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How Can Elder Care Alleviate Your Senior’s Stress?
So many daily care tasks require a great deal of energy, which can even increase the time it takes for your senior to handle simple tasks she used to do quite quickly. All of this can add stress to your elderly family member’s life, and that can cause health issues. Bringing in elder care providers…
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What Can You Do to Plan a Safe Trip Home from the Hospital for Your Senior?
There’s so much to consider when your elderly family member is coming home from the hospital. Some of the things that you most need to know can get lost in the deluge of information that you’re about to get. That’s why it helps to have as much outside assistance in your corner as you can.…
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Five Ways Your Senior Can Boost Her Health
Everyone wants to be a little bit healthier, especially your aging family member. Here are some simple ways that she can start to improve her health in small increments that build on each other. Get Serious about Exercise It’s important for your senior to talk to her doctor about how much exercise is okay for…
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How Does Staying Active Benefit Your Senior?
Increasing physical activity can have some really powerful benefits for your senior, but that doesn’t mean she’s on board with the idea right out of the gate. Try talking with her about some of these possible results and see if that helps to change her mind. She Can Keep Her Brain Healthy When your elderly…
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How Can Senior Care Help Your Parent Remain in Their Home?
Seniors that are able to age in place by staying in their familiar homes as they get older have better overall health and better mental health than seniors who don’t. There are a lot of proven benefits to having seniors stay at home. But as the children of someone that is aging you’re probably worried…
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Tips for Arranging Home Health Care in an Emergency
Any emergency with an aging parent is stressful. It’s hard not to feel the pressure as you worry about the outcome of this event. Whether your mom has a stroke that requires a long recovery or she’s fell and broke her hip, you need to take time to arrange the care services she needs. Home…
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Will Home Care Really Make a Difference in Mom’s Life? If She Struggles with Basic Tasks, Absolutely!
One question that some people may have when it comes to home care is, ‘Will it really make a difference in my aging mother’s life?’ The answer is simple: yes. A lot of people have various misconceptions about home care. Some people have no idea what home care is, what it offers, or the benefits…
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Three Ways for Home Health Care to Help After Eye Surgery
Your dad may need eye surgery if he suffers from cataracts, a retinal detachment, or other eye issues that occur with aging. If his eyelids are sagging and affecting his vision, he may need to have the skin on the eyelids pulled up in a surgical procedure. If he has to undergo eye surgery, talk…
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Risk Factors that May Lead to Colon Cancer
Colon cancer begins as pre-cancerous polyps develop in the colon or rectum. These polyps can be present in the colon for years before invasive cancer develops. They may not cause any symptoms, especially early on, which means your parent often won’t know if he has colon cancer until it’s spread. But fortunately, there are easy…
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