Tips for Making an Emergency Checklist for Your Senior
Emergency Preparedness As you are taking care of your elderly loved one, take some time to think about what they will do if there is an emergency and nobody is around. What would you do if you were with your elderly loved one and they had an...
4 Ways to Help Your Senior Prevent Illness
Preventing Illness Food poisoning, skin infections, UTIs, and influenza are four of the most common infections in the elderly. It’s possible to reduce the risk through a few routines. If your dad is slowing down and having a harder...
Home-Monitoring Technology: Is it a Good Idea for the Elderly?
Home Safety Are you taking care of your elderly loved one? If so, are there days when you can’t make it to their house? Maybe, you even live quite far away and can only visit with your elderly loved one about once a month. If this...
Stop and Look at Safety Issues Before Your Mom Falls
Fall Prevention In one year, an average of three million older adults seeks emergency care following a fall. Twenty percent of those falls cause serious head injuries or bone fractures. More than 300,000 of those bone fractures...