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The Latest Research on Low Blood Sugar and Senior Diabetes May Surprise You

Blog, Caregiver Health, Diabetes Care, Exercise, Failure to Thrive, Family Caregiving, Healthy Habits, Home Care, Kidney Disease, Quality of Life, Respite Care, Senior Health, Senior Safety

The latest recommendations from the Endocrine Society regarding low blood sugar, the elderly and diabetes are surprising, to say the least: lower blood sugar isn’t always best. And for people who’ve been maintaining a routine of finger pricks, insulin injections, and thorough monitoring of food consumed, this alteration may be rather hard to swallow. Known as de-intensification, geriatricians are […]

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Dementia and Personal Hygiene: Creative Strategies to Avoid Resistance

Alzheimer's - Dementia, Caregiver Health, Depression, Family Caregiving, Healthy Habits, Home Care, Lifting and Transferring, Personal Home Care, Quality of Life, Senior Health, Senior Safety

Out of all the struggles related to providing care for a loved one with dementia, the Alzheimer’s Association reveals that the most prevalent challenge is with personal hygiene, for a number of reasons: Decreased sense of vision and smell Comfort present in familiarity (for example, needing to wear the same clothes over and over again) The complexities

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Senior Care Tips: How to Keep Motivation from Shifting to Bullying

Blog, Caregiver Health, Depression, Elder Abuse, Failure to Thrive, Family Caregiving, Healthy Habits, Home Care, Long-Term Care, Quality of Life, Respite Care, Senior Safety

As a family senior care provider, you likely experience a wide range of emotions each day: shared laughter over a joke with your loved one; worry over a health concern; and of course, from time to time, irritations. We would like only the best for the individuals we love, and when an older adult is resistant

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Before Your Next Doctor Appointment, Review These Tips

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On any particular day, a physician typically has approximately 20 patients to see – combined with phone calls, paperwork, as well as other administrative duties. It leaves precious little time spent with each patient, which is the reason why it’s important to optimize that time and make certain you properly comprehend the results of each doctor appointment.

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Fight Depression in the Elderly by Creating Positivity and Purpose

Blog, Depression, Healthy Habits, Quality of Life

Think of an average day in the life of a senior loved one. Ideally it includes more than a few positive and enriching experiences: enjoying breakfast, participating in a fun pastime or interest, visiting with a relative, watching a favorite TV program. Nevertheless, there is a distinction between positivity and purpose; and the value of

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Alzheimer’s Walk: Why Wandering Happens and How to Help

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Out of all the outcomes of Alzheimer’s disease, probably one of the most worrying is the Alzheimer’s Walk, or an individual’s tendency for wandering and the potential dangers that can arise if the senior becomes disoriented or lost. Wandering can occur any time the older adult is: Scared, confused or overwhelmed Looking for someone or something Bored

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How to Live Life to the Fullest in Spite of Chronic Pain and Illness

Blog, Depression, Family Caregiving, Healthy Habits, Home Care, Quality of Life, Respite Care, Senior Health, Senior Safety

Have you ever started your day and said, “It’s definitely going to be one of those days!” Perhaps your alarm didn’t go off, the hot water heater stopped working, and the dog chewed up one of your most loved shoes overnight. Now envision if every single day were “one of those days!” For a person

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Why We Should Celebrate Growing Older: The Benefits of Aging

Healthy Habits, Home Care, Quality of Life, Senior Health

A quick Google search for the term “aging” brings up such topics as “coping with aging,” “what you can do about aging,” and even “the cure to aging.” The negative connotations to aging are, sadly, so engrained in our society that it’s predicted that by the year 2021, we’ll be spending over $300 billion in anti-aging

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Mix in a Little Playtime with Your DuPage County Home Care for Better Health

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Remember that feeling as a child as soon as the school bell rang, signifying the end of science and the start of the very best part of the day: recess? There was a tremendous sense of freedom bounding out onto the playground, leaving behind the stress of school work for a brief period of unstructured

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Senior Malnutrition: How It Could Be Impacting Your Senior Loved Ones

Healthy Habits, Senior Health

Remember weekend dinners at Grandma’s, whenever the entire family came together round the table to enjoy a hearty meal, chitchat, and laughter? Regrettably, with many families now living far away from their older family members, and with so many urgent needs pulling us in different directions, it’s hard to continue this tradition – and it

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