How to Choose a Medical Alert System

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How to Handle Guilt and Other Caregiving Emotions

How to Handle Guilt and Other Caregiving Emotions swing from feeling a deep connection to anger or sadness. Learn what feelings might come up and how to manage them

9 Ways to Prevent Falling at Home – Everyday Health

9 Ways to Prevent Falling at Home – Everyday Health A few simple home improvement projects can make all the difference in keeping you and your loved ones safe from dangerous falls. 9 Ways to Prevent Falling at Home – By Wyatt Myers  Medically Reviewed by Lindsey Marcellin, MD, MPH  Adding rails and grab bars to places that… Continue reading 9 Ways to Prevent Falling at Home – Everyday Health

The Importance Of Good Food For Older People

The Importance Of Good Food For Older People can’t be under estimated. One in ten people over the age of 65 are estimated to be malnourished or at risk of malnutrition, according to The Malnutrition Trust. 

Who Can Benefit From Care Calls?

A Senior Lady looking comfortable answering her daily safety and wellness call

Any person/s Who Can Benefit From Care Calls but mainly it has been designed around our senior community. The elderly are usually much more at risk

Premature deaths report focuses on falls

Premature deaths report focuses on falls has created fresh calls for a coordinated national falls prevention strategy in light of new figures showing falls accounted for the vast majority of premature deaths in aged care.

New Survey Finds Adult Children Want Their Parents To Age At Home

New Survey Finds Adult Children Want Their Parents To Age At Home “For women of my generation, it was the ‘juggling act.’ Jobs, marriage, children, homes. And aging parents were the balls we added, tossing them in the air as our lives filled up and praying they wouldn’t come crashing down on our heads.

Neighbors to be Lifesavers for Older Adults Who Live Alone

Awesome  Article on the Value of Neighbours to Our Loved Ones Who Live Alone CareCallingNow recommends that the secondary responder or alternate contact should be a neighbour that lives close by in the event that your Loved One doesn’t respond to our daily Checkin call. The neighbour is the person who can quickly respond in… Continue reading Neighbors to be Lifesavers for Older Adults Who Live Alone

It’s Time for a Senior Care Reality Check

The following article by seniors.com shows that Americans, like other Western Societies, have not planned properly for their futures as they age. It’s Time for a Senior Care Reality Check LAURA MITCHELL “Don’t wait until the crisis happens before putting on the seatbelt. Be proactive and enjoy the ride!” DR. BILL THOMAS “People who are not prepared… Continue reading It’s Time for a Senior Care Reality Check

Caring for someone else is not all about you

 Brian Slayton, RN | Education | January 13, 2017 “Urgent Care for a Carer” Incoming students, you need to hear this: its not all about you. Let me explain.   My first hospital rotation was on an oncology floor. I answered a patients call light by myself. She asked if we had any extra tissues, I said… Continue reading Caring for someone else is not all about you