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Signs Your Parent Should No Longer Be Living Alone
It’s saddening for any adult to admit that a parent—who has presumably spent a lifetime caring, nurturing, and helping them—has now become the one who needs extra care and help.
Do you ever realize that your aging parents may need more help than you can give?
Life is busy and you can’t be there for them all ...
Healthcare Services in Houston All Senior Citizens Should Know About
Healthcare Services in Houston
“People who don’t cherish their elderly have forgotten whence they came and whither they go.” – Ramsey Clark
Time waits for nobody, and soon before you realize it, your hair starts greying and wrinkles start to appear on your face. Dealing with old age and covering up the distance from independence to dependence ...
How’s Professional Care different from Family Care?
As soon as the effects of aging start showing in the behaviour of our elderly parents, we understand that they need care. But assessing which type of care is best for them, professional care or personal care, can be a challenge. Usually, caring for parents in their senior years starts with providing some amount of ...
Best Possible Caregiving for Elderly Parents
Caregiving for Elderly Parents
Caregiving for elderly parents can be an overwhelming job that falls upon our shoulders within the blink of an eye. While seeing our independent parents slowly becoming dependent hits our hearts with emotional turmoil, the sudden load of caregiving for elderly can leave us shattered and overburdened. But it is important to ...
Personalized Advice for Communicating Effectively with Seniors
Communicating Effectively with Seniors:
Sometimes it can be very hard to communicate effectively with seniors. Half of the time people find it very hard to decipher what they say, and the other half of their time is spent in patiently explaining to senior people what heir point of view is. Frustrating it may be though, the ...
What is Seasonal Affective Disorder?
Are you a caregiver for seniors? Do you feel that a few individuals whom you look after often become moody and melancholy during the winter? Don’t let this go unnoticed, they might be suffering from Seasonal Affective Disorder or SAD.
What is seasonal affective disorder?
Seasonal affective disorder is a form of depression that occurs at the ...
Complete Guide to Home Health Care in Houston
Home Health Care in Houston
Home health care, as the name suggests is providing home care to the elderly or injured. The range of services offered is very broad, and varies for every individual. If you’ve just begun looking for a senior home health care plan for your loved ones, or want to request at home ...
5 Meaningful Activities for Loved Ones as a Family Caregiver
Family Caregiver
As a family caregiver, it is imperative that you plan enough meaningful activities for the loved ones that you are responsible for. Without proper and enough activities, loved ones in care might not get enough exercise and might withdraw within themselves, which isn't good for their mental or physical health. Some of the meaningful ...
Home Health Care
What is Home Health Care?
Home Health Care consists of a wide range of medical services that is given wherever you call home. The goal of care is treat an illness or injury. It is to help you recover from an illness, regain your strength and help you get back on your feet as soon as ...
Personal Home Care Assistant Services
What is personal home care?
Personal home care is a non-medical professional caregiver serviced by a licensed agency to help clients in their home with activities of daily living (ADLs).
How is it different from Home Health Care or Hospice Care?
Personal home care provides non-medical services such as personal hygiene, transportation, toileting, light housekeeping, medication assistance, ...