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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...

After a Heart Attack, Experienced Elder Care Can Help Dad Get Back to Strength and Into Life

Marina Pink

Apr 7, 20212 min read

After a Heart Attack, Experienced Elder Care Can Help Dad Get Back to Strength and Into Life

f your father has had a heart attack recently, it can certainly be a frightening experience for everyone. For him, he may have honestly...

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...

Great Pampering Gifts for your Parent for Valentine’s Day

Marina Pink

Feb 5, 20213 min read

Great Pampering Gifts for your Parent for Valentine’s Day

Valentine’s Day is right around the corner, and you might be fresh out of ideas about what to get your aging parent as a small token of...

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...

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....

Keeping Your Senior Safe During The Pandemic

Marina Pink

Nov 20, 20203 min read

Keeping Your Senior Safe During The Pandemic

There’s no doubt everyone had hoped the Covid-19 pandemic would be gone by this time. But unfortunately, with fall and winter just around...

Promoting Brain Health: What Do You and Your Elderly Loved One Need to Know?

Marina Pink

Nov 6, 20202 min read

Promoting Brain Health: What Do You and Your Elderly Loved One Need to Know?

Have you been wondering how you can help your elderly loved one to protect their brain health? If so, you are not alone. There are many...

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...