Tips to Help Your Senior Be More Accepting of Help
Home Care Assistance Ridgefield CT – Easing your senior into accepting help from home car assistance professionals is a good idea. Try some of these ideas to keep her mind open about this new idea.
Why Might Your Senior Consider a Gluten-Free Diet?
Home Care Southbury CT-It isn’t just trendy to adopt a gluten-free diet, but your senior might need a little help from home care providers to make the task easier. Gluten-free Diet Awareness Month is every November.
Control Chronic Pain and Improve Quality of Life
There’s no denying it: growing older frequently means experiencing more aches and pains. Instead of giving up and succumbing to the pain, there are everyday practices that may help you manage it and improve your quality of life. Some individuals become less active in response to pain. However, idleness may aggravate the discomfort and jeopardize […]
How to Handle Driving When It’s Time Your Senior Stopped
If it’s time for you and your senior to decide about her ability to drive, you can’t afford to wait. This is a talk that you need sooner rather than later, so everyone has time to adjust to the new normal. Is Your Senior Safe on the Road? Before you even bring up the topic […]
Support the Family Caregivers in Your Mom’s Life
Who helps your mom each day? For many families, cost-cutting measures mean that someone in the family is a designated family caregiver. When you have a sister, brother, or other family member who provides most of your mom’s care, have you stopped to consider how much support they’re getting? A Few Facts About Family Caregivers […]
Common Causes of Vision Loss in the Elderly
Vision loss is common in the elderly. Studies show 1/3 of older adults have some form of vision-reducing eye disease by the age of 65. The most common causes of vision loss are cataracts, glaucoma, macular degeneration, and diabetic retinopathy. Cataracts Cataracts are the most common cause of blindness worldwide, and are common in those […]
Centenarian Celebration!
We love to celebrate our centenarians! Happy 100th Birthday, Doris! Pictured from left to right: Jennifer Nicoletti (Sales & Marketing Manager) Maureen Ruiters (Care Coordinator) Doris (Our beautiful centenarian) Nonny (Doris’ Live-in CNA) If you or an aging loved one is considering in-home care in New Milford, CT, please contact the caring staff at […]
Is Family Caregiving Impacting Your Work and Personal Life?
One out of five family caregivers reports feeling alone. Worse, just over half felt they didn’t have a choice regarding caring for an aging parent, friend, or relative. When caregivers also work, more than half adjust their work hours while 14% switch from full-time to part-time. Is family caregiving impacting your work and personal life? […]
Help Your Mom Adapt to Common Issues With Aging
Getting older is tough for everyone in some way. It can be isolating as your work friends retire and move to new areas or your children grow up and start families of their own. Muscle strength may diminish some, making it hard to complete everything you used to do on your own. Another aspect of […]
Our Caregiver Of The Quarter!
Enid Powell has been selected as Caregiver of the Quarter for the 2nd quarter of 2022! Enid is one of our most seasoned caregivers and her passion for taking care of others shows. Words used by clients to describe Enid are experienced, competent, kind, gentle, and skilled. She is nothing short of exceptional. Congratulations Enid! […]
