Tips and Advice for Seniors and Their Families
Combating Osteoporosis
Bones feel solid, but the inside of a bone is actually filled with holes like a honeycomb. Bone tissues are broken down and rebuilt all the time. While some cells build new bone tissue, others dissolve bone. As we get older, we begin to...
Tips for Organizing Health Information
A trip to the emergency room made me realize why caregivers are advised to organize heath information. When Mom broke her hip, I called an ambulance. When it arrived, I confidently recited Mom’s Medicare number. When asked what...
How to Safely Assist a Loved One After a Fall
Senior falls can be very frightening for both the senior and the caregiver. And once in this situation, caregivers are often unprepared for how to get an aging loved one safely back on their feet. How to proceed will depends upon whether...
Some Ways “Wearables” are Helping Seniors
Most of us think of wearables in terms of smartwatches and fitness trackers, gadgets that can help us be fitter and more efficient. But for some people, they're far more important than that—these wearables are the difference between...
The Power of Touch in Elder Caregiving
When Kay Olson checked her husband, John, age 66, into Lakeview Ranch in Dassel, Minnesota, caregivers greeted both of them with a hug. They immediately helped John into the bathroom, washing him gently. He came out crying what he told...
Frustration with Rising Cost of In-Home Care Inspires Founding of Hallmark Homecare
Homecare franchise concept cuts costs and provides high quality care to growing elder population…
Nutrition is Important at Every Age
Nutrition plays an essential role in maintaining the health of seniors. Inadequate nutrition results from poor quality food choices and/or inadequate calories, both which can contribute to low energy, muscle loss, malnutrition, and...
The Rewards of Decluttering
There are obvious reasons to declutter. Safety: Clutter can trip us up. Efficiency: With declining eyesight, it gets hard to find things we use everyday. Focus: Messy environments can make it hard to process information. Clutter is a...
Hallmark Homecare Remains First Choice for High-Quality Caregivers in Shrinking Pool of Top Talent
Streamlined homecare franchise model has solution to nationwide shortage of caregivers…
Preserving the Life Stories of our Seniors
Many families today are discovering and preserving one of life's greatest treasures…the stories in the hearts and minds of our parents and grandparents. In our digital age, more and more families are saving their cherished family memories...