Depression in Senior Citizens: Warning Signs and Solutions
Start your care plan (206) 362-2366 Depression in Senior Citizens: Warning Signs and Solutions Depression can occur at any age, but senior citizens are particularly vulnerable. In fact, recent studies estimate that as many as 15% of senior citizens — in total 6.5 million Americans — suffer from depression, and 25% say they suffer from […]
How to Keep Dignity in the Lives of our Aging Family
Start your care plan (206) 362-2366 How to Keep Dignity in the Lives of our Aging Family What we visualize and our parents have in mind are often two different things for how they’d like to live as they advance in years. While visiting a friend’s mother I was impressed at how the dining room […]
How Can In-Home Care Improve My Mental Health?
Start your care plan (206) 362-2366 How Can In-Home Care Improve My Mental Health? With fewer friends and family members living close by, it’s easy to become more isolated as we age. Chronic health conditions and depression can also keep us from reaching out to our local communities for companionship. But people aren’t meant to […]
Tips for Multiple Sclerosis Caregivers
Start your care plan (206) 362-2366 Tips for Multiple Sclerosis Caregivers Multiple sclerosis, or MS, is a devastating neurodegenerative disease that affects the brain’s ability to communicate with the body. The resulting symptoms are a challenge for patients to deal with day in and day out. This is where MS caregivers like you come in. […]
The Stages Of Alzheimer’s: What To Expect
Alzheimer’s disease is a degenerative, progressive brain condition characterized by declines in cognitive functioning such as memory, critical thinking skills, and the ability to perform tasks. Because memory loss is a normal effect of aging, it’s often easy to mistake early signs of Alzheimer’s for forgetfulness. There are seven stages of Alzheimer’s disease distinguished between […]
Alzheimer’s at Home: How to Create a Positive Environment
Alzheimer’s is one of the most difficult disease to watch someone go through, and yet it is all too prevalent. It is the sixth leading cause of death in the United States, and the truth is that one in three seniors pass away with Alzheimer’s or another form of dementia. Although many families find that […]
How to Create a Heart-Healthy Lifestyle
Start your care plan (206) 362-2366 How to Create a Heart-Healthy Lifestyle Cardiovascular diseases – including congestive heart failure, atherosclerosis, heart attack and stroke – remain the leading cause of death in the world, accounting for more than 17 million deaths each year, according to the American Heart Association. They claim more lives than all […]
Meal Prep Tips + Tricks For Seniors
Start your care plan (206) 362-2366 5 Ways to Thank & Honor an At-Home Family Caregiver Being a caregiver, whether formally or informally, is a huge undertaking. It takes a special kind of person to carry the weight of that kind of responsibility. Not to mention, the patience required to be a part of home […]
5 Ways to Thank & Honor an At-Home Family Caregiver
Start your care plan (206) 362-2366 5 Ways to Thank & Honor an At-Home Family Caregiver Being a caregiver, whether formally or informally, is a huge undertaking. It takes a special kind of person to carry the weight of that kind of responsibility. Not to mention, the patience required to be a part of home […]
Helping Your Elderly Loved One After Surgery
Just because your loved one has been released from the hospital after having surgery doesn’t mean there isn’t a lot of post-surgical care you’ll still be required to facilitate. As your elderly loved one recovers, this can be a very stressful time for the whole family, because even very independent seniors will need so much […]