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Care Giver Stress have provided ten tips to ensure a senior's home is hazard free. Each year, many older Australians are injured in and around their homes - often from hazards that are easily overlooked, but easy to prevent. By spotting these … [Read more...] about Senior Safety Checklist

Home Instead Senior Care say that cooking for seniors shouldn't be boring. They have provided some tips to help seniors spice up their cooking, as well three easy recipe ideas. According to Rachael Ray, host of the hit cooking show 30-Minute Meals, … [Read more...] about Spice it Up!

Here are some simple tips from Home Instead Senior Care to help encourage seniors not to give up their favourite pastimes. Here's the kind of question that a concerned adult child of senior parents might ask when he or she sees their activity … [Read more...] about Encourage Seniors to Pursue Their Favorite Pastimes

Care Giver Stress have  offered some simple signs to help you identify if spousal caregiving is becoming too risky for you. In sickness and in health…that was the vow you took with your spouse on your wedding day. So, you wouldn't think twice about … [Read more...] about Stress and spousal caregiving

Here are some simple strategies to put the spring back in your caregiving step by Caring Today. 1. Have the right bite for breakfast If you start your day on an empty stomach, you'll be in a slump before lunch. But the wrong breakfast also can … [Read more...] about 7 ways to energize

Evidence is mounting that older adults are cutting everyday expenses to keep up with the economic downturn. In a report released in May by AARP titled "The Economic Slowdown's Impact on Middle-Aged and Older Americans", 59 percent of seniors 65 and … [Read more...] about Pinched by the Economy, Older Adults Put Themselves at Risk

More than half (52%) of family members presently caring for an older relative started doing so because the senior had an injury, illness or medical condition that left him or her less able to function independently. However, there are other issues, … [Read more...] about 10 Signs a Senior Relative May Be in Trouble

Most family caregivers struggle to balance care for an aging parent or relative with other major responsibilities, including jobs and caring for children. This often means that there is little time to care for themselves, which can result in poor … [Read more...] about Avoiding caregiver stress

The first step in dealing with caregiver stress is to recognize the signs. Then, you can find ways to deal with it and enlist support or medical help when needed. Emotional Signs of Caregiver Stress include:  Anxiety  Depression … [Read more...] about Stress and your health

It’s really nice to show you care by cooking special favourite meals for the resident of an aged care facility — perhaps culturally specific food or a family favourite which is not normally available in that facility. But if you do, you really … [Read more...] about Cooking for the elderly