Posts from April, 2021 April 30, 2021 How Can Your Senior Manage Arthritis Pain in Her Hips? Hip joints get a lot of wear and tear over the years. The hip joint is one of the biggest joints in the body and every time your senior takes a step, extra strain gets added onto that joint. As she ages, your elderly family member may be dealing with painful arthritis in one ... Read More April 23, 2021 Stress Affects Most Family Caregivers, and Elder Care Can Make a Big Difference Many times we don’t realize just how much stress is impacting us. We don’t notice how it is affecting our families, friends, and loved ones in our small circles of life. Yet, it has such an impact that it can destroy relationships, affect finances, and even deteriorate ... Read More April 16, 2021 Five Practical Steps for Helping Your Senior to Manage Isolation and Depression Depression and isolation are huge issues for aging adults. It’s way too easy for your senior to give up on being around other people, and that can be a dangerous perspective for her to have. Talk to Her Doctor about General Health Issues There are a lot of different reasons ... Read More April 09, 2021 Build a Family Cookbook for Future Generations Do you need a fun hobby your parents, your siblings, and you can all work on together? Have you considered saving important family recipes in a cookbook you create together? Collect the Recipes As you start to plan your family cookbook, think of the recipes that you have ... Read More April 02, 2021 What Can You Do to Help a Family Member with Dementia Exhibiting Difficult Behavior? Dementia changes how your elderly family member’s brain works, which means that there are some differences in how she expresses herself. That might mean that she starts wandering or that she starts to ask repetitive questions. In some people with dementia, that means that ... Read More
