Posts by Sid Gerber
5 Ways To Make Aging in Place Safe For Seniors With Alzheimer’s Disease
If your senior loved one has Alzheimer’s then you are probably very concerned with your senior’s safety at home. Staying at home in a place that is familiar to them can be very helpful for seniors with Alzheimer’s, as long as precautions are taken to keep them safe. Modifying their homes to keep seniors safe…
Read MoreMovement and Your Senior
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommend 150 minutes of moderately intense exercise per week for seniors, which works out to about 30 minutes a day with a couple of days off during the week. This is an important recommendation for your senior to follow, but she might find it intimidating at first. Regular…
Read MoreWhat Home Safety Tips Are You Forgetting?
Aging at home is an essential part of your parents’ long-term care plan, but your parents have to be safe while doing it. You and your siblings need to make sure their home is safe for them to live in. You’ve looked at safety features like grab bars, smoke, fire, and carbon monoxide detectors, and…
Read MoreManaging Diabetes as a Senior
Diabetes is a serious health issue that occurs when your senior’s body has trouble maintaining healthy blood sugar levels. Depending on the severity of her diabetes, your senior may not be at a point where she needs insulin yet. Managing diabetes properly can help her to postpone treatments like insulin dependency for longer than she…
Read MoreBe Prepared for Any (Realistic) Disaster: Senior Safety Tips for the Home
Disasters can strike at any time. For an aging senior, safety at home can be compromised in many ways, including through natural disasters. Whether it’s due to a hurricane, tornado, excessive rain that leads to flash flooding, high heat, extreme cold, or anything else, it is important to be prepared. Unfortunately, not many people actually…
Read MoreHelping Your Elderly Loved One Adjust to Home Care Assistance
Have you recently decided to get home care assistance for your elderly loved one? If so, has your elderly loved one been a little hesitant to accept the help the elder care providers are trying to give them? This happens with many elderly people. The good news is there are ways to help your elderly…
Read MoreSymptoms of Shingles in Seniors
Shingles is a type of rash that can cause extreme pain in seniors. Anyone who has ever had chickenpox disease can get shingles. People of any age can get Shingles, but it is uncommon for younger people to get it. The most common person to get the Shingles is adults between the ages of 60-70…
Read MoreMust-Know Vitamin Information for the Elderly
Vitamins and minerals are essential for people of all ages. They make our bodies function at its best. It can be difficult keeping track of all the different vitamins and minerals that a person needs in order to stay healthy. In addition, it can be difficult figuring out how to get these minerals and vitamins.…
Read MoreFive Home Safety Tips for Seniors with Vision Trouble
Vision changes can be both subtle and scary for your aging family member. Often people don’t realize at first how much their vision has changed, simply because they’re losing that functionality a little bit every day. Keeping up with home safety for your senior can help her to avoid injuries. Improve Lighting with Adjustable Lamps…
Read MoreIt’s Not Easy for an Elderly Person to Care for Their Spouse, and That’s Why Elder Care Is So Vital
Jill never thought she would ever turn her back on her husband of 53 years. She never wanted to. Tom and Jill were high school sweethearts who never looked to anyone else but their spouse, the love of their life. They had supported each other through difficult times, through tragedy, and through joys. Yet, in…
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