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How to Care for Adults with Special Needs
Caring for disabled seniors or seniors with special needs is a double whammy of sorts. The reason being, first, they are disabled. Second, age is not on their side anymore. Professional caregivers have to be extra careful while tending care for adults with special needs, as they have to be handled delicately else they might ...
Common Elderly Health Issues and How to Take Care of Them
Common Elderly Health Issues
There are certain diseases common in aged people. Old age makes people vulnerable to these diseases and each comes with its own set of issues. Caregiving for elderly people must deal with these common elderly health issues carefully as aging makes them frail, have to be administered treatment carefully because of low ...
Ways to Communicate with Your Loved Ones to Improve Your Relationship
Effective communication is essential for the survival of a relationship, especially when it concerns your loved ones. There are many ways to communicate with loved ones. Among these loved ones, it is our elders who expect our best when it comes to communicating, as the slightest feeling of ignorance causes them great hurt. Communication gaps ...
Main Competencies that are Needed for Home Care Professional
What are the main competencies that are needed for Home Care Professional?
Being a caregiver is not everyone’s cup of tea. To be a successful caregiver or home care professional one must have certain qualities and skills. Below mentioned are a few of these competencies that are mandatory for a caregiver to possess.
Compassion:
Successful caregivers and home ...
Ways to Respond When Alzheimer’s & Dementia Patients Says I Want to Go Home
Patients suffering from Alzheimer’s & Dementia in residential care often want to go home. To those around them such as caregivers, this can be very daunting. It is a known fact that Alzheimer’s and Dementia patients experience a continuous decline in thinking, behavioral and social skills disrupting their ability to think independently. In such tricky ...
The Caregiver’s Life : An Introduction
An Introduction About the Caregiver's Life in Six Stages
Caregiving is and has always been a very selfless service. Helping someone with his/her day-to-day activities is not an easy task and demands that the caregiver remain fully committed to his duties. These include taking care of someone with a chronic illness, managing his medications, talking to ...
Independent vs. Assisted Living: What to Know and How to Decide
Growing old isn’t as burdensome as one presumes; as long as it’s done right. The dilemma majority of the seniors face is in deciding whether to live independently or to reach out for assistance. This dilemma becomes all the more agonizing if one suffers from any form of illness or disability. Thus preventing them from ...
Voyage Houston Published Victoria Bryant’s Journey
Voyage Houston Published Victoria Bryant's Journey
Voyage Group of Magazines in Los Angeles, with there flagship publication VoyageLA. After generating first million page views in LA they knew their content was resonating with the community. They started grown to Houston and a handful of other amazing cities with the help of an amazing network of friends, ...
How to Forgive Someone You Cared For
It is something that has happened to all of us at some stage or the other in life. We have ended up caring for people who have hurt us either consciously or inadvertently. These experiences are necessary at times as they make us wiser and stronger, teaching us that we cannot stop caring but have ...
Choosing an Independent Living Community for Seniors
Assisted Living aims at providing Independent Living Care to seniors. Who are mentally and physically capable of living alone without the need for skilled nursing or any other kind of assistance with regards to day-to-day activities.
WHAT IS INDEPENDENT LIVING?
Independent Living is aimed at freeing individuals generally 55 years and above from the responsibility of running ...