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    Senior Care Los Angeles

    Senior Care in Los Angeles, CA: More Than Just a Phone Call

    Senior Care is More Than a Phone Call Mary was a busy woman. She had three children and was a single mother. She didn’t have a lot of time to herself, and barely seemed to hold it together during the school year when she was running from one practice or concert to the next. When her father became ill and it was clear that he was going to require some level of senior care, Mary took it upon herself to want to be the one to provide what he needed. In the beginning, she struggled to visit him. Her father lived in the next town and she had almost nothing…

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    Elder Care Beverly Hills CA

    Taking a Break from Elder Care in Beverly Hills CA!

    If you are providing elder care for a loved one, then you probably understand how difficult it can be at times.  You might spend a few hours a day with your loved one, whether it’s your mother, father, grandmother, or someone else in your family, tending to their needs and making sure that they have everything that they require, and then you go home and still need to tend to the important issues in your own home. Once in a while, it’s nice to have a break.  It’s one of the reasons why most people don’t work seven days a week, twenty four hours a day; they need time to…

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  • Caregiver Pacific Palisades CA
    Senior Care Burbank CA

    Fighting with Siblings over Senior Care in Burbank CA!

    Jack did not agree with his two sisters when they started talking about hiring senior care for their mother.  She had been living alone for a long time, but his sisters Megan and Tricia noticed that she wasn’t dealing with things the way she used to.  She was forgetting simple things and it seemed as though her clothing was dirty, and her skin was sallow.  In a nutshell, it appeared that she wasn’t eating well, and couldn’t even do the laundry anymore, even though she said she was fine. Jack didn’t live, as close to his mother as either of his sisters, so he hadn’t been to visit with his…

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  • Home Care Marina Del Rey CA
    Home Care Services Santa Monica CA

    Home Care Services in Santa Monica CA, and the Internet!

    What does the Internet and home care services have in common?  Aside from the two being unconnected in any real sense of the terms, most people can find out a great deal just about any in home health care services agency within their region, or in any region throughout the country. When you have an elderly loved one who has suffered a major illness, surgery, or other ailment and it’s becoming clear that they can no longer support themselves in the comfort of their own home without help, that’s where home care services can help. However, until we are faced with the situation of trying to care for a loved…

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  • Caregiver Pasadena CA
    Caregiver Pasadena CA

    Coping with Responsibilities as a Caregiver in Pasadena CA

    What are the core responsibilities of a caregiver?  Whether you want to know because you are planning on providing some level of care for a loved one, or you’re planning on taking on this responsibility as a paid job, or you want to know what to expect when you hire a home care provider for your loved one. The more you know about it, the better prepared you’ll be. There are a number of responsibilities that a caregiver who is providing home care for an elderly patient has.  Each situation is different, so make sure that you understand whether you’re talking about someone who will be stopping in every day…

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  • Senior Care Palos Verdes CA
    Senior Care Palos Verdes CA

    Senior Care in Palos Verdes CA: – Caring for a Senior Parent Helps Us To Be Better Listeners

    One of the most important aspects of senior care is learning to listen to what your parent is saying.  Part of that is listening and to read between the lines to glean some information about something they don’t want to talk about directly.  Many times your senior parent may be having a new physical, or mental challenge that they don’t want to reveal to you.  When talking to your parent it is important to be a good listener, and learn to pick up subtle hints about things that they are uncomfortable with, or just don’t want to talk about directly. Kids can be the same way in trying to avoid…

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  • Elderly Care Woodland Hills CA
    Elderly Care Woodland Hills CA

    3 Main Elderly Care Options for Any Family in Woodland Hills CA

    John was facing the one thing that he didn’t want to ever deal with; his mother was going to need some extra help, and care for the rest of her life.  John’s father and mother had divorced more than twenty years earlier and though his mother had dated a few men in the time since, she never settled down and was fine living on her own.  Now, it was time to begin thinking about different elderly care options. John didn’t know the first thing about elderly care, or what kinds of elderly care providers there are.  He found out was that there are three primary types of care that elderly…

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  • Caregiver Pacific Palisades CA
    Caregiver Pacific Palisades CA

    Caregiver in Pacific Palisades CA: – Healthy Senior Diets

    Seniors have a high need for good nutrition.  Getting adequate amounts of the healthy nutrient omega-3 fat is one of the requirements of a healthy senior diet.  This can be difficult, and confusing to do given today’s levels of environmental toxins, and the problems of overfishing.  Choosing the best seafood can be a tricky endeavor. Omega-3 fatty acid is a healthy fat that fights “bad” cholesterol.  One of the best sources is oily fish; salmon for example. It only takes two servings per week of high quality fish to give a good boost to a person’s omega-3 levels. Taking the environment into consideration Unfortunately, there are toxicity, sustainability and environmental…

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  • Home Care Services Marina Del Rey CA
    Home Care Services Marina Del Rey CA

    Celebrate Pizza Month with Home Care Services in Marina Del Rey CA

    It might not seem like the type of thing that you would plan with home care services, but millions of people across the country love pizza and what better time to plan a special pizza night with your elderly loved one than in October. This is National Pizza month, and that means it’s the perfect time to take a moment, sit down with family, and have good conversation while enjoying a delectable pizza pie. No, this isn’t a public service announcement trying to sell more pizzas.  And no, it’s not about causing your salivary glands to begin watering while you’re still hours away from a meal yourself.  It’s meant to…

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  • Senior Care Seal Beach CA
    Senior Care Seal Beach CA

    Senior Care in Seal Beach CA: – Maintain Brain Function

    People fear memory loss, and the decline of other mental functions that seem to come with age.  Not everyone will experience memory loss, though.  According to some recent studies, there are 1 in 3 people who will have no apparent decline in mental capacity as they travel through their 70’s and 80’s. Everyone seems to want to know what to do to maintain brain function with age.  Doing simple things like daily walking and other forms of physical exercise are important. Keeping your brain actively engaged is essential.  When older adults are involved in helping young children to learn how to read, they gain as much benefit as others who…

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