition and In-home Care Work Together?

Your elderly family member’s body experiences a lot of changes as she ages, and that can mean that her nutritional needs are changing, too. Her doctor can help her to stay aware of what she needs to know in order to get the nutrients that she needs, but your senior might need more help than...

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Home Care Assistance: The Health Benefits of Bird Watching

February is National Bird Feeding Month and while it’s a great reminder to feed our fine-feathered friends during these colder months when food is scarce, it’s also a great reminder that feeding the birds and watching them can really have some wonderful health benefits for your elderly loved one as well. While going out to...

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There's More to Elder Care Than Help With ADLs

Activities of daily living (ADLs) are the key components a person needs to live. It includes activities like being able to eat, use a toilet, take a shower, and walk around. Are these the things you think of when the topic of elder care is brought up? There’s a lot more to elder care than...

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Why Is Personalized Care So Important for Seniors?

Having one cookie cutter plan for everyone who needs help just doesn’t work in any situation, but it’s especially unhelpful for aging adults. When it comes to ensuring that seniors have the support that they need, a personalized plan is definitely the way to go. Home care assistance is one of the easiest ways for...

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Five Benefits of Keeping Your Senior Involved in Choices Around Senior Home Care

Shutting your senior out of conversations and choices about senior home care is a bad idea for a lot of different reasons. Because this choice is about helping her and making sure that she’s got her needs covered, you also need to make sure that she continues to have a say in what happens. Here...

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What Are the Benefits of Elder Care for Seniors with Chronic Health Issues?

Chronic health issues are ones that continue for a long period of time and that can seriously limit your senior’s activities of daily living. Some chronic health issues are serious and progressive, like COPD or heart disease. Others, like arthritis, may bring good days and bad ones. Whatever chronic health issues your senior is facing,...

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Five Facts to Know About Aspergillosis

February 1st is World Aspergillosis Day. As this isn’t a disease that is routinely tracked, it’s hard to know just how many people have it. The CDC estimates that 14,000 hospitalizations in 2014 were caused by aspergillosis. It’s also been estimated that 4.8 million people with asthma also have aspergillosis Aspergillus Is Everywhere What is...

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