Senior Care Blog

For the past several months, family caregivers have had to face seemingly monumental challenges connected with the care of the seniors they love.

If an older loved one with dementia expresses feelings like this, you may have thought to yourself that he or she was simply in denial and not willing to accept such a difficult diagnosis. But then again, there could be a different reason: anosognosia, or a person’s actual unawareness that the individual is affected by dementia.

Think of the most perfect holiday season you are able to imagine. While that image will vary a little for each of us, it could include lights, gifts, good food, and traditions passed down through the generations.

Not long ago, it seemed as though there was really no other alternative for seniors with care needs than to make the move to a nursing home or assisted living facility. Plenty of people presume this is still the way it is when further care needs appear for a senior parent. However, home care services have continued to increase in popularity and availability, and more seniors are now deciding that aging in place is the right path for them.

Although some heart attacks come on quickly and without warning, the majority are prefaced by some degree of mild pain and discomfort.

If you’re managing all of the care for your aging parents solo while your siblings refrain from helping, you’re not alone. As a matter of fact, as many as half of all family caregivers are taking care of an aging loved one on their own, according to a recent report from AARP. It’s one of the top family caregiver challenges being faced, and can be difficult to know how to resolve.

The complex steps necessary to enable us to see are mind-boggling. In the blink of an eye, our brains can easily take transmitted specifics of the world around us, translate that information based on input from other senses, memories, and thoughts, and then build an understanding of that information to make us aware of what we are seeing.

If you made a resolution back in January to exercise more this year, hopefully you are continuing to stick with it! As it turns out, adding more physical activity to your everyday routine is one resolution we should all be working on. For older adults, many of whom take multiple medications for a variety of health conditions, this is especially true.

As people grow older, assistive devices in the home can make everyday life simpler and less hazardous. There’s a wide selection of assistive equipment solutions for home care available on the market today that can improve senior safety and help older adults to remain more comfortable at home. At Hillendale Home Care, we would like to provide you with some insider advice for purchasing and using some of the most widely used pieces of home care equipment.