Senior Health

Caregiving Solo? Here’s Why It’s Vital to Partner with Professionals for Dementia Care

Alzheimer's - Dementia, Blog, Family Caregiving, Geriatric Care Assessment, Home Care, Long-Term Care, Quality of Life, Respite Care, Senior Health

While millions of older adults are dealing with the challenges of Alzheimer’s disease, a far greater number of family members are trying to cope with caring for them. Surprisingly, nearly 75% of family caregivers are managing their senior loved ones’ dementia care needs by themselves, with only 26% reaching out for professional care support. Naturally, families want […]

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Top Tips Dementia Caregivers Wish They’d Known Sooner

Alzheimer's - Dementia, Blog, Caregiver Health, Family Caregiving, Home Care, Respite Care, Senior Health, Senior Safety

Sometimes, the most beneficial lessons in life come through experiencing them firsthand; yet the wisdom we are able to discover from those who’ve walked a comparable journey before us is priceless. If you are providing care for someone you care about with dementia and becoming a bit stressed in this uncharted territory, the tips below will help:

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Take a Crash Course in the Two Primary Types of Alzheimer’s Medications

Alzheimer's - Dementia, Medication Management, Senior Health

The latest Alzheimer’s data is worrying. The condition has become the 6th leading cause of death, overtaking both breast cancer and prostate cancer combined. And even though deaths from several chronic conditions, including cardiovascular illnesses, are decreasing, those from Alzheimer’s have grown more than 100%. The toll the condition takes on family caregivers is similarly astonishing, with

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Two Incredible New Alzheimer’s Disease Breakthroughs

Alzheimer's - Dementia, Blog, Senior Health

Exciting research is zeroing in ever nearer to the eradication of Alzheimer’s disease, this time in the form of two medications already developed and approved by the FDA. This allows for expedited clinical trials and hopefully fast-tracking us closer to a cure. The first, surprisingly, is a drug used to treat HIV. Scientists have found that the genetic

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The Dangers of Loneliness Among the Elderly – and How to Help

Depression, Home Care, Quality of Life, Senior Health

With more than 325 million people living in the U.S. alone, it’s hard to believe that loneliness would be as prevalent as it is. Yet more than half of all older adults live alone, and over a million of them are estimated to be chronically lonely. In fact, nearly half of seniors researched reported that

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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

Blog, Healthy Habits, Quality of Life, Senior Health

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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Turkey, Sweet Potatoes, and…a Trip to the Hospital Emergency Room?

Blog, Family Caregiving, Senior Health, Senior Safety

Although we might picture a Norman Rockwell-worthy Thanksgiving get-together, with the whole family enjoying quality time with one another and Grandma’s traditional food, the truth for many families involves something unanticipated: a visit to the hospital emergency room. Statistics reveal that emergency room visits for older adults jump an astounding 10% – 20% throughout the holidays.

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How an Elephant’s Memory May Help Us Better Understand Alzheimer’s Disease

Alzheimer's - Dementia, Blog, Senior Health

The old adage is true: elephants really do have impressive memories, even into their later years. For instance, they can recall and return to extremely specific locations many years after visiting them, regardless of age. Exactly what can we discover from elephants that may translate into enhancing our own brain performance later in life, and

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