Celebrate Milestones and Support Independence to Help Your Loved Ones
Stay positive. Have gratitude. Give thanks for the little things and celebrate milestones with your loved ones who have memory loss. In some ways, it may seem counter-intuitive to celebrate milestones in difficult times. But that’s exactly the point. Even as holidays, anniversaries, birthdays, or any other special occasion have their complications with loved [...]
Reminiscing Over the Holidays Can Help Senior Memory Care
Winter comfort food, or a dish your family always had for the holidays. Stockings hung on the fireplace, or a cozy night by a fire with a Christmas tree as a backdrop. Chestnuts roasting on an open fire, or here comes Santa Claus, or lyrics to other songs you remember from the holidays. [...]
How to Enjoy the Holiday Season With Loved Ones Who Have Alzheimer’s
As we approach the holidays this November, it’s fitting that it is National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month and a time to help loved ones with the disease through the holidays. For you and your loved ones who have Alzheimer’s and related dementia, the holidays can be a struggle and painful reminder of times past [...]
For November’s National Diabetes Month, Here are Healthy Living Tips
November is National Diabetes Month when seniors and elderly can focus on prevention and keeping diabetes controlled. It’s especially important now during the COVID-19 pandemic as the illness is expected to surge in the fall and winter. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that patients hospitalized with COVID-19 were more likely to [...]