Family Caregivers Balance Senior Safety While Promoting Independence
When a loved one is struggling to complete an activity, our typical instinct, with the very best of intentions, is generally to step in and take care of it ourselves. But is this genuinely helping a senior loved one – or can it be hindering? The stark reality is, there is a fine line between […]
When Counting Sheep Isn’t Enough: Strategies to Improve Senior Sleep
Staring at the clock. Tossing and turning. Counting sheep. If this describes a common evening for your aging loved one, recognize that he or she is far from alone. While older adults need to have at least seven hours of sleep each night, upwards of half of all older adults report issues with falling and/or […]
How Make This A Stress-Free Holiday with Senior Loved Ones
When it comes to celebrating the holidays, society’s message to us is that the grander, flashier, brighter and more expensive the experience, the better. Yet for family caregivers, particularly those in the sandwich generation who are taking care of both older parents and their own children and spouse, attempting to meet these expectations can be […]
Feeling Overwhelmed with Caregiving Tasks? Learn How Respite Care Can Help!
Despite being profoundly rewarding and fulfilling, providing care for an elderly loved one also encompasses a number of challenges that can lead to serious health concerns for family caregivers. And though it’s typical for family members to put their own needs on the back burner to focus fully on the needs of their loved one, […]
How Spending Holiday Time with Seniors Helps Determine Senior Care Needs
Getting together with family is the hallmark of the holidays. With the children on break from school and extended time off from the workplace, it’s the optimal occasion for the generations to get together and enjoy some quality time. On the other hand, it’s also the opportune time to observe the health, safety and wellbeing […]
Struggling with Caregiving Stress? These Tips Can Help!
Caregiving and stress frequently go hand in hand. Committing your life to meeting the needs of an elderly family member can be difficult, especially when a long-term health problem is at play, leaving family caregivers with fewer opportunities to meet their own needs and for enjoyable and relaxing activities. Yet, it’s really important for family […]
What To Do When Family Dynamics Impact Senior Care
In thinking through the years spent with your brothers and sisters, you can very likely recollect a multitude of incredible memories: holidays and vacations spent together, childhood adventures you took pleasure in, landmarks like graduations, birthdays, and weddings. Nevertheless, if we’re completely honest, there are also various hurts that occurred that have the tendency to […]
Experiencing Caregiver Guilt? Here’s How to Let Go and Rediscover Peace.
Guilt: it’s one thing every caregiver can relate to. No matter how much hard work we invest in providing care for a senior loved one, somehow it doesn’t ever seem to be enough, leaving us feeling as though we could have done more, shown more kindness, been more patient. And if we don’t effectively address […]
Reduce Caregiving Stress in a Surprising Way: By Laughing!
You know what it’s like to have “one of those days” – you’ve hit the snooze button one too many times and missed a major appointment, the coffee maker picked today to quit working, you stumbled over the dog, dropping your phone and shattering the screen, and as if that’s not bad enough, you feel […]
Brighten Summer with These Activities for Seniors
Although of course children certainly eagerly anticipate summer break and all of the fun it entails, summer doesn’t need to lose its excitement as we age! At Compassionate Nursing Services, providers of the high quality home health care services St. Louis, MO seniors need, we love helping older adults enjoy life to the fullest, and […]