Personal Care Tips
What is Healthy Aging Month?
The desire to be healthier and happier isn’t just for young people. Seniors can benefit from implementing new habits toward improving their own health and wellness. September is Healthy Aging Month, a time when people can focus on their aging loved ones and what they need in their lives to improve their health. While there…
Read MoreWhat Benefits Are You Missing by Not Hiring Home Health Care Services?
You may not realize this, but as a caregiver you don’t have to do everything completely on your own. Hiring home health care providers is often the part of the plan that you’re missing. Here’s why you need to reconsider. Your Senior Can Age in Place More Readily Aging in place is one of the…
Read MoreHow Can You Talk to Other Family Members about Helping More?
Other family members and caregivers often find themselves at odds over helping more or helping at all. If you’re finding yourself in this situation, these tips can make the conversations go much more smoothly. Let Them Know What You Need It’s best to be as open and honest with your other family members about what’s…
Read MoreTips for Solving Privacy Issues as a Caregiver
When you’re a caregiver, you may find that privacy takes a back seat to everything else. But when you, your senior, and possibly even other family members are all living together, it’s important to figure out those privacy issues. Make Sure Everyone Has Their Own Space Everyone needs at least a corner that is their…
Read MoreWhat Should You Take if Your Senior Has to Go into the Hospital?
A trip to the hospital can be scary, but it’s even worse if you and your elderly family member are underprepared. Try some of these ideas. Personal Information that You Might Need If you’ve already got an information sheet for your aging adult, make a copy and bring it with you. This information sheet needs…
Read MoreTips for Helping Keep Your Parent’s Home Cooler During Hot Weather
High temperatures can be very dangerous for elderly adults. Experts note that seniors over the age of 65 are at increased risk of suffering serious health complications associated with high temperatures. There are many reasons why elderly adults are more vulnerable to heat, including their bodies reduced ability to regulate temperature, potential effect of medications…
Read MoreFour Reasons People Might Feel Okay Criticizing Your Caregiving Skills
When you’re working as hard as you can every day to take the best care possible of your aging adult, criticism from other family members can hurt a lot. Whether they’re critiquing decisions you’re making or they’re telling you that they’d do a better job, you might want to dig deeper to figure out why…
Read MoreFive Tips for Journaling Your Way to Better Emotional Health
Journaling might be the answer you’ve been looking for to get past stressful times as a caregiver. Being a caregiver involves a lot of different emotions and juggling them can be exhausting. Writing in a journal gives you a way to give those emotions an outlet. Don’t Try to Make it Perfect One of the…
Read MoreManaging Incontinence: The Details Are Big
When it comes to managing incontinence, you and your senior might be convinced that this is a big issue that can’t be handled so easily. The thing is that it’s really the details that matter the most with incontinence. The smallest bits can be the most important ones. What Your Senior Eats and Drinks Your…
Read MoreHow Can You Develop Compassion for Yourself as a Caregiver?
It’s not unusual at all to see a caregiver have little to no self-compassion. It’s because the caregiver wants to do so much for their elderly family member and, while that’s admirable, it’s going to wear you out unless you do something about it. Examine How You Talk to Yourself When you’re busy and constantly…
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