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Signs Your Parent Should No Longer Be Living Alone

It’s saddening for any adult to admit that a parent—who has presumably spent a lifetime caring, nurturing, and helping them—has now become the one who needs extra care and help. Do you ever realize that your aging parents may need more help than you can give? Life is busy and you can’t be there for them all ...
Combating Loneliness in Elderly

Combating Loneliness in Elderly with Companion Care

Loneliness is the distressing feeling of being alone or separated, regardless of the amount of social contact. It can negatively impact the health condition of our elders, both physically and emotionally. The long-term effects of loneliness in the elderly can be devastating and may lead to serious health risks and psychological problems, such as depression, ...
Hospice Care

Hospice Care: What All Do You Need To Know?

Why So Afraid of Hospice Care? Do you know someone with a severe disease with a prognosis of six months or less to live, if the disease runs its ordinary course? Have you been worrying about making the transition from medical care to end of life care? Do you feel that you have reached your limit as a ...
Healthcare Services in Houston

Healthcare Services in Houston All Senior Citizens Should Know About

Healthcare Services in Houston “People who don’t cherish their elderly have forgotten whence they came and whither they go.” – Ramsey Clark Time waits for nobody, and soon before you realize it, your hair starts greying and wrinkles start to appear on your face. Dealing with old age and covering up the distance from independence to dependence ...
COVID-19 Vaccines for Elderly

Are COVID-19 Vaccines Safe for Elderly and Your Loved Ones?

COVID-19 Vaccines and Elderly “Hope lies in dreams, in imagination, and in the courage of those who dare to make dreams into reality.” – Jonas Salk A few months back, when the world was struggling with a growling pandemic, the arrival of COVID-19 vaccines most certainly felt like a dream that is difficult to come true. But ...
Covid-19 Care

Tips to Take Care of Senior Citizens during COVID-19 Pandemic

We have almost arrived at the end of year 2020 and COVID-19 is still the top-of-the-charts news. In fact, the pandemic situation has become even more critical as the number of patients around the world is increasing alarmingly, and we still do not have a vaccine or cure in place. At such a time, those ...
Antipsychotic Drugs for Paranoia

Opting for Counselling to Effectively Treat Depression in Elderly

Treat Depression in Elderly Getting older is something we all dream of as children, but does growing up ever make us happy and contented? When we reach the age that we hoped for, we discover that with the freedom to make our own life choices, comes stress to pay the bills. And very soon, before we ...
professional vs family care

How’s Professional Care different from Family Care?

As soon as the effects of aging start showing in the behaviour of our elderly parents, we understand that they need care. But assessing which type of care is best for them, professional care or personal care, can be a challenge. Usually, caring for parents in their senior years starts with providing some amount of ...
caregiving for elderly

Best Possible Caregiving for Elderly Parents

Caregiving for Elderly Parents Caregiving for elderly parents can be an overwhelming job that falls upon our shoulders within the blink of an eye. While seeing our independent parents slowly becoming dependent hits our hearts with emotional turmoil, the sudden load of caregiving for elderly can leave us shattered and overburdened. But it is important to ...
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