Tips for Caring for a Loved One With Dementia
How to Care for a Loved One With Dementia If you take care of someone with dementia, you have unique goals to accomplish. When you use the right dementia care strategies, you and your loved [...]
Tips for Communicating With Someone With Alzheimer’s Disease
How To Communicate With Someone Who Has Alzheimer's Disease Alzheimer's disease changes a person's memory, behavior and cognitive abilities. As it progresses, it impacts their communication skills, and their caregiver needs to understand how to use [...]
Dementia & Alzheimer’s: Early Signs/Symptoms, Treatment & Difference Between the Two
Symptoms and Treatment of Alzheimer's vs Dementia Taking care of seniors with memory and brain disorders can be quite strenuous. But understanding the distinctions between dementia and Alzheimer's disease and the early symptoms may make [...]
4 Signs Your Loved One Needs More Care
While we all wish that our loved ones could live independently forever, we also know that this is just not how life always works. Determining what kind of extra care is needed is often the [...]
5 Techniques To Support Families Living With Alzheimer’s
When looking at diseases and conditions, we most often worry about how to support the person who has the condition. But those around them, their families, friends and immediate support system need care too. When [...]
5 Tips to Declutter Your Home
"Treasure your relationships, not your possessions". ~ Anthony D'Angelo Clutter is all around us. In our homes, our cars, on our computers! It becomes especially challenging as we age, as we have accumulated physical possessions [...]
4 Habits That Benefit Cognitive Health
Most of us worry that as we age, we'll lose some of our cognitive ability. Our memory and ability to problem solve greatly impacts our functionality, not only throughout our lives, but into our golden [...]
7 Most Common Diseases and Conditions Faced By Seniors
Arising medical issues and disease certainly aren't limited to people over 65. But as we age, the risk factors for disease increase. What are some of the most common conditions or diseases face by older [...]
5 Advantages of Having Home Care
Determining when to have home care doesn't have to be a difficult decision. Home care is a blessing to those who want to remain independent and in their own homes as they age. In fact, [...]
Competence – 7 Things To Consider
Competence is defined by Merriam-Webster as "the quality or state of having sufficient knowledge, judgment, skill, or strength (as for a particular duty or in a particular respect)". It's not an easy subject to discuss, [...]
