Simple Tools You Can Use to Organize Your Care Efforts
Getting your caregiver routine organized is an exceptional way to reduce your stress, maximize the effectiveness of your care efforts, and give yourself more opportunity to focus on your relationship with your loved one rather[...]
5 Myths About the Common Cold
Its called the common cold because, well, its all too common. About one billion colds occur each year in the United States. Colds are the number one reason people visit doctors, too. But, even though[...]
Checking for Signs of Identity Theft After the Holiday Season
As a family caregiver, you never want to think about your aging parents being victimized, but it is an unfortunate reality that older adults tend to be far more vulnerable to technology-based criminal behavior than[...]
Pneumonia Care for Aging Adults
The winter season brings fun holidays and beautiful frosty landscapes, but it is also the time of year when people develop serious illnesses, like pneumonia. Elderly adults are at high risk for developing pneumonia, a[...]
Why You Should Consider Home Care after a Hospitalization
You and your aging adult might feel as if you’ve got everything well in hand when she’s discharged from the hospital. You might well be right, to a certain extent, but home care services can[...]
What Do the Stages of Lung Cancer Mean?
If your aging parent has recently been diagnosed with lung cancer, something you may have heard was the doctor defining it by a certain stage. As a family caregiver, understanding what the various stages means[...]
