A home care agency can provide individualized assistance that helps your elderly parents with different tasks. The goal is to help them age in place together and avoid moving into a senior living community. Typically, home care aides can...

There is great importance to "listening" for clues from your elderly parents. You might be distracted with raising kids and dealing with your job. Your visits might be rushed, and your mind may be elsewhere. You hear...

Watching your elderly parents go through health issues as they age can be difficult. You worry about them and want the best for them. You might live in the same city and see them frequently or you live in...

Home care is flexible, allowing individuals to age in place and choose how frequently they receive care or companionship services. -- Nursing homes provide around-the-clock residential care with access to medical professionals like nurses, doctors, and therapists. -- Home health care...

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There are many benefits for seniors who engage the assistance of home care, and in-home personalized care. Here are benefits highlighted: -- Encourages independence. Home care enables seniors to age in place while receiving help with activities of daily living (ADLs)...

Offering companionship, transportation, and assistance with daily activities, homecare services are provided to seniors in the comfort and familiarity of their own homes. Homecare is a great alternative to living alone and unsafe. Or, in assisted living facilities for...

MassHealth has two programs which assist elders to stay at home. And, this avoids a nursing home. For most seniors, their own financial resources are not enough. Under the MassHealth umbrella, there are several programs that can help...

Prepare yourself, and your elderly parents, for a diagnosis. The more information you have available, the better to make informed decisions and plans. A dementia diagnosis is determined through a series of steps. There are many different possible tests to...

In most cases, you should tell your elderly parent(s) they have dementia. It is in their best interest to know what’s going on with their health. Chances are, seniors already realize something’s wrong. You can have the discussion...