- Senior Health & Safety
Hillendale Home Care’s Tips to Help Seniors Avoid Diabetes Management Burnout
From beginning to end, a day in the life of someone with diabetes is overloaded with a range of tasks to manage the disease.
Hillendale Home Care Blog
From beginning to end, a day in the life of someone with diabetes is overloaded with a range of tasks to manage the disease.
A body at rest remains at rest. If physical activity and exercise haven’t been an ongoing part of a senior’s daily routine, those ingrained habits must be overcome before everyday activity can...
Each of us faces a number of critical crossroads in life, at which point the decisions we make will result in far-reaching effects. What career we choose. Who (or whether) to marry. Whether to have...
Do a Google search for “activities for seniors” and you’re likely to come up with a variety of crafts, games, ideas for memory stimulation, and of course, the stereotypical bingo.
Many of us feel as though we’re juggling a lot of balls in our everyday lives, but for the family caregiver, it can feel as though they’re juggling knives and flaming swords as well.
Some of the busiest people working today are Alzheimer’s caregivers, and not just because of their caregiving duties.
For the vast majority of older adults, the prospect of facing a move to an assisted living or nursing facility is difficult.
It’s estimated by the World Health Organization (WHO) that one type of lung disease, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), as a single cause of death, ranks as high as HIV/AIDS, following...
The holidays are always filled with presents, family, and about a million festivities and obligations.
It’s a new year with many new things to look forward to, but there may be some lingering thoughts nagging you from a recent visit with Mom and Dad over the holidays.
Home is a place of comfort and sanctuary, or at least it should be. However, for people living with multiple sclerosis, or MS, the home can present new challenges never before noticed.