When looking for a gift for your parent or older spouse, consider their five senses as inspiration—sight, smell, taste, touch, and sound.
Gifts for Seniors Using Senses
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Posts Tagged: Caregiving
Foods that can disrupt your parent’s sleep schedule
Sleep is one of the most underrated aspects of our well-being, especially during our senior years. Having a restless night every once and a while is completely normal for most...
Four Tips To Transition Into A Caregiver
You hang up the phone and you think that mom seems fine. On your next cross country visit, you realize she isn’t fine. The house is not fine. Her health is not fine,...
Managing the Parent – Child Role Reversal
There comes a time as adult children when we need to step into a caregiver role for our aging parents.
Tips to Support Independent Dressing
Most of us take for granted the ease in which we get ready every morning, such as combing our hair, applying lipstick, putting on our shoes, and buttoning a jacket. Other...
Supporting Your Family Caregiver
Even in a large family, the role of caregiver often falls to one sibling.
What do I do when a parent is experiencing dementia?
It can be difficult to change your role from child to caregiver. For many individuals, living with a parent with dementia can be overwhelming and isolating at...
Signs of Depression in Your Parent
Do they mope around all day?
Are You Concerned About Elderly Pneumonia?
During the winter months, the elderly population is more vulnerable to developing pneumonia from respiratory viruses, related to colds or influenza. Pneumonia is a common and...
Over-the-Counter Medication Safety
Just because you can purchase over-the-counter medications at your local grocery store or drugstore, it does not mean these are harmless.