How Much Sleep Do Seniors Need: Sleep Awareness as We Age March is Sleep Awareness Month, the perfect time to examine daily routines, especially our sleeping habits. It’s common as we age to experience insomnia. Losing sleep is more than a mere inconvenience: along with irritability and impaired memory, lack of sleep increases the risk of falls and other accidents. … Read More
Hospice Support
Providing comfort and dignity during the end-of-life stages is an essential part of Hospice care. When a loved one has been enrolled in a hospice program at home, CareAparent recognizes families may need increased assistance. Having caregivers in the home to provide Hospice Support allows you and your family to focus on the more important things and continue to provide … Read More
Hats off Caregivers
Hats Off Caregivers Individuals who care for others are special souls. Professional caregivers – individuals who work for an agency to provide care in the home for the loved ones of others – are no exception. CareAparent’s caregivers know that it takes heart, compassion, and dedication to love and serve others. Some days it takes a lot more than … Read More
New Year, New Routine
New Year, New Routine It’s lovely to linger just a bit longer in the memory of the holiday season before you tackle the New Year. The holiday traditions you have cultivated and relied on are important, and it’s difficult to imagine them ending or changing in any way. Yet these very traditions sometimes bring to the forefront changes to or … Read More
Veteran Care and Resources
Veteran Care and Resources Share the History Many of us have friends or loved ones who are veterans or are actively serving in the military. We love our veterans, and we like finding sincere expressions of our pride in their service. To celebrate Veterans Day, CareAparent is undertaking a project during the month of November to collect the history and … Read More
Talking About In-Home Care with Your Loved One
For anyone with aging parents, you know that any decline in health and capability can be difficult to address. If your parent’s home is not as tidy as it used to be, or they can’t remember when to take their medication, that’s worrying. They may even not be eating very well anymore because cooking is more difficult for them. For … Read More
Top Five Concerns About Hiring Home Care for a Loved One
Thousands of families across the country are faced with decisions about finding care for a parent or loved one. These decisions may include whether to hire an agency to come into the home of a parent or loved one to provide care or services. The decision to hire home care is largely based on a parent or loved one’s needs … Read More
Caring for Your Aging Parent Series
Fall Activity Ideas for Seniors Whether you are providing constant care for an aging parent, sharing the responsibilities with family members, or are simply needing to stop over more and more frequently to check on a parent’s general welfare or physical condition, once happy visits can become difficult and strained. This is a very normal evolution because rather than simply … Read More
Long-Distance Care for a Parent or Loved One
Caring for an aging loved one can be a challenge. Caring for an aging loved one long-distance can seem like an insurmountable challenge. Today, millions of families are separated by distance. As our loved ones age and seem to require more assistance, there are ways to provide that assistance without traveling 2 or 3 times per month. Here are some … Read More
The Stages of Finding Care for a Parent
One of the most difficult decisions a person may ultimately have to make is whether a parent who has lived independently nearly an entire lifetime needs someone to come into the home to provide services or care. More often than not, changes in a parent’s ability to function safely and independently occur imperceptibly, over time. In other cases, one parent … Read More
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