September is Pain Awareness Month Wincing I watch my 75-year old uncle walk around his kitchen, slowly and cautiously. The image of the man I see is not the same as the one who danced ...
Growing Health Epidemic Among Seniors – What You Can Do to Support Aging Loved Ones
Social Isolation Effects Similar to Smoking 15 Cigarettes Per Day Not obesity or smoking, but social isolation, according to Joel Theisen, RN, CEO & President of Homespire, is the number one issue we should be ...
5 Tips to Guide you Through Tough Conversations with Your Aging Parent
My sister said to me the other day, what do we do when Dad can’t handle living alone anymore? My reply: leave the state. I’m not going to be the one who has to tell ...
Your Parents Wellbeing: What’s Loneliness Got To Do With It?
When Elvis Presley posed the question ‘Are You Lonesome Tonight?’ in his hit song, he was onto something. New research published in the Archives of Internal Medicine shows that loneliness is as important a risk factor for ...
Why your aging loved one needs a coach (and so do you)
You may have thought that your days of being coached ended back in high school, but a growing body of research is demonstrating that seniors and their families should be looking for solutions with coaching ...
8 Warning Signs Your Aging Parent Needs Help
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5 Tips for Tackling Tough Senior Conversations on Aging
You want to spark your aging loved one’s life but how? Every time you bring up needing a little extra support or senior care services, they are adamant they don’t need it. Homespire Life Care ...
6 Reasons Home Care Is Not Enough
Where’s the bumper sticker that reads: ‘Adult child on board.’ Something that alerts others that the driver is stressed out, lacks sleep from excessive worrying, and is trying to juggle the lives of those aged ...
Tips to Make Your Senior Care Dollars Go Further
Approximately 34.2 million Americans have provided unpaid care to an adult age 50 or older in the past 12 months. Becoming a caregiver costs adult children time lost at work, stress of maintaining work/life balance ...
Four Tips to Keep Seniors Home and Independent After A Hospital Stay
Landmark research done by Eric Coleman and Mary Naylor found that lack of support, communication, and guidance during care transitions play a major role in hospital readmissions. Transitioning seniors home or wherever they call home, ...
