Blogs

Preparing For Flu Season 2022-2023

Peak flu season doesn't take hold until between December and February, but it's still important to get vaccinated early. This is especially true for seniors. Seniors over the age of ...

Avoiding Resistance During Bath or Shower Making It A Pleasant Experience for Seniors With Dementia

Seniors living with Dementia face many challenges. One of the more common challenges is hygiene. As a top provider of in home dementia care in the Raleigh/Durham area, our trained ...

Is Home Care a Safer Option During COVID-19?

For many families, caring for older loved ones has become a major focus during the COVID-19 Pandemic. With nursing homes and assisted living facilities hit hard by the virus, family members ...

Healthy Eating for Older Adults

The metabolism of seniors slows as they age. Elderly adults require fewer calories than they did when they were younger. Eating excess sugar and saturated fats leads to unnecessary and ...

Senior Sweet Tooth

Providing your senior loved one a healthy, balanced, nourishing diet is not really that difficult, but getting your loved one to actually eat the healthy food can be a real ...

Effective Brain Exercises for Seniors

As people age, it's extremely important that they take care of their brain health. There are certain activities that are effective in keeping memory sharp. Staying mentally active is a ...

Reducing Conflict: Siblings Dealing with an Aging Parent

Caring for an aging parent is extremely challenging for one person, but when there are multiple decision-makers involved, it can be not only a challenge but a nightmare. In one ...

Multiple Sclerosis and Its Effect On Senior Mobility

Multiple Sclerosis is a progressive, immune-mediated disorder where the immune system damages the protective outer layer of nerves. It eats up the myelin and fatty substance that protects the nervous ...

When It’s Time To Have “The Talk” Getting Seniors To Hand Over The Car Keys

The decline of mobility and coordination is a harsh reality of aging. Judgment and response time also slows with advanced age. According to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, the rate ...