November is National Diabetes month, created to show the impact of the disease on millions of people globally. Childhood obesity rates are now 10 times higher throughout the world than they were 40 years ago. This results in more...
I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but, like it or not, winter is a certainty. You may be tempted to curl up under a warm blanket, sip a steaming cup of hot chocolate, and hibernate with...
Caregivers give more of their time, compassion and energy than most people. They spend their days (and many nights!) looking after someone else, quite often a loved one. They listen to them, take them to appointments, bathe them, give...
November is National Family Caregivers Month. Quite often caregiving can be a 24/7 job, especially if you are a caregiver for a child or someone with Alzheimer’s. Many caregivers are women with children and full-time jobs. They have to...
Adult children quite often have a full time job other than the one you know about. It’s caregiving, most often to a parent or other loved one. This job is tiring, thankless and more often than not, taken for...
Safety First - For Kids And Pets
As the aging Baby Boomer population retires, more and more Boomer seniors are having home elevators installed.
Along with this increase in sales and installations of in home lifts, has come an increase in...
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This is Morse Code for “caregiving”. If you don’t know how to break the code, you’ll be left scratching your head as to what the dots and dashes mean. Another...
Most seniors love to travel. At a certain age, travelling alone is no longer an option. This is when you get to go on vacation with mom or dad or even a grandparent! Travelling with a senior takes a...
The leaves will soon change color and there will be a chill in the air outside. With the winter season fast approaching, I am reminded that life itself has numerous seasons as well. Our senior years often become life’s...
Many of us become caregivers at a certain stage in our lives, either to loved ones or to patients. When we become the caregiver of a loved one, it can happen so quickly that we are suddenly immersed in...
