Posts by Ed Brown, COO
Dangers of Stress in Elderly Adults
April is Stress Awareness Month, which makes it a perfect time for family caregivers to evaluate their elderly loved one’s stress levels and see what they can do to alleviate it. Many family members don’t realize the dangers of stress in elderly adults and may not recognize the symptoms. Over time, stress can have serious…
Read MoreWhat Are the Risk Factors for Alzheimer’s Disease?
As a family caregiver, one of the most important things that you can do is to protect your aging parent against the serious health conditions and issues that they may face as they age in place. The first step in doing this is being aware of the risk factors that they have for certain conditions,…
Read MoreWhat are the Symptoms of a Heart Attack?
Immediate and efficient response in the event of a cardiovascular health emergency is critical to giving your senior the best chance of survival and recovery. When the heart is facing a crisis, negative effects happen quickly. Tissues begin to die as the body is not getting the oxygen and nutrients that it needs, and consequences…
Read MoreWhy Your Parent’s Doctor Might Not Diagnose the Flu
Flu is a serious illness for older adults. In fact, between 71 and 85 percent of flu-related deaths occur in seniors aged 65 and older. Although there is a test for diagnosing the flu, doctors often don’t use it because they can diagnose based on the symptoms. However, a new study indicates that the flu…
Read MoreHow Are You Asking Other Family Members to Pitch in and Help?
It might feel to you as if getting help from other family members is worse than pulling teeth. Your approach could be what’s making the situation more difficult than it has to be. Avoid Guilt Altogether. Guilt can be a powerful tool when you wield it against other family members. But the problem is that…
Read MoreHow Can You Learn to Ask for Help Effectively as a Caregiver?
When you’ve been a pretty self-sufficient person for most of your life, you might find it difficult to ask for help with anything. Being a caregiver seems to complicate that problem because you may feel as if you have to be the one doing all the helping. Look at How You Ask for Help Now.…
Read MoreWhat Kinds of Guidelines Should You Set to Help Your Senior Keep Driving?
If your senior wants to keep driving, it may still be possible. In order to judge that properly, you may want to look into setting some ground rules that dictate whether she continues to drive. This gives her solid objectives to shoot for in order to continue driving. She Needs to Stay Active. Maintaining her…
Read MoreAre You Doing Everything that You Can to Make Time for Yourself?
You might try figuring out how to carve out more time for you, only to give up fairly quickly when an obstacle shows up or when the task gets tough. Here are some ways around that problem. Seek out Spare Minutes. Those spare minutes you find here and there to just breathe can actually add…
Read MoreWhat to Expect When a Cancer Patient Nears the End of Life
When a family caregiver is told that the cancer treatment an aging family member has been receiving is no longer working, the news is both sad and frightening. You want to use the time they have left well and ensure they receive quality care. Sometimes knowing what to expect can help you to do those…
Read MoreIs Your Elderly Parent at Increased Risk of Diabetes?
If you are like many family caregivers, diabetes is a condition that you have thought about when considering the issues that your senior might face as they age in place. Diabetes is a very common disease, with more than 30 million people throughout the United States living with it. It being common, however, does not…
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