Senior Home Care USA

We have all seen it.  An elderly woman in a store, purse left unattended in the basket while she is looking for cake mixes!  This is the easiest way thieves get their hands on purses.  Next thing you know she is the victim, has her purse taken, and she is frantic.  Her credit cards are [...]

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There is perhaps nothing that strikes terror more in the heart of an elderly driver than the words, “It is time to stop driving.” The impact of these can be even more powerful and devastating to some seniors than the diagnosis of a debilitating illness. Because driving in our culture is so closely related to [...]

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A parent’s refusal of help is one situation that obviously can make it more difficult to care for a loved one – in fact, it can be downright frustrating! If all you want to do is give your parents the assistance they need, and they respond to you with behavior that seems more appropriate for [...]

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When a parent or a family member is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease, family life becomes chaotic. Life, as you once knew it is not the same. You live in a routine of stress and anxiety each and everyday. If you also have your own family life and job, the burden and stress is one hundred [...]

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Your 78 year-old mother has been living on her own since your father’s death two years ago. Although she has never quite recovered emotionally from the loss of her husband, she has been active and self-sufficient. Recently, however, she has complained of feeling tired much of the time. When you visit, you often see her [...]

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Caregiver Stress It Can Sneak Up on You! My Friend Mary, I ran into my friend Mary yesterday, and found her in the middle of a crisis. Mary is 75 years old, and although she is active and relatively healthy for her years, she’s had some fairly serious health issues these last few years. But [...]

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