Today's caregivers are not alone, and represent a very large, diverse group. Although there are many nurses and professional caregivers that serve in this role, family members make up about 80 to 90 percent of the caregivers of the elderly. About 75 percent of the caregivers are women. The majority of these are mostly daughters who are caring for an aging parent. In many cases an elderly spouse starts out as the primary caregiver, but eventually passes the baton on to their adult...

While you are running from the one place to other believing you will never ever again have enough time to do everything that needs to be done, there are many elderly people counting the minutes before lunch or dinner and bed time. They once might have felt the same and now suddenly they don’t know what to do with all the time they have on hand.

Causes of Depression

Not having enough to do to fill the hours in the day is one of the biggest reasons for depression in...

While anybody can be at risk of having a stroke, the elderly are more vulnerable. Elderly people who suffer from high blood pressure are at high risk.  In cases where high blood pressure is accompanied by diabetes, smoking or the drinking of alcohol the risk is even higher. Men are also more at risk than woman.

Elderly people are not always aware of these factors and sometimes seem to be oblivious to the facts. In a study done by Mayo clinic in 2007 they found that 50% of...

I was regularly visiting my Grand Mother, who suffers with Vascular Dementia, at her care home while my parents were away on holiday.  On time, I was helping her to put on her cardigan because it was cold.  Several pills fell from her pocket on to the floor!  I had no idea if they were her own medication or if they belonged to someone else!  When I went to report the matter, the care nurse said she would look into the matter and speak with the care nurse who was...

The state of health of the person looking for nursing care is the major factor in your alternative of a long term care service. All trained  and intermediate care nursing facilities provide personal care and residential services together with rooms, meals, planned activities and schedules to meet social and spiritual requirements. The levels of nursing and therapy services existing vary more or less extensively, and these ought to be carefully be suitable to the individual’s...

Much of the freedom enjoyed by baby boomers when they launched their free love crusade of the rest of the World back in their wild days was enabled by their being free of the risk of diseases, such as AIDS, or so they thought.  Our present young generation have no such ‘safety net’ and dare not indulge in promiscuity.

Psychological articles note that the presence of the AIDS risk has effectively reduced the incidence of promiscuity in young people, although of...

Time passes so quickly! The Christmas season and New Year holiday has gone away. Your family members must have got great happiness in the reunion, especially for the elderly parents. However, when banquet goes to the end, and dear children return to their busy work or even leave for far places, elder parents probably feel a little depressed and lonely. As their beloved child, what can you do at this moment? You can make a DIY familyDVD photo slideshowandDVD daily tip showto let parents...

With the bustling life style family becomes smaller day by day. And there is a very small space for every one especially the senior members of the family. Keeping in mind this global issue, nowStanford caregivershas come with effective solution.Care Stamford ct is an institution which offers its senior care services for the lonely senior family members who sometimes find it very difficult to deal with their aging problems.Stamfordelderly careprovides people who are well trained and...

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...

DATELINE: BROCKTON, MA…

Old Colony Elder Services (OCES), one of 27 private, non-profit Aging Services Access Points (ASAPs) in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is offering a complimentary resource guide to older adults and caregivers in the greater Brockton area.

Old Colony Elder Services is part of Elder Education & Community Outreach (EECO), which is a collaborative effort of Brockton area health and human services organizations working...