There may come a point in time when an elderly person needs assistance with day to day activities such as grooming, mobility issues, medication management and more. Many families tirelessly try and provide this care for a loved one, but cannot keep up with the...
A nursing home can provide specialized care for residents needing extra assistance. This type of assisted living arrangement helps to ensure residents receive the specialized care needed. This may include medication and dietary management, assistance with bathing,...
Daily routines are easy to become accustomed to and the sudden change in such routines can cause complete chaos. This is too often the case with families who have elderly family members. Their needs change and they can quickly become dependent on others to help them...
Parents spend many years looking after and caring for their children. Many of these children grow up and find themselves in the position of being responsible for own parents. This type of role reversal happens quite often, but adult children aren't always prepared for...
Every day in the United States the number of senior citizens increases. This demographic is the largest and fastest-growing one currently as the baby boom generation, born between 1946 and 1964, ages. Most older people wish to "age in place," and stay in their own...