Determining when aging parents need home care assistance is never easy. Here are five ways to ensure it's the right decision before approaching yours about the topic.
The majority of falls happen at home, making it imperative that you take steps to protect the safety of your senior loved one living at home. To help you do that, here are some simple steps you can take to prevent falls in the home.
Millions of aging in place Americans aged 65-and-over suffer from the degenerative bone disease known as osteoporosis. Unfortunately for many seniors with osteoporosis, enjoying the daily activities they once did has now become a painful and dangerous undertaking.
As the aging process continues, a fear of falling can eventually limit an at-home senior’s activities to the point it threatens their wellbeing and independence. To help ensure that doesn’t happen to your loved one, try these reliable steps to help them overcome their fears.
Whenever you’ve tried to discuss getting an assistive device for him, like a walker, he gets defensive and says: “Those things are for old people!”. What should you do? Persuading an elderly parent that it’s time to use a walker isn’t easy. What follows are some creative ways to get them to agree.
Roughly one-third of senior Americans aged 65 and older fall each year, and many of those mishaps result in moderate to severe injuries including broken bones. Elderly persons with dementia are even greater fall risks, and sometimes wander off from their homes. And, as a caregiver looking after a senior loved one still aging in place, all these troubling scenarios can keep you up at night.
