How Small Changes at Home Can Lead to Preventable Hospitalizations
As families, we often expect a health crisis to happen suddenly. We imagine a major fall, a stroke, or an unexpected illness. In reality, many hospitalizations begin with something much smaller. A missed medication. A little less water each day. A slight loss of...
Mid-Year Check-In: Is Your Loved One Still Safe and Supported at Home?
At the beginning of the year, many families take time to make plans, organize appointments, and think about what an aging loved one may need in the months ahead. But by the time summer arrives, life has often gotten busy again. The routines that seemed to be working...
Using Technology to Help Aging Parents at Home
Using Technology to Help Aging Parents at Home Home Aides, Huntington, NY Technology has never been more vital to supporting aging parents at home. The number of Americans aged 65 and older will grow from 48 million to 88 million by 2050 and almost 70% of that...
Driving & Alzheimer’s Disease: A guide For Families & Patients
Driving and Alzheimer’s Disease: A guide for families and patients. For most people, driving represents freedom, control, and independence. Driving enables most people to get to the places they want to go, and to see the people they want to see when they want...