How to Start a Conversation With a Parent About the Benefits of Home Care

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Accepting the truth that an aging loved one requires help at home can be tough. Even harder is speaking about the need for care with the older adult and getting him or her to acknowledge that assistance is warranted. If you have noticed changes in a loved one and you’re sensing the need to begin a discussion about the benefits of home care as a choice to maintain safety and independence in the home, try these conversation starters to raise the subject in a subtle, non-confrontational way. Read More...
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Caregiver Burnout Is Real. Here’s How to Spot It and Avoid It.

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Caregiving for a senior loved one, although very rewarding, also can bring along with it a high degree of stress. The day-and-night pressure of meeting a family member’s needs can rapidly escalate to create caregiver burnout – a dangerous condition that often results in a loss of patience and in emotional outbursts, affecting not merely the caregiver herself, but her senior loved one as well. Read More...
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Understanding and Helping Seniors with Hoarding Issues

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Keeping seniors safe at home is the goal of our Concord home care team, and there are often sensitive issues that can cause safety and health problems in the home. Hoarding is a delicate, psychological issue that affects many senior loved ones, and oftentimes, people do not understand or know how to deal with hoarding properly. Read More...

Is It Depression or Alzheimer’s? Hillendale Home Care Helps You Determine the Difference.

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With Alzheimer’s disease becoming an epidemic the U.S., many people are hyper-aware of even the smallest memory-related or cognitive changes in their older loved ones. However, those cognitive changes may be a sign of something just as serious, but far more treatable — depression. Read More...

Recognizing Depression in the Caregiver in Walnut Creek CA!

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Do you know someone who is a caregiver for an elderly individual?  Is this person providing home care for a family member?  Or is he or she providing this level of care for a stranger as part of their job?  The responsibilities of a personal home care provider are great, and depending on the level of work and the amount of time that they put into providing home care for their patient or patients, it could be very stressful, and stress has the possibility of leading to depression. Read More...

Beat Senior Isolation: July 11th Is Cheer Up the Lonely Day

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July 11th is a great opportunity to spread some happiness to someone facing senior isolation. It’s one of the best things that one human can do for another. It’s sad to think that some people have very few friends or loved ones. Read More...