Bringing the Calm Back into Caregiving
Caregiving doesn’t seem to have a lot of room in it for calm, but there is far more possibility for that than you might realize. A lot of the solution involves changing your approach to the emotional aspects of caregiving. When you can change how...
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Four Ways to Recognize Depression in Seniors
Your elderly family member may be battling depression at any point in her life. There are misconceptions that depression always has to have a specific reason or cause. While there are causes, your senior may not be able to point to a cause herself....
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Is Your Elderly Loved One Sundowning?
As you probably know, people with dementia go through good and bad days. However, did you know that dementia symptoms can occur at certain times of the day? Studies show that dementia symptoms often appear later in the day. This is called...
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Tips for Sharing the Responsibilities of Caring for an Elderly Parent
“Sharing is caring,” as the saying goes, and sometimes that is exactly what can make the responsibilities of providing care for a loved one less stressful and overwhelming. [caption id="attachment_1764" align="alignright" width="300"] In-Home...
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How to Take Care of a Senior Who Is Losing Her...
Vision is something that most people take for granted until it starts to fade. If your elderly family member is losing her vision, there’s a lot that both of you need to take into account. Her life isn’t over just because she’s having trouble...
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Can You Avoid Setting Your Senior Off?
If your elderly family member tends to go off on an angry tangent more often than not, that takes a toll on you and makes caregiving infinitely more difficult. Try these ideas to see if you can find a way to avoid sending her into that sort of...
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