Senior Care Blog

Today, millions of Americans are living with multiple chronic diseases, and at Hillendale Home Care, our goal is to help our clients with chronic diseases live their best lives possible. As many as one million people in the U.S. alone are living with Parkinson’s disease, and for those individuals, it’s important to develop a solid disease management plan to help reduce symptoms and stay on track health wise.

The kids need their lunches made for school, your husband’s car is in the shop and he needs you to drop him off at work, you have a big presentation to give to the CEO today, and you just got a call from your elderly mother, who’s out of a very important prescription medication and needs a refill ASAP.

When someone you love has cancer, it’s natural to want to drop everything and help that person, but taking on the role of a caregiver is not without challenges. Cancer treatments and the resulting side effects can be especially difficult for both the patients themselves and their loved ones, and sometimes caregivers may feel overwhelmed.

A healthy diet is important for everyone, but nutrition for those with cancer is even more critical. Meeting nutrition needs can help strengthen cancer patients to endure chemotherapy treatments, protect against infections, keep body tissue from breaking down, and rebuild tissue. Eating well can also help those with cancer manage any side effects of cancer treatments and may even assist with handling higher doses of certain drugs.

Life is full of difficult conversations, and talking to a senior loved one about his need for home care services can certainly be one of them.

In a recent blog post, our senior care experts shared some tips on how to talk to senior loved ones about home care services, but what if the need for care comes on quickly? Oftentimes, families are tempted to ignore the red flags of care needs, finding it simpler to justify warning signs than to face them head on. These senior care emergencies can cause anxiety for family members and safety hazards for the seniors they love.

As summer winds down, parents are busy shopping for school supplies, checking last year’s clothing to see what still fits, scheduling appointments for physical and dental exams, and, more often than not, subjecting them to immunizations. However, now isn’t just a time when school kids need to roll up their sleeves and face those dreaded shots. This time of year, even adults should get in on the act.

If someone ever created a list of the most unusual names for diseases, the shingles virus would certainly top that list. The very name of the disease brings to mind an image of a person with layers of roofing materials growing out of his skin. In actuality, shingles, also known as the herpes zoster virus, is a very painful rash caused by the same virus that causes chickenpox in younger people.

The ability to get out of the house and go where you want when you want is a freedom many of us have enjoyed since we were sixteen. Driving is more than a routine part of adult life; it’s a powerful symbol of competence and independence. And the thought of having to give that up and look into accompanied transportation can be difficult.