Top Health Advice for Older Adults in 2023
Have your New Year’s resolutions already fallen by the wayside? If so, don’t worry; you’re in good company. Many of us are excited about an important lifestyle change once we roll over into the new year, but life quickly rushes in and distracts us from sustaining our determination to succeed. Yet it is never too […]
Top Tips to Help Older Adults Live Their Best Lives
As we prepare to move forward into 2023, it is a wonderful time to think about what we have learned from the past year and what adjustments we’d like to make in the coming year. It’s more than just making a resolution that’s likely to be given up on within a matter of weeks. It […]
Home Care Helps Seniors Sustain Independence When It Is Time to Quit Driving
It is a conversation no one wants to have with aging parents, but one that will be inevitable eventually. Having the ability to drive whenever and wherever we choose is a key component to our sense of freedom, yet as we grow older, operating a vehicle can become unsafe for varied reasons: poor vision, decreased […]
Common Misconceptions About Aging
If you’re holding onto misconceptions about aging or the aging process that involve an inactive, solitary lifestyle spent in a rocking chair on the front porch day in and day out, the time has come to reconsider those thoughts! The answer to healthy aging is understanding the facts and disproving the myths to embrace a […]
Know the Signs of Heat-Related Illness in Seniors
Throughout the long, cold winter, we enthusiastically anticipated the warmth of summer. What a relief to finally throw open the windows and allow the warm breezes to blow through the house! Yet now that we’re approaching the dog days of summer, it is necessary to take preventative measures to make certain older adults in particular […]
Understanding the Early Warning Signs of Parkinson’s
Even though almost a million people are living with Parkinson’s disease within the United States alone, the condition was perhaps first brought to the spotlight by the diagnosis of Michael J. Fox. His foundation has funded breakthroughs in research and awareness, which were previously unmatched, providing us with hope for a future cure. In the […]
Elderly Care Solutions: How an In-Home Care Consultation Can Help Your Family Navigate Care Decisions
You’ve just concluded speaking with Dad on the telephone, and now have a sense that something isn’t quite right. While it was a nice conversation, his memory lapses were troubling. He assured you that he is absolutely fine – that he is eating very well (even though he couldn’t remember what he had for lunch), […]
How Senior Joint Pain Puts Older Adults at a Higher Fall Risk
The statistics associated with senior falls are startling. Falls are classified as the leading reason for injury in the elderly, and result in hundreds of thousands of hip fractures every year, along with the countless other injuries experienced. As prevalent as falls in the elderly are, the risk is more than doubled for everyone with […]
Top Strategies to Fight Chronic Fatigue in Seniors
Springing our clocks forward left a lot of us feeling sluggish from losing that extra hour of sleep. But before long, our bodies have adjusted to the time change and life goes on. Imagine, however, feeling lethargic and exhausted most of the time, regardless of how much you sleep. Chronic fatigue in seniors is a […]
Six Ways In-Home Care Services Can Help Combat Senior Loneliness and Isolation
Loneliness. Fear. Isolation. The pandemic has wreaked havoc on all of us in one way or another, but for senior loved ones especially, the seclusion required to ensure safety from COVID-19 has had adverse effects on physical, mental and emotional wellbeing. At Abby Senior Care, our home care for seniors in Denver can help reduce senior […]
New Year, New You: Importance of Exercise for Seniors with Chronic Conditions
Although staying safe at home has become our new normal, that does not mean we should spend our time stagnant in front of the television! For older adults, particularly those with chronic health concerns, maintaining an energetic lifestyle throughout the COVID-19 pandemic is a challenge which may seem insurmountable. However, research shows the importance of […]
The Benefits of Making a Long-Term Plan for Senior Care Needs
Being together during the holidays is a good time to catch up and an ideal time to have discussions with elderly parents about long-term care planning for senior care needs. Having an open and honest conversation around senior care needs, home modifications and finances is important to help meet the wishes of senior loved ones. […]
Helping Older Adults Cope with Pandemic Fatigue
It’s been over six months since the COVID-19 pandemic began. The restrictions which have been established to emphasize safety can start to wear on all of us, and while there’s a natural desire to want to “get back to normal,” there is a new worry: helping older adults cope with pandemic fatigue. Pandemic fatigue comes […]
The Benefits of Enhancing a Grandparent and Grandchild Relationship
As the old adage goes, “What happens at Grandma’s stays at Grandma’s!” Being a grandparent is perhaps one of life’s greatest joys – an opportunity to experience once more the delight of spending quality time and doting on the children in your life; only this time around, they’re your children’s children, so the relationships are […]
Summertime Safety Tips for Seniors
The longer days of summer mean extra time for swimming, family cookouts, gardening, and all of those other delightful seasonal pursuits. However, it also means an elevated risk for a number of health concerns for seniors, who happen to be more prone to heat-related complications including: Heat syncope (faintness/dizziness) Heat cramps Heat edema (swelling) Heat […]
Improving Senior Safety While Driving
Do you remember that feeling as a teenager when you first climbed behind the steering wheel, the great excitement of being in a position to go anywhere you wanted? The freedom that the ability to drive offers us is beyond compare! Yet as we grow older, multiple factors can come into play that impact our […]
Safe Travel Tips for Seniors with Alzheimer’s
After spending substantial time in social distancing and isolation, this summer may lead you more than usual to want to travel to visit family and friends, or even just to encounter a change of scenery and a few pleasurable activities. And if you provide care for a loved one with Alzheimer’s or another form of […]
Hearing Impairment in Older Adults: Signs, Causes, and How to Cope
Isolated. Misunderstood. Left out. These are just a few of the many emotions which are common in individuals with hearing loss, who find it hard to continue to maintain social connections with friends and family members, who struggle to communicate with them. Hearing impairment in older adults is quite common, for a number of reasons: […]