Traditions vary across the globe in how to deal with <a rel="nofollow" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/article_exit_link');" href= >adult care</a>. With the rise in economic costs, healthcare and changes in moral views, differences and traditions, families are really re-evaluating how they choose to care for the elderly in their lives. Recently in the U.S. and some European countries people have started to change perspectives on...

Several years ago, my sister and I were faced with the reality of searching for an Alzheimer's care home for our father. For a number of years we had watched our dad become more forgetful and felt this was just old age creeping in. It first started with him losing his train of thought in mid sentence and forgetting close friends names to then neglecting to take care of his personal hygiene and house work. Dad had lived alone since our mother...

Many seniors and their loved ones still have misconceptions about what used to be called nursing homes. Most baby boomers were raised thinking that nursing / retirement homes were drab places for the elderly to just merely exist. Fortunately, over the years, as society began developing a more progressive way of thinking, the days of the sterile, hospital looking enviornments are few and far between. Now, assisted living centers, retirement communities and nursing homes are...

As the population of the Triad region of North Carolina and the city of Greensboro steadily age, more and more seniors are requiring assistance and daily care.  Home care is quickly becoming the desired alternative to assisted living facilities – providing seniors with a way to maintain their independence and remain at home, while still receiving professional attention and the benefits of assisted living.  In home care providers have substantially advanced their...

If your elderly loved one needs special care and attention, you may consider a nursing home. Unfortunately, it’s a shocking reality that nursing home abuse and neglect has become commonplace.

Assessing Nursing Home Safety

A thorough investigation of the facility you are considering is crucial. Asking the right questions and closely observing the facility you are considering can go a long way in preventing nursing home abuse. Ask these questions as...

Self esteem is an integral part of an individual's mental makeup and human psychology. It is an image we have about ourselves, how we feel, how we react to our work, our relationships with family and in general, how we socialize in the community as a whole. Self esteem is viewed as the basis of human psychology and each person is quite aware of their own self esteem. The same awareness of self esteem is present in the elderly, though it may change with the changes in the lifestyle and a...

If you live in or near Oakland County Michigan, you might want to know about The Lighthouse of Oakland County.

Lighthouse, as it is called locally, has several programs that help area residents who are struggling.

Lighthouse might be able to help one of your tenants or someone else that you know.  This includes the homeless, impoverished families, seniors over 65, and disabled adults over 55.

Program: Lighthouse Community Development

Lighthouse realizes that...

Finding what works for the cremation customer is rapidly becoming a necessity for success in the funeral business.  Picture your business as a coin.  Your firm is the side and your customers are the other side.  The two are bound inextricably to one another.  Now, take this picture to the next level.  Is your business the heads side or the tails side of the coin?  And, consider the more important question.  What is it that bonds customers to a business...

As our parents and grandparents get older, this senior citizen driver will need to take on a whole new role to stay mobile.  It isn’t easy to see our loved ones lose their independence, since most likely the majority of senior drivers have been driving for over fifty-five years.  When do we need to say when to our older family members?  Who should approach the senior driver? What can we do to keep everyone safe on the road?  There are at least five steps that...