As we age, it often becomes more difficult to meet our daily needs. Tasks like preparing food, grooming, and dressing pose challenges. But not everyone wants to leave their homes and live in a care facility. Is there another option? The Self/Family Managed Care...

When you’re young, it’s easier to find outlets where you can socialize with people. You see others regularly at school, work, and social events like concerts and parties. But less and less of your time is spent at these types of gatherings when you get older. As a...

As a caregiver, it is difficult to see your loved one experience pain. Arthritis is a chronic disease that is characterized by the swelling and stiffness of joints, which causes pain and a limited range of motion. It devastates many areas of the body, and depending on...

Failure to reduce the spread of coronavirus at a family level can tear apart the lives of millions. Due to the close proximity and sharing of household items, if one family member contracts COVID-19, the rest of the members are also very likely to get infected. We...

Truth is, it takes a very special kind of a person to be a caregiver. Caregivers do much more than just attend to the needs of their patients. They nurture, they listen, they affirm, they provide companionship, and much more. If your senior loved one or a sick family...

As age sets in, our immune system grows weaker and this makes our bodies more prone to infections. Maintaining proper hygiene for seniors positively affects their physical health and overall well-being. Some senior citizens who are either too frail or burdened with...

Keeping your medications jumbled up in a mess may result in mix-ups, wasted time spent hunting for the right medication, missing a dose or even overdosing. If you’re taking care of a senior loved one, organizing their medication is imperative. According to medical...

As the time arrives to decide how to assist an elderly family member through those difficult periods when they are not physically able to take care of themselves, the choice may be a challenging one. How will you know what is right for the elderly individual in your...

  The modern world is a busy, hectic place. There’s a lot to be done on any given day, and we tend to try to schedule it very rigidly; from getting to and from work, to our chores at home, taking care of kids, going to events, meetings outside of work, your...

Apparently, private home care is becoming widely utilized as an alternative means of receiving medical treatment and care without compromising the needs of our loved ones. In many countries private home care facilities are in abundance considering the demands of many...