Home Care

Marina Pink

May 21, 20212 min read

Home Care: What Do You Do When Your Senior Suddenly Needs Help?

Home Care: It can be scary to realize that your elderly family member needs help immediately and unexpectedly. Even if you’ve known for a...

Benefits of Home Care: A Senior Care Worker Will Place the Needs of Their Client First

Marina Pink

May 16, 20213 min read

Benefits of Home Care: A Senior Care Worker Will Place the Needs of Their Client First

Benefits of Home Care: It’s easy to assume that most people are just selfish these days, that they are only looking out for themselves...

Stress: How Much Could Caregiving Be Affecting Your Health?

Marina Pink

Apr 16, 20212 min read

Stress: How Much Could Caregiving Be Affecting Your Health?

So many times, we do things without calculating the unexpected costs. Take, for example, being a caregiver for an aging parent or another...

Marina Pink

Mar 25, 20213 min read

Home Care: Should Mom Downsize?

Home Care: Does your mother refuse to move in with you? Does she also refuse to go to a nursing home? If so, neither you nor your mother...

How Might a Psychological Assessment Benefit Your Elderly Loved One?

Marina Pink

Mar 5, 20212 min read

How Might a Psychological Assessment Benefit Your Elderly Loved One?

Psychological assessments are used for many purposes. These assessments include an in-depth evaluation of someone’s mind. They can be...

Four Types of Overnight Issues Your Senior Might Face

Marina Pink

Feb 9, 20212 min read

Four Types of Overnight Issues Your Senior Might Face

You might find yourself dealing with far more of your senior’s needs overnight than you might expect. This can be particularly true if...

What Does It Take to Be a Resilient Caregiver?

Marina Pink

Jan 22, 20212 min read

What Does It Take to Be a Resilient Caregiver?

Resilience is a form of internal strength that helps you handle difficult situations. You can’t change your situation as a family...

How Should You Respond if Your Senior Refuses Help?

Marina Pink

Jan 8, 20212 min read

How Should You Respond if Your Senior Refuses Help?

It is not unusual at all for aging family members to refuse help from others. That’s frustrating for you, especially if it’s painfully...

Not All Home Care Is the Same, So It’s Important to Know What’s Needed

Marina Pink

Oct 23, 20202 min read

Not All Home Care Is the Same, So It’s Important to Know What’s Needed

There may be somebody in your family who requires some type of care. Is it your mother? Your father? A grandparent, spouse, sibling,...

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....

Weight Loss: How Do You Help Your Mom With Her Doctor’s Recommendation?

Marina Pink

Sep 4, 20202 min read

Weight Loss: How Do You Help Your Mom With Her Doctor’s Recommendation?

Your mom needs to lose weight per her last medical visit. It could be she’s pre-diabetic, has diabetes, or has high blood pressure. No...

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...

Driving Safely: Watch For These Signs That Skills Are Changing

Marina Pink

Aug 7, 20202 min read

Driving Safely: Watch For These Signs That Skills Are Changing

NHTSA’s 2015 data finds that about 240,000 older adults were injured in crashes that year. That accounted for about 10 percent of all...

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...

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...

COVID – A Guide to Help You Stay Safe When You Care for Your Parents

Marina Pink

May 8, 20202 min read

COVID – A Guide to Help You Stay Safe When You Care for Your Parents

As a family caregiver, coronavirus has to be on your mind. People can have the virus and not have any symptoms. Also, symptoms can vary...

Take a Look at the Ways Caregivers Help Alzheimer’s Patients

Marina Pink

Apr 24, 20202 min read

Take a Look at the Ways Caregivers Help Alzheimer’s Patients

Until you’ve been an Alzheimer’s caregiver, it’s impossible to know how rewarding and challenging it is. People with Alzheimer’s need...