Rehabilitation and Recovery after a Serious Injury
Serious injuries can have a significant impact on an individual's physical and mental health, affecting their ability to perform daily activities and participate in the activities they enjoy. Rehabilitation and recovery are important aspects of the healing process, as they help individuals regain their strength, mobility, and independence. This article will discuss the importance of rehabilitation and recovery after a serious injury and the role of home care in supporting...
Palliative Care: Improving Quality of Life for the Seriously Ill
Palliative care is a specialized medical care designed to improve the quality of life for individuals with serious and life-limiting illnesses. It focuses on relieving symptoms and providing emotional and spiritual support to both the patient and their family. What is Palliative Care? It is a holistic approach to medical care that seeks to address the physical, emotional, social, and spiritual needs of individuals with serious and life-limiting illnesses. It is not...
Managing Chronic Conditions at Home
Living with a chronic condition can be a challenging and often overwhelming experience. Chronic conditions are defined as long-lasting conditions that can have a significant impact on an individual's quality of life. Home care can provide a safe and comfortable environment for individuals with chronic conditions, allowing them to manage their health and maintain their independence. Identifying the Chronic Condition The first step in managing a chronic condition at home is to...
How to Create a Safe and Comfortable Home Environment for Seniors
As individuals age, it can become increasingly important to ensure that their home environment is safe and comfortable. This can involve making modifications to the home, as well as implementing practices that promote health and well-being. By creating a safe and comfortable home environment, seniors can maintain their independence and quality of life. Assessing the Home Environment The first step in creating a safe and comfortable home environment for seniors is to...
How Does Meditation Improve Health?
According to Buddhism, a person can reach Nirvana or the highest state of enlightenment through continuous meditation and by participating in the Buddha’s daily service, among other things. Over time, many people have benefited from the practice of meditation. Meditation, as practiced by Buddhist monks and practitioners, has become a spiritual tool and health enhancer. More than just the chants and meditative posture, meditation is about proper breathing and concentration of...
What Are The Different Types of Dementia?
This post is the first of many in a series about understanding the various types of dementia and how each one impacts an individual after diagnosis. We acknowledge that there are over 400 different types of dementia, we will be focusing on some of the more common ones as well as some of the not so common dementias that are affecting many people today. In this first post we will...
Navigating change in your new environment
Change is perhaps the only real constant in our lives. We all go through the same stages in life, but at different times and different rates. We all begin life as newborns, then we become toddlers, children, teenagers, adults, and some become parents and grandparents and at a certain point in our live we all start to lose some of our abilities that lead us to asking for or requiring...
Staying safe while on the internet
Typically, daily, almost every single person spends some time on the internet, whether that is on Facebook, news websites, or other social media apps. It is very important to know that while you are on the internet, a lot of information is being gathered on you and used to target you specifically for products and services. Some companies have gone even further than just collecting data so they can target...
List of interesting and creative hobbies elderly can try
As we get older and after the kids have moved out, or we have retired from a long career, we find ourselves with some time on our hands. I actually thought about learning how to do small engine repair and it started with my own snow blower. But that is another story, but it could be the start of a new hobby for me too. Starting a new hobby that...
Keeping your Relationship Strong when your parents need help.
Many seniors find it unifilial when their kids hire a caregiver to take care of them or when they sign them up to stay at a nursing home. Both can cause a negative effect on their relationship. Many seniors feel as if their kids do not want to be take care of them, even though it is a tough reality for most adults to work their jobs, possibly raise a...