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What Are the Benefits of Respite Care?

As a family caregiver, you want to make sure that your senior loved one receives the best care possible as they navigate their golden years. However, while being hands-on is a good thing, it can also take a toll on you and may result in burnout. You ...

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Helpful Tips to Encourage Your Elderly to Take their Medication

Medication adherence is a crucial part of treatment and recovery. And while we have all experienced not taking it on time or even missing our dose for the day, the stakes are simply higher for our senior loved ones due to the changes that come with a...

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My Senior Loved One Won’t Bath: What to Do?

Seniors refuse to wash for a variety of reasons, including the development of dementia, safety concerns, and a loss of desire. Bathing is an essential component of personal hygiene, therefore finding a way to assist your senior loved one in overcomin...

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Feeding a Sick Child with No Appetite

When we are sick, the last thing we want to do is eat, and the same is true for children. It’s difficult for parents to witness their child’s illness. Most notably when people lose their appetite for eating, even when eating their favorit...

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Skilled Nursing Care for Quality Life at Home

When a loved one lives with a chronic health condition or is recovering from serious illness, surgery, or injury, a family caregiver might not be suitable for the task of caring for them anymore. Family carers may no longer meet the advanced care tha...

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Benefits of Companionship for the Elderly

The legendary Greek philosopher Aristotle said that man is by nature a social animal. Human lives depend on other humans, thus, cannot live alone as there are natural basic needs that need to be satisfied to survive and thrive. In that context, compa...

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