How much weight do you think you can lift? Maybe 50 or 60 pounds at a time? The National Institute on Occupational Safety and Hazards states that one person should not lift more than 35 pounds when moving another person on their own. You may know that you are not able to physically lift your Read More
Five Ways to Make Your Hospital Stay More Comfortable
While no one dreams of a trip to the hospital, sometimes it’s necessary. If and when this happens, there are many things we can do to make the hospital stay more comfortable and less stressful while encouraging a rapid recovery. Remember, if you can’t head home from the hospital right away, the benefit of remaining Read More
Keeping Seniors Hydrated: A Key Part of Summer Safety
The importance of keeping our bodies well hydrated is a well-known fact. Adequate hydration is necessary to keep the human body’s systems running smoothly. Water carries nutrients to our cells, helps to flush out toxins, regulates our temperature, helps maintain our blood pressure, moves our waste, and keeps our tissues and skin moist. Dehydration is Read More
Holiday Stress for Seniors
While the holidays are typically a time of great joy, they can also be a time of stress, especially for the elderly. The holidays can be a very emotional time of year, and along with all the happiness of the season can come some great sadness. Holiday stress for seniors can be particularly hard on Read More
Dementia and the Holidays
Dealing with dementia is difficult. Dealing with dementia and the holidays can be down right brutal. An individual with a dementia can be easily overwhelmed by all of the activities of holiday celebrations and become overly anxious, depressed or more confused. Most individuals with dementia do relatively well with set routines and naturally pull back Read More
Isolation & Loneliness Can Bring Depression to Seniors During the Holidays
The majority of us have fond memories of holidays past. Often when one remembers the hustle and bustle of those days we have forgotten the stress and demands. We remember the sweet orange and crunchy nuts in our Christmas stocking or the wonder of lighting the menorah. Unfortunately, for seniors who live alone, the contrast between those Read More
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