Caregiver

Marina Pink

Dec 17, 20202 min read

Is Your Senior Anxious about Falling?

Talk to your elderly family member about whether she’s experiencing any anxiety around falling. If she is, you may have noticed that...

What Services Can an Elder Care Provider Offer Your Loved One?

Marina Pink

Dec 3, 20202 min read

What Services Can an Elder Care Provider Offer Your Loved One?

If you are wondering how to help make things easier for your elderly loved one, one thing you can do is to hire elder care providers....

Dealing With a Resistant Father? Three Ways to Get Him Up and Active

Marina Pink

Oct 9, 20202 min read

Dealing With a Resistant Father? Three Ways to Get Him Up and Active

Thirty minutes of exercise each day is the recommendation by medical professionals. It’s not a lot to ask, yet some adults aren’t active...

How Can Home Care Services Help Your Elderly Loved One with Skin Cancer?

Marina Pink

Sep 17, 20202 min read

How Can Home Care Services Help Your Elderly Loved One with Skin Cancer?

Does your elderly loved one have skin cancer? This can be very scary for your elderly loved one, yourself, and other family members....

What Home Care Services Are Best When Your Mom Loses Her Vision?

Marina Pink

Aug 21, 20202 min read

What Home Care Services Are Best When Your Mom Loses Her Vision?

The National Institute of Health estimates that 6.1 million older adults have some level of vision loss. Of them, 350,000 are blind. If...

Can Personal Care Tasks Be Easier for You and Your Senior?

Marina Pink

Jul 24, 20202 min read

Can Personal Care Tasks Be Easier for You and Your Senior?

Getting dressed, showering, and other personal tasks like these may become difficult enough for your senior that she needs your help....

Is There a Way to Keep Track of Your Stress Level?

Marina Pink

Jul 10, 20202 min read

Is There a Way to Keep Track of Your Stress Level?

Keeping track of your own stress level is crucial. It helps you to pay attention to your own needs, first and foremost, but it also helps...

Four Ways Home Care Helps Someone With Macular Degeneration

Marina Pink

Jun 26, 20202 min read

Four Ways Home Care Helps Someone With Macular Degeneration

Macular degeneration occurs when the center of the retina starts to deteriorate. That section known as the macula controls your central...

Elder Care is the Answer to Getting Your Mom Back on Her Feet After Hip Surgery

Marina Pink

Jun 12, 20202 min read

Elder Care is the Answer to Getting Your Mom Back on Her Feet After Hip Surgery

If your mom is suffering from hip pain due to arthritis, her doctor will have her try non-surgical treatments first. Exercises and weight...

MAY – Learn What the Numbers Mean During National Blood Pressure Education Month

Marina Pink

May 21, 20202 min read

MAY – Learn What the Numbers Mean During National Blood Pressure Education Month

Have you ever stopped to understand exactly what blood pressure readings mean? National Blood Pressure Education Month is here. It’s a...

Surefire Ways to Avoid Picking Up a Virus While Running Errands

Marina Pink

Apr 10, 20202 min read

Surefire Ways to Avoid Picking Up a Virus While Running Errands

Around the world, people are worried about coronavirus. At this point, seasonal influenza is a bigger risk, as are chest colds, head...

Should Your Senior Exercise if She Has COPD?

Serra Gonzalez

Mar 20, 20202 min read

Should Your Senior Exercise if She Has COPD?

If your senior has COPD, she may still want to try to exercise. Exercise can help to strengthen her lungs as well as the other systems in...

Marina Pink

Feb 5, 20202 min read

What Should Your Parent with Hep C Eat?

Hepatitis C, commonly called Hep C, is a disease that affects the liver. It is caused by a virus and is transmitted through the blood and...

What Activities Can Home Care Do with Wheelchair-Bound Seniors?

Marina Pink

Jan 22, 20202 min read

What Activities Can Home Care Do with Wheelchair-Bound Seniors?

Boredom affects many older adults, especially those who live alone. The problem can be compounded for older adults who are in...

Four Reasons Social Interactions Are Important for Your Senior

Marina Pink

Nov 22, 20192 min read

Four Reasons Social Interactions Are Important for Your Senior

Lots of older adults don’t have social lives that are as active as they once might have been. If that’s the case for your senior, you...

Marina Pink

Oct 23, 20192 min read

Preventing the Spread of Germs

One benefit of receiving senior care at home is that they aren’t normally in an environment where they will come into contact with...

Marina Pink

Oct 10, 20192 min read

Winning the Water Wars with Your Senior

Even a little bit of dehydration can be dangerous for your aging family member. But convincing him to drink more water might be a war in...

4 Signs You’re Suffering from Caregiver Burnout

Marina Pink

Sep 20, 20192 min read

4 Signs You’re Suffering from Caregiver Burnout

Caregiver burnout occurs when caregivers find themselves feeling exhausted—physically, emotionally, and mentally. It’s caused by the...

September 8 Is National Grandparent’s Day.

Marina Pink

Sep 4, 20193 min read

September 8 Is National Grandparent’s Day.

In 1978, then-President Jimmy Carter signed proclamation 4580, commemorating a special day “to honor grandparents, to give grandparents...

Marina Pink

Jun 7, 20192 min read

How Long Will Dad’s Gout Last?

Gout is a kind of arthritis that often causes sudden and intense pain in the toe joint. The pain can be so severe that it interrupts...