Healthy Aging
Happy Mother's Day to all the special women who provide care for their mothers or others. As unpaid caregivers, they show incredible strength and dedication in their important work. Let's recognize and support these caregivers on this special day.
Ask the Experts
Being a caregiver for a loved one with dementia is challenging and can lead to caregiver stress and burnout. Learn how to recognize the signs of burnout and take steps to prioritize your own health and well-being in this informative blog post by Diane Carbo.
Tests
The animal naming test is a simple way to determine if someone may be suffering from dementia. This test is easy to administer.
Aging In Place
Discover essential strategies for preventing falls among the elderly, including managing health risks, environmental safety tips, and the benefits of using Indeelift for safe recovery. Learn how to protect older adults from serious injuries and enhance their independence.
Faith In Caregiving
This post by Veronica Badowski offers spiritual encouragement to caregivers, highlighting the importance of the Holy Spirit's fruits—like patience and love—in their challenging role. It underscores caregiving as a journey of love, sacrifice, and spiritual growth.
Healthy Aging
Discover how elderberry, especially from The POWER of Elderberries®, can alleviate seasonal allergies. Its immune-boosting and anti-inflammatory properties help reduce symptoms like nasal congestion and respiratory discomfort, offering natural relief for all ages.
Behavior Modification
Hallucinations involve sensing things that aren't real, affecting 5-25% of people. They can impact any sense and vary in frequency. Understanding and distinguishing hallucinations from reality is crucial for mental health.
Mindfullness
Discover how mindfulness-based stress reduction can aid dementia caregivers and patients. Learn techniques like meditation and mindful breathing to manage stress, improve mental health, and slow cognitive decline. Enhance quality of life for both caregiver and patient with mindfulness.
Mental Health
Disenfranchised grief occurs when one's mourning isn't socially recognized, often due to the nature of their relationship with the deceased or societal norms. It's crucial to acknowledge and destigmatize this grief to support those feeling isolated in their sorrow.
Grief Recovery
Explore anticipatory grief, experienced before the loss of a loved one, especially in terminal illness cases. It discusses symptoms, the role of mental health professionals, coping strategies, and the impact on physical and mental health, providing essential support and understanding.
Behavior Modification
Struggling with an aging father who constantly asks for advice on topics you're not qualified to help with? Find tips for handling the situation and maintaining a healthy relationship with your dad.
End of Life Issues
Introduction: Heart rate, sometimes referred to as pulse rate, is the number of times a person's heart beats per minute. It is measured by feeling the pulse in the wrist, neck, or chest. A normal resting heart rate for adults is 60-100 beats per minute. At the end