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Helping Your Senior to Cope with Vision Loss

Your senior may be at a stage in which her vision is changing more than she realizes. She may even be dealing with vision loss. That can be a disorienting feeling for her, especially if she’s always been used to relying on her eyes to do their job properly. So, what can you do to...

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4 Tips to Help Your Senior Manage AFib

September is National Atrial Fibrillation Awareness Month, so it’s the perfect time to talk with your senior about what AFib is and what the symptoms can be. If your elderly family member has been experiencing heart palpitations, fatigue, dizziness, and shortness of breath, she may want to talk with her doctor about whether she might...

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Five Ways to Know Home Care Is Right for Your Senior’s Goals

Is home care truly right for your elderly family member’s current and future goals? There are plenty of ways to help you to determine if that’s the case. The key is to look at what your elderly family member would benefit most from. Talking with her about what she wants from this stage of her...

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What Can Help if Your Senior Is Experiencing Depression?

Everyone can be susceptible to depression at one point or another, even your aging family member. Seniors may spend a little more time depressed than other people might, though, especially if they live alone and aren’t around other people a lot. Here are some ideas that can help if your elderly family member is battling...

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Celebrating Nutritious Food During National Farmer’s Market Week

National Farmer’s Market Week runs through August 13th this year, and it’s a great way for your senior to explore some ways to improve her quality of life. Just going to the farmer’s market regularly is a fantastic experience, and if your senior is willing to explore and expand her food horizons a little bit,...

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What Does Self-care for Caregivers Look Like?

Everybody is talking about self-care, but it’s easy to misinterpret what self-care truly is. There’s a lot of talk of sleep and pedicures, but that’s not the heart and soul of self-care. What self-care truly is varies for everyone, but the basics include ensuring that you’ve got what you need to keep doing the things...

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Three Signs Your Senior Might Be Lonely and What You Can Do

Seniors who live alone may not necessarily be lonely, but if your senior is isolating herself, loneliness is a likely culprit. It’s vital to assess the situation and put together a plan that meets your elderly family member’s needs in terms of companionship and socialization. Recognizing the major symptoms that can indicate when your elderly...

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5 Tips to Help Your Senior to Deal with Alopecia

July is Women with Alopecia Month, which could make this an ideal time to talk with your elderly family member about how alopecia may be impacting her life. Estimates put over 50 percent of women at risk of developing alopecia, or excessive hair loss, as they age. If that’s something that your elderly family member...

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Where Are You on the Caregiving Journey?

Have you found yourself confused when you describe where you are as a caregiver? It can help to break things down according to what stage of caregiving you’re in. The earlier you can enlist help for yourself and your senior, the better for everyone involved. Elder care providers can make every stage of caregiving a...

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