Building a Care Team for Your Senior After an Alzheimer’s Diagnosis: Who Should Be Included? After your parent’s diagnosis with Alzheimer’s disease is a time of decision-making and putting plans into place. Now is the time to start making these important decisions and getting them established because your elderly parent will have their greatest strength…
Caregiver of the Year Congratulations to Dawn Banks on being named Reliant at Home Care’s 2017 Caregiver of the Year. Dawn is in her 3rd year with Reliant and we are honored to have Dawn apart of our team and know that our clients do too! Below are some of the reasons why we have…
How Home Care Can Help Wheelchair Bound Seniors Beat Boredom Studies show that seniors who lack social interaction and are bored are more likely to suffer from depression. In a study published in the Industrial Psychiatry Journal, researchers studied 55 elderly people to examine how depression, social interaction, and boredom are related. They concluded that…
When Should Your Senior Avoid Exercising? As helpful as exercise is, there are some situations in which your aging adult might be better off taking some time away from her workout. Here are just a few of those situations that can lead to some rest time rather than exercise time. Her Doctor Tells Her to…
Another Great Review from a Satisfied Client We have been very satisfied with Reliant at Home Care. As soon as I called them to get care for a 97-year old friend of mine, they were able to provide aide assistance within the time period we needed. They were most gracious in finding the right match…
Take a Closer Look at Pneumonia and Its Symptoms The CDC estimates that about 6 out of 10 seniors have gotten a pneumonia vaccination. Despite this, 2014 saw more than 420,000 visits to the ER leading to a pneumonia diagnosis. About 51,000 died from pneumonia in 2014. Do you really know the symptoms of pneumonia?…
Tips for Avoiding Drowsy Driving Approximately 60 percent of drivers in the United States have admitted to regularly driving when they are feeling sleepy or tired, and a startling 37 percent have admitted that they have actually fallen asleep when they were driving. If you are a family caregiver, particularly one who is in the…
Is Your Elderly Relative Forgetful? Here are Ways to Help It is common knowledge that as people age, they tend to be more forgetful. Outside of certain conditions like dementia and Alzheimer’s disease, general forgetfulness is extremely typical in elderly people. However, many people don’t realize that there are many ways to combat forgetfulness in…
Tips on Organizing Medical Information for the Elderly When adult children step in to help their elderly parents manage their lives, there’s a lot of new medical information that needs to be organized and accessible. From prescriptions and home care assistance to health history and current allergies, an elderly parent’s health history needs to be…
How Can You Make Visits with Your Senior Productive as a Long-Distance Caregiver? When you’re a long-distance family caregiver, visits with your senior may feel way too short. Depending on how often you’re able to visit, you may need to do everything that you can in order to make the most of those visits. Keep…