Anger and Your Aging Family Member

Anger and Your Aging Family Member

Feb 7, 2020 | Home Care

Anger is a really common emotion for seniors to experience, especially if their health has taken a nosedive recently. The problem is that often the only target on which your senior may be able to safely vent her anger is likely to be you. That’s not a good situation...
Ways to Help a Grieving Senior

Ways to Help a Grieving Senior

Sep 27, 2019 | Home Care, Managing Grief

Grief is tough for anyone to handle alone, and when a senior is dealing with the loss of a loved one that they may have spent most of their lives with, it can make the tremendous loss even more difficult. For seniors at home, the days and weeks after the loss of a...
What is Pericarditis?

What is Pericarditis?

Aug 4, 2017 | Home Care, Pericarditis and Seniors

When a senior complains of chest pain, your first reaction may be that they are having a heart attack. Of course, any time a person experiences chest pain you should seek emergency medical attention. However, sometimes chest pain can be caused by a less serious...