6 Tips For Preventing Caregiver Burnout
Being a caregiver to an elderly individual (be it a family member or someone unrelated) can be a strenuous and thankless job. Caregiving involves many physical, mental, and emotional aspects and can be equally draining in all of these facets. For these reasons,...
8 Low Cost Adventures With Your Sons
Much has been written about the importance of parents having one-on-one time with their children. Some people might think that automatically means dads and sons, moms and daughters. Well, iit is just as important for opposite-sex parents and kids to spend time alone...
9 Low-Cost Father/Daughter Adventures
Some families call them “daddy-daughter” days; others refer to them as “just us” outings. Regardless of what they are called, dads and daughters, at any age, have everything to gain by spending meaningful one-on-one time together. The daughter-dad bond will be...
3 Ways To Connect With Your Family On Busy Weeknights
It is 7:30 on a Tuesday night, you have just gotten home from work, and you are exhausted. The kids are waiting for you at the door. Dinner is on the stove. You really just want to take a shower and hit the couch. It is too late to play catch or start a movie. You...
4 Tips To Keep Seniors Independent And Safe
As tempting as it may be to err on the side of caution and over-manage your aging parent’s other loved one’s daily life, a few subtle changes can make a huge difference in their safety as well as your peace of mind as they become a little less sure of their daily...
4 Ways to Get Outside More With Your Family
Depending on what part of the country you live in, or the season, your options for ways to spend time outdoors with your family will vary. You might have to bundle up, but spending time outdoors with your loved ones can happen anywhere and almost anytime! Here are...
3 Long Term Health Benefits Of Hitting The Pool
Swimming and other water activities as a form of exercise is especially useful as an alternate method to land-based programs to stay in shape as people age. Jumping into a pool to cool off, or maybe floating around on a summer day are pretty common ways to take...
Diabetes and Long Term Care: 3 Things to Consider
More than one-quarter of Americans over the age of 65 live with diabetes, a chronic, progressive disease that can ravage the human body over time if not managed. Among the many medical conditions and complications resulting from diabetes are heart and kidney disease,...
5 Tips To Prevent Fall Injuries
Every year, many elderly individuals fall. This fact is important because once an individual falls once, they double their chances of falling again. Additionally, many who do fall, do not report this to their doctor and therefore may not get the help and support they...
The 5 Major Health Events That Require Long Term Care
Prevention is key when it comes to decreasing the need for future long term care for the elderly. However, the truth is that the elderly population are at high risk for many health events that will likely result in the need for long term care. Long term care policies...
