How Home Care Assistance Benefits All Seniors

Home Care Assistance Benefits All Seniors

Conventional wisdom is that an elderly parent must be ill before you make the call to bring in home care. The truth is, home care offers much more than just medical care and its benefits extend far beyond the physical. Read more

Taking care of an elderly parent and managing a job and family can seem overwhelming at times. And balancing these responsibilities is a sure recipe for burnout. Unfortunately, many people feel that they can only reach out for help if their parent has a serious medical issue. Thankfully, this isn’t the case. Home health care can help with the day-to-day care of seniors and lessen the load adult children carry.

 

Throwing In The Towel: The 6 Most Important Questions to Ask When You Want to Quit Caregiving

Throwing In The Towel

Shouldering the responsibility of caring for an elderly parent can be extremely difficult. But have no fear, there is help out there! Read more

THE IMPORTANCE OF COMPANION CARE FOR SENIORS
Few children would hesitate to step in if their elderly parent needed a little help around the house. Further, if a parent seemed lonely, who wouldn’t come over and spend some time with them? Things get tricky, however, when you find yourself spending more and more time with your parent to the detriment of your other responsibilities.

Unfortunately, there are only so many hours in a day and it can be difficult to balance the demands of a job, family and an elderly parent. Many adult children burn themselves out because they are unable to free themselves of unrealistic expectations. In other words, they refuse to ask for help in caring for their elderly parent because they feel as if they have to be everything to everyone. Read more