This article will discuss the benefits of hiring a caregiver for your loved one and the signs you should consider when hiring an in-home Caregiver. What are the benefits of hiring a Caregiver for your loved one? Being the oldest woman in the family, you may feel responsible for looking out for your parents’ health. But with a full schedule, how can you adequately care for your aging parents regularly without feeling drained and pressured under all your responsibilities? By juggling your time between caring for the children, your spouse, your career, your social life, your mental health, and everything else, your lives could also be unsteady. It might lessen the difficulty of caring for your parents alone with the assistance of an in-home caregiver. Even if some of your siblings offer help, your parents’ requirements will likely keep expanding as they age. Are you still debating the wisdom of employing a caregiver to provide in-home care services/assistance? Take advantage of this, and your parents can live comfortably and accustomedly at home with the assistance of competent caregivers by helping with a variety of tasks like: Personal hygiene care such as bathing and dressing Companionship – providing emotional support and socialization Appointment and medication reminders Transportation to appointments and other activities Meal preparation Medication administration Errands and more What […]
Nola Sullivan recently marked an inauspicious anniversary. A little more than a year ago, on November 16, 2020, the 57-year-old pharmacy technician from Kellogg, Idaho, came down with COVID-19. “I lost my taste and smell, with a very bad head cold, body aches, muscle spasm, fatigue, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea,” she says. It took a month […]
When elderly people stay active, their brains have more of a class of proteins that enhances the connections between neurons to maintain healthy cognition, a UC San Francisco study has found.
Small, unique antibody-like proteins known as VNARs — derived from the immune systems of sharks — can prevent the virus that causes COVID-19, its variants, and related coronaviruses from infecting human cells, according to a new study published Dec. 16.