Make the Holidays Inclusive for Elderly Relatives
Winter holidays are the time of year where everyone enjoys getting together with friends and family to enjoy good food, entertainment and laughter. For elderly adults with health and mobility issues, it often means feeling left out of family parties and community events that celebrate the holidays.
Making Sure You Get Enough Sleep
While Caring for Your Senior As a family caregiver, you have a busy and challenging schedule. This is particularly true if you are in the sandwich generation and caring for your children as well as your aging adult.
Should Your Senior Consider Adopting a Pet?
Something to consider this month during Adopt a Senior Pet Month might be whether your elderly family member would enjoy having a pet. Whether she's had pets in the past or this would be her first pet, there are lots of reasons to seriously consider this idea.
Help! My Aging Relative Forgets to Take Their Medication
Elder Care in Berlin CT: Studies show that elderly adults often face more than one chronic condition that requires medication. It’s not uncommon for seniors to take four or more pills every day.
What is Seasonal Affective Disorder?
Homecare in Cheshire CT: The shift in seasons can be a fun and enjoyable time, but they can also be the start of something more difficult for your parent -- seasonal affective disorder.
Spotting the Signs of Burnout
Caregivers in North Haven CT: Burnout is way more common than caregivers want to believe and it can sneak up on you.
