Posts by Ed Brown, COO
Four Ways to Prove to Your Senior You’re Not After Her Independence
One of the biggest fears your senior might have is that something, even you, will take her independence.
Read MoreThree Kinds of Heart Attack You Should Know About
Senior care can assist older adults to prevent a heart attack by assisting them to live a healthier lifestyle.
Read MoreHow Elder Care Can Help with Loneliness
Elder care providers can also encourage participation with new people by introducing the senior to others and helping them to overcome disabilities that make interacting hard, such as vision or hearing loss.
Read MoreHow to Tell If Your Parent Should Stop Driving
There comes a time in the lives of many older adults that getting behind the wheel puts them and others on the road in jeopardy.
Read MoreWhy Should You Urge Your Parent to Eat More Stone Fruits?
Stone fruits include produce like apricots, cherries, peaches, plums, and nectarines. They’re the fruits you find that have a single stone (pit) in the center of the fruit.
Read MoreWhat Do Family Members Have to Fight About?
You would think that other family members wouldn’t have anything to fight about regarding your senior’s care, but there are those issues that crop up.
Read MoreCan My Sedentary Elderly Loved One Do Exercises?
When aging adults are dealing with lots of different health issue, it’s easy for them to grow sedentary. With an inactive lifestyle, they can become quite weak and have poor balance and flexibility. Health experts agree that even aging adults with physical challenges can benefit from some level of exercise. Family caregivers should take the time to create an exercise regimen for their aging loved one, so they can be as healthy and fit as they can.
Read MoreDoes Smoking Make Melanoma Worse?
Melanoma is a form of skin cancer that occurs in the cells, called melanocytes, that make melanin. Melanin is what gives skin its color. When a person develops melanoma skin cancer, the melanocytes grow out of control and don’t die off when they should.
Read MoreFour Tips for Setting Better Boundaries as a Caregiver
Boundaries can be extremely difficult for caregivers to set. They’re necessary, though.
Read MoreWhat Might Cause Cardiac Arrest?
Each year throughout the United States more than 350,000 cardiac arrests occur outside of a hospital setting. Many of these occur very suddenly and without warning signs, and a large percentage proved fatal.
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