Getting a flu shot each flu season is a good idea for everyone, but it is even more important for seniors over the age of 60. Increased vulnerability to the virus and increased risk of complications make it imperative that seniors take every precaution to avoid getting the flu in the first place and a [...]
Know the Signs of a Heart Attack When Providing Senior Care
Although it is important for everyone to have some heart attack awareness, it is very important that seniors in particular know the signs of a heart attack. In addition, those who provide home care need to know what to look for. When providing senior care, it is important that healthcare providers understand why seniors are [...]
Bath Aids and Etiquette for Bathing the Elderly
Giving seniors a bath can be a challenging task. Meanwhile, the job of bathing and other forms of senior care can be embarrassing for senior citizens or other people with mobility problems. Nobody wants to rely on someone else for bathing. Caregivers have a responsibility to not only ensure that a senior gets clean, but [...]
Companion Care for Visually Impaired Seniors
White Cane Week (Feb 5-11) in Canada helps remind caregivers of the right precautions when providing home care to a visually impaired senior. Straddling the balance between doing what is best for the senior and allowing him or her to remain dignified can be a challenge for those who provide senior care, but there are [...]
Take This Important Senior Medication Safety Quiz
Seniors receiving home care should be able to take their medications independently in a safe manner. This is an important aspect of senior care, which is usually neglected, and it can have serious consequences, especially when a senior is living alone. Below, you’ll find a true or false quiz which provides education about various aspects [...]
How Caregivers Can Help a Senior Quit Smoking
Home care providers have an important role in the health of their patients. Whether it’s a registered nurse taking care of someone with health problems, or a home support worker who helps with day-to-day activities, a caregiver can affect the lives of the elderly people they are taking care of in more ways than one. [...]
What Senior Caregivers Need to Know About Informed Consent
The older a person becomes, the greater the chances of he or she requiring long term medical care during the course of his or her lifetime. By law, patients are not obligated to accept medical treatment of any kind without giving informed consent to the providers of that treatment. This means that doctors cannot legally [...]
Sleep Interrupted: The Effects of Alzheimer’s Disease
Sleep disorders often go hand in hand with Alzheimer’s disease. This presents a challenge for healthcare workers who provide home care services to seniors. Irregular sleeping patterns and other debilitating symptoms can take a toll on both seniors as well as their caregivers. Despite this, there are ways of promoting healthy sleeping habits among those [...]
Retire-At-Home, A true family business
Canadian Nurse Magazine, November 2011 Family has been at the heart of most of Irene Martin’s major life choices. Her decision to go into business in 1994, for instance, was largely informed by her family’s challenges in caring for elderly parents, whose health issues threatened their ability to remain in the home they loved. This experience [...]
The Emotional Calm of Aging
It’s a prediction often met with worry: in 20 years, there will be more North Americans over age 60 than under age 15. Some fear that this will result in an ageing society with an increasing population of impaired people and fewer youngsters to care for them while also keeping productivity going. The worries are [...]
