Senior Care Blog

Sleeping can sometimes be a real issue with elderly people. Actually, getting enough sleep can be a real issue with most people! When it comes to learning about how much sleep a person needs, don’t pull the covers over your head. Children often resist going to bed; they just don’t want to miss anything. What if something fun happens? They don’t want to miss out. Sleeping somehow sucks the fun out of everything.

Hobbies are an important activity for seniors, they strengthen the mind body connection and bring enjoyment and a sense of fulfillment to the elderly person.  Hobbies and other fun activities also encourage better physical health because they promote better mental health.

Elder care in Pleasanton and the nearby communities is a service provided by a person to help your elderly parents perform everyday tasks, while continuing to live in their home. The caretaker is usually not a medical professional, but many states require a license to provide this service. Below are some signs that your elderly loved one may need some help around the house. The extra help may be needed every day or just a few days a week.

How do you find the right caregiver for your loved one? When your mother or father requires some level of help in order to live at home, then they need a caregiver. One of the first instincts that adult children have when it comes to providing care to a loved one is to be that caregiver for them.

If you work full time, care for your own family, and are the primary caregiver for an aging parent, you don’t get to spend much time with either your family, or your parent.

Time is the one constant in the entire universe. Sure, Einstein stated that is was the speed of light, but it’s really just time, and time marches on. When your loved ones reach a certain age, such as their seventies, you may be more curious about your family roots, your ancestry.

In most northern regions of the United States during the winter, bad weather can hamper one’s ability to get to their destination. Snowfall, especially during blizzards, can make road impassable and they can actually become closed to anyone except ‘essential’ personnel. So are home care services determined to be essential personnel?

If I were to ask twenty people about why they are, or have been reluctant to hire elder care services for their loved one, I would likely hear some of the most common answers being thrown back at me time, and time again. One of the most popular reasons that people tend to give is that they think it will be far too expensive; they couldn’t justify spending “all that money” on something that they could do themselves.

Regardless of how you feel about AB241 bill and the politicians and process who brought it forth and had it passed, the bill is creating a lot of discourse.