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Five Tips for Adjusting to Being a Family Caregiver

As much as your elderly family member has to adjust to receiving help, you also have to adjust a bit to being the one who is there for her and helping her to have the quality of life that you want her to have. These tips can help you to avoid feeling as if you’re...

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Ease Your Senior’s Loneliness With Companion Care

Around 28% of older adults live alone. Around half of the American women over the age of 74 live alone. It’s not surprising that your mom is on her own as she nears her 80th birthday. What’s important now is to make sure she’s not lonely. Studies have linked loneliness and isolation to several chronic...

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How to Help Your Mom Come to Terms With Getting Help

One of the most difficult issues adult children confront is reconciling their parents’ independence with their long-term interests, particularly if we believe they are making poor choices. Whether your parents are struggling to maintain their home, manage their finances, or just stay well, there is frequently some disagreement between what parents desire and what their...

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Learning About Dry Eyes and Low Vision In Seniors

As seniors become older and certain faculties deteriorate, regular visits to the doctor and paying attention to changes become even more vital. That’s why it is important to be aware of the early signs and symptoms of eye disorders. If your senior has been suffering from dry eyes and low vision, it’s time to learn...

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What Is Personal Care at Home?

Is your elderly family member planning to remain in her own home for as long as possible? That’s called aging in place and eventually she may find that it’s a lot easier to do if she has the right help in place at the right time. Some of the biggest tasks she may need to...

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Five Things to Keep in Mind as a Family Caregiver

There’s no one plan that works in every caregiving situation. That is why it is so important that you and your elderly family member, alone with anyone else involved in her care, take the time to really personalize a care plan that works for her. Clarify What Caregiving Means for Everyone Involved You might know...

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Six Surprising Ways In-Home Care Providers Help Out

In-home care is exactly how it sounds. It’s a service where your senior parent receives care in their home. They age in place, in the home they love, and don’t have to consider selling, packing up, and moving to an unfamiliar area. In-home care providers offer an array of services that help your parents live...

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Best Ways to Make a Daily Walk More Appealing

Your parents need to get up and be active. Their sedentary lifestyle impacts their health. Their last doctor’s appointment found their blood pressure is too high, and they’re overweight. If they don’t change their habits, their heart disease, diabetes, and stroke risks increase. Their doctor told your parents to walk at least half an hour...

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Is Your Mom's Vision Going? It's Time to Address Home Safety

In the next eight years, it’s estimated that around 70 million adults in the U.S. will be over the age of 65. One out of three of them will experience vision loss. While vision loss doesn’t have to mean blindness, even a small change to your vision can increase your risk of falling or being...

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