The first thing as a caregiver that you should know about senior day care is: do not feel guilty. It is important to take breaks from your caregiver duties and not everybody has multiple siblings to help aid them in caring for an aging loved one. That is where senior or aging day care can help and is becoming a more common trend in 2022. [Read more…]

The call you receive when a loved one has fallen and injured themselves can be one of the most difficult to hear. Your mind begins to race. How badly were they injured? Were they able to receive assistance right away or did they have to wait for somebody to find them? What will be the road to recovery and how will they handle it? [Read more…]

When you have a parent that has moved into a care facility, you will likely realize that there are some responsibilities as a caretaker you no longer have to worry about. The care facility will likely be handling things like daily hygiene and prescription distribution which can be taxing on you, the caregiver. However, that doesn’t mean that the caregiver responsibilities have ended but rather changed (depending on the level of care at the facility). [Read more…]

The Covid-19 vaccine has now been out for quite a while and a larger portion of the population has received both doses (with some already receiving their booster). With many seeing the holidays shutdown last year and not having a lot of access to their loved ones in assisted living, many are ready to cut loose in 2021. [Read more…]

If you are new to the process of selecting care for an aging loved one, you likely don’t have a lot of knowledge around what types of questions should be asked when considering different care facilities. We wanted to compile the important questions we already know about the care facilities we help our clients select to help those that are going through the process for the first time. [Read more…]