Yesterday, I was fortunate to be able to interview Mr. Jeff Huber, President of Home Instead Senior Care, the largest provider of in-home care services for seniors in the world and was the first company to offer franchise opportunities. Most professionals involved with eldercare are aware that adult children are not prepared to care for [...]
Senior Citizens and Fall Prevention By Guest Writer: Ruth Rogers Every year, many senior citizens have a fall. Not all of the falls are devastating, but many of them are. Falls can cause broken or fractured bones, loss of motor function and independence, and even death. Unfortunately, many people just accept this as a normal aspect of [...]
For almost a week now, there has been a trending topic on Twitter that, thank heavens, is NOT related to Charlie Sheen. It’s #threewordstoliveby I’m sure that you’re somewhat familiar with Twitter but if you’re not a participant, you may not understand “trending topics” nor the reason that I placed a # sign in front of [...]
Is it just my age or are an increasing number of people becoming more spiritual – searching for their purpose in life, a spiritual connection or are attempting to create a closer walk with their God? I’m hearing a lot about finding joy, being grateful, choosing to be happy and being at peace. Is it because the [...]
Respite Care: The Act of Looking Back Today’s guest post comes from SeniorsforLiving.com’s Michelle Seitzer. Before committing to life as a full-time freelance writer, Michelle spent 10 years in the senior living and advocacy world, serving in various roles at assisted living communities throughout Pennsylvania and Maryland, and leading the charge for Alzheimer’s as a [...]
I just got off the phone with a friend of mine and as I hung up, I realized that I had forgotten to tell him several things. They weren’t super important things, just little experiences that I wanted to share or questions that I wanted to ask. The reason I had forgotten to relay these [...]
I’m not sure if you listen to John Tesh on the radio or even know who is but I’ve noticed that he provides a lot of infomation on aging parents and caregiving lately. I wonder if that’s because he’s in a similar position with his own parents or because he just “gets” that much of [...]
As a caregiver, you probably spend a lot of time in the doctor’s office with your loved one. Because of this, you want to be as efficient as possible during these visits so that you don’t have to make yet another appointment due to a problem being missed. We all know that physicians are extremely busy these [...]
by Maryellen “I don’t know what to do with the parent/partner/friend/spouse I am caring for all day long. They are still cognizant enough to know what is going on, but I really can’t just give them a job to do , one that has any importance, unsupervised. So by time I come up with something [...]
What happens to a parent or partner or someone you are caring for when, all of a sudden, as the season changes from summer to fall, then fall to winter, they seem to get agitated and angry at a certain time of the day? I found that as the seasons changed, and the days became [...]
