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Is it Dementia or Normal Aging? What to Do When You Suspect Cognitive Impairment

Alzheimer's - Dementia, Senior Health

You completely forgot about the doctor’s appointment scheduled for last Tuesday, misplaced your keys for the umpteenth time, and cannot recall the name of your new neighbor for the life of you. Is it dementia or normal aging? The worry over developing Alzheimer’s is common, leading to anxieties about our own potential loss of independence […]

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How to Properly Dispose of Expired/Unwanted Medication for Elderly Loved Ones

Blog, medication, Medication Management, Senior Health, Senior Safety

With many aging parents taking several different prescriptions, and with doctors changing and adding dosages and medications to find out the ideal solutions, it is crucial to understand what to do with medication for elderly loved ones that is no longer needed or that has expired. There are several options: Check labels. The medication’s label

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Help for Dementia Challenges: Refusal to Change Clothes

Alzheimer's - Dementia, Home Care, Quality of Life, Senior Health, Senior Safety

Being a caregiver for someone with Alzheimer’s disease or another form of dementia requires patience, empathy, and creativity, the capacity to step away from your own reasoning and logic and realize why particular dementia challenges are happening, and then to determine how to effectively manage them. That’s certainly the situation with a family member who

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Is Senior Home Care Safe Now?

Blog, Caregiver Health, Caregiver Support & Tips, COVID-19, Family Caregiving, Senior Safety

Looking at the past several months, family caregivers have had to handle seemingly unsurmountable challenges connected with the care of the seniors they love. With COVID-19’s specific dangers to the elderly and those diagnosed with underlying health conditions, such as COPD, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and others that are common in seniors, families have struggled with

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How to Best Manage Disinhibited Behaviors for a Senior with Dementia

Alzheimer's - Dementia, Blog, Caregiver Health, Home Care, Quality of Life, Respite Care, Senior Health

Awkwardness. Discomfort. Disbelief. Shame. Each one of these feelings can cycle through a family caregiver’s heart when a senior with dementia displays disinhibited behaviors, such as: Tactless or rude comments Unacceptable sexual advances or remarks Removal of clothing at improper times And other socially unacceptable actions The complex changes that occur to the brain in

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Fall Prevention Strategies to Implement After a Senior Falls

Alzheimer's - Dementia, Blog, Fall Prevention, Family Caregiving, Lifting and Transferring, Long-Term Care, Senior Health, Senior Safety

While circus clowns and comedians may stir audiences to laughter over such stunts as slipping on a banana peel, there’s nothing funny about falling when it comes to older adults, who happen to be at a greater risk for serious injuries that could lead to a lengthy rehabilitation process. Not only that, but there’s a

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Elective Medical Procedures: Are They Safe Now for Seniors?

Blog, Healthy Habits, Quality of Life, Senior Health, Senior Safety, Surgery

The COVID-19 pandemic has put many events on pause, including medical appointments and procedures. As a matter of fact, approximately half of all adults either canceled or put off routine health care and elective medical procedures since the coronavirus crisis began, leading medical professionals to grow worried about the consequences.

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An Accidental Breakthrough in Parkinson’s Research Brings Us Closer to Reversing Symptoms

Blog, Caregiver Health, Home Care, Parkinson's disease

Researchers at the UC San Diego School of Medicine, who believed they were examining connective tissue cell protein, got quite a surprise when they instead stumbled upon a therapy to eradicate the outward symptoms of Parkinson’s disease in mice. Not only that, but the therapy may be beneficial in various conditions that call for the

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How to Respond when Dementia Causes Accusations of Wrongdoing

Alzheimer's - Dementia, Blog, Senior Finances, Senior Health, Senior Safety

It can come seemingly out of thin air: you place your loved one’s favorite tuna sandwich in front of her – light on the mayo, no onions – something which usually brings her enjoyment. But this time, she shoves the plate away and does not want to take a bite, insisting that you’ve poisoned the

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