When a Senior with Dementia Says, “I Want to Go Home!”
As the saying goes, there’s no place like home; but what do you do when someone you love and care for insists on going home – when that person already IS home? When you are providing [...]
Light Therapy and Alzheimer’s Disease: What’s the Connection?
Researchers are shedding some new light on treatments to potentially impact Alzheimer’s disease: light therapy. The effects of light are only just beginning to be tapped, and already showing some interesting and promising results. For example, [...]
What to Do When Dementia Causes Meanness
According to a study that was recently conducted by Alzheimer’s Disease International, one person on Earth develops a new case of dementia every three seconds. As of 2015, there were 46.8 million people worldwide living with the disease. [...]
Simple Tips for Making a Home Safe for People with Low Vision
The prospect of losing your vision can be a scary one. We depend so much on our eyes and what they tell us about the world around us. Aside from showing us the beauty around [...]
How to Tell if Your Loved One May Have Vision Problems
Losing your vision, particularly later in life, can have a great impact on your independence, and often, your sense of self as well. If vision deteriorates as your loved one ages, he or she may be [...]
Home Modifications for Fall Prevention
Each year, one out of three adults age 65 and older falls, the leading cause of both fatal and non-fatal injuries among seniors, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Knowing what can be done [...]
10 Steps to Better Diabetic Foot Care
One of the top concerns for diabetics, aside from managing the disease itself, is the havoc diabetes can wreak on the feet. Because of the potential for nerve damage, restricted blood flow, and a weakened immune [...]
8 Life Issues You’re Bound to Face When Caring for an Aging Parent
As you start down the sometimes difficult road of caring for your parents, you’ll confront a range of challenges from the profound to the practical. You’ll find it’s a life-changing experience — one that’s often as [...]
5 Easy Memory Aids That Can Help Anyone
Having problems remembering to take pills, buy grocery items, or make appointments? Everyone experiences memory problems sometimes. Memory experts often recommend the following simple aids to people with mild cognitive impairment or early symptoms of dementia. But anybody (including harried [...]
North River Home Care Receives Home Care Pulse Certification
North River Home Care has completed and received its Home Care Pulse Certification. This certification program is dedicated to the measurement of client and employee satisfaction scores, North River Home Care is now officially certified in home [...]
