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Three Tips for Helping Your Senior Get Started with a Gratitude Journal

November is National Gratitude Month, which might make this a great time for you and your senior to experiment with a gratitude journal. According to Greater Good Magazine, gratitude can improve immune responses, help with mood regulation, and can help people to feel more outgoing. These and more benefits can have a huge impact on...

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How Does Stress Impact Your Dad's Health?

You know stress is normal. You also know that it can cause health issues if it goes unmanaged. How does stress impact your dad’s health? What can you do to help him avoid common complications from unmanaged stress? Health Issues Linked to Excessive Stress Studies have shown that excessive stress can impact the heart. One...

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Four Ideas to Help Your Senior Have a Healthier Bladder

When you can help your elderly family member to have as healthy a bladder as possible, that means she’s going to be better prepared against things like bladder infections and other problems. Some of those issues can lead to bigger problems, and you definitely want to avoid those for your senior. Don’t Rush Bathroom Trips...

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Clutter Management Tips for Your Elderly Loved One

It is a normal thing for your elderly loved one to want to keep all of their stuff. They have been on this Earth for many years. They want to hold on tight to all of their memories. However, it is also important for your elderly loved one to keep clutter out of their home....

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Why Would Home Care Be Good for Your Elderly Loved One?

Are you thinking about getting your elderly loved one more help? Maybe you have been providing them with the care they need, but it is getting to be too much. If this is the case, or you just need an extra hand, you can turn to home care services for your elderly loved one. There...

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Stretching Tips to Help Your Mom With Balance and Flexibility

Something simple like a fall can be catastrophic to an older adult. A hip fracture can make it hard to move around well. A surgery requires time and therapy to bounce back from. Some older adults never regain full mobility after a fall. Improved balance and flexibility helps lower the risk of a fall. Your...

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Four Ways to Get a Handle on Caregiving

As a caregiver, there are going to be times when you feel like you don’t know what’s going on or what to do next. Having a plan is crucial, both for those times and for all of the other times when you’re just dealing with the next thing on your list. Regardless of which scenario...

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Why Might Your Senior Be Shuffling More Often?

While you’re a caregiver you’re going to notice some things changing for your senior. One such change might be that she moves from her normal way of walking to a more shuffling method. This is a bad sign, because it means that there’s something else happening for her that you need to investigate. She’s Experiencing...

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No One At Your Mom's House Has Coronavirus, But You Might

Some people misunderstand why there’s a big push to stay at home. They’re still going to visit family members. They’re still holding family gatherings. There are even cases of churches holding services, neighbors letting kids play together, and people socializing in grocery stores. All of this increases the risk of passing coronavirus on. COVID-19 Spreads...

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