Caregivers often work tirelessly, putting the needs of others above their own needs. Unfortunately, this is also the number one cause of caregiver burnout. While it is noble to put others above yourself, it’s not always a sustainable … [Read more...]
Why Should I Learn Yoga?
Yoga might not be at the top of your list of new skills that you want to learn in the near future, but maybe it should be. A new study from the American Osteopathic Institution indicates those that practice yoga and meditation are a lot … [Read more...]
Why Professional Care is Important
There’s a few really important reasons why we hire every single one of our professional caregivers and do not contract with them on a per diem or per project basis. This is something that we pride ourselves in because we believe it is … [Read more...]
Shortcomings in Senior Care Exposed
As you probably already know, senior care facilities have been hit unduly hard by the COVID-19 crisis. In some cases, this is through no fault of their own. In other cases, it is because the facilities were not taking proper precautions and … [Read more...]
What is an Essential Caregiver?
We’ve all heard the term “essential worker” tossed around lately. This is the term for people that have to keep showing up to work day in and day out regardless of what is going on in the world with illness, pandemics, racial tensions, or … [Read more...]
Have You Ever Tried Meditation?
A lot of us are familiar with the concept of meditation, but how many of us have actually tried it? Odds are, not very many. And if we have tried it, there’s a good chance that we haven’t made it into a daily habit. It turns … [Read more...]
New Ways to Meet Seniors’ Needs
If the last few months have taught us anything, it is that there are different ways of going about our daily lives and meet our needs. In some ways, these things are for the better. A lot of businesses are finding that they can forego, or … [Read more...]
Focusing on Memory Care
Memory care is specialized senior care that helps those with dementia live a more comfortable and safer life. As you probably know, Alzheimer’s disease is one of the most visible and prevalent forms of dementia and it takes a serious toll … [Read more...]
Being Aware of Self Neglect
One of the biggest threats that aging seniors face often comes from themselves. Self neglect happens when someone is not taking care of themselves like they should. They might stop taking their trash out, stop eating, not take medications … [Read more...]
Effectively Utilizing Transitional Care
Transitional care is designed to help people who are moving out of one type of care, usually something intensive like within a hospital, and help them get the medical support and attention that they need before they return to a less … [Read more...]
Helping Seniors Become More Independent
One of the big frustrations that families often express when it comes to senior care is that their loved ones often see a sharp decline in functionality shortly after care in a nursing home begins. Unfortunately, this is a very real … [Read more...]
Women are More Heavily Impacted by COVID-19
A report out of Canada has indicated that females are in more need of assistance because of the COVID-19 pandemic than men are. Women have lost jobs at a much higher rate than men have in Canada (and other parts of the world), and as a … [Read more...]