Offering more than just a guide – we provide a comprehensive platform committed to offering valuable resources, practical advice, and compassionate support for families navigating the journey of aging together. Our newsletter covers a wide range of topics, including elder health tips, caregiving strategies, medical assistance resources, and lifestyle advice, tailored to meet the diverse needs of every family member.
Identifying Dementia Symptoms in an Aging Parent
Dealing with dementia symptoms in your own parent can stretch the limits of your sanity. Sometimes you may not even notice the first symptoms of dementia -- the slow decline of your aging parent's memory.
10 Things You Should Know About Hearing Loss & Your Health
The Better hearing Institute (BHI) reports that recognizing and treating hearing loss may help more than just your hearing. BHI is working to raise awareness of the link between hearing loss and other important health issues. As part of its awareness and outreach efforts, BHI is encouraging adults of all ages to take the free, quick, and confidential online hearing check on the BHI website. Anyone can take the online survey to determine if a comprehensive hearing test by a hearing professional is needed as a next step.
Asthma at School: Go or Not?
Has this happened at your house? “Mom? Dad? I don’t feel good. I want to stay home from school." And your reaction is, “What, AGAIN?”
It’s hard to know when children should go to school and when they should stay home – and a chronic health condition like asthma can make that decision even harder.
Wellderly Week 2024
Are you wellderly? When we think of the term “elderly,” we immediately associate it with terms like “old” or “sick.” Wellderly Day encourages us to re-examine what “old” means and promote a healthier, more beneficial perspective on aging.
February Employees to Celebrate
February Employee Birthdays and Anniversaries to Celebrate!
December Employees to Celebrate
December Employee Birthdays and Anniversaries to Celebrate!
November Employees to Celebrate
November Employee Birthdays and Anniversaries to Celebrate!
When getting healthcare in the home makes sense
Where home care can really shine is within value-based care arrangements. Finding out someone has hypertension early can lead to medication that reduces the likelihood of heart failure, and paying for an in-home checkup is well worth the expense for the overall savings it can confer to whoever has payment responsibility.
September Employees to Celebrate
September Employee Birthdays and Anniversaries to Celebrate!
How School-Based Mental Health Providers Can Help Hispanic/Latinx Students
Jaime Torres has been seeing his school social worker, Theresa Jones, for individual and family therapy for some time now. The bright, timid high school senior grappled with feelings of hopelessness and panic attacks for several years. His struggles started with palpitations, night sweats and an overwhelming sense of the room spinning out of control. Jaime also experienced a sense of desperation and sadness. He could not gain control of his thoughts and struggled with suicidal ideation. Eventually, he decided to seek help.
5 Reasons Men Skip Doctor Visits, and Shouldn’t
Men are 24 percent less likely than women to have visited a doctor within the past year, according to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).
Creating a Wheelchair and Walker Friendly Home
Tips and recommendations on how to make a home much more friendly to seniors using wheelchairs or walkers.
When Dan Bawden teaches contractors and builders about aging-in-place, he has them get into a wheelchair. See what it’s like to try to do things from this perspective, he tells them.