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Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia Denial, or Something Else?

“How on earth could you think that I have dementia? There’s not a thing wrong with me!” If an older loved one with dementia expresses feelings like this, you may have thought to yourself that he or she was simply in denial and not willing to accept such a difficult diagnosis. Read More...

Caring for Aging Parents: Is It Safe to Enlist the Help of Home Care Services?

October 12, 2020/in COVID-19, Hillendale Home Care Resources, Senior Safety /by Bridget Waller

For the past several months, family caregivers have had to face seemingly monumental challenges connected with the care of the seniors they love. With COVID-19’s particular dangers to seniors and those with underlying health conditions, such as COPD, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and others which can be common in seniors, those caring for aging parents have struggled with how to best protect and keep their older family members safe. Read More...

Still Having Trouble With Daily Activities After Recovering from COVID-19? Try Home Care.

September 11, 2020/in Benefits of Home Care, COVID-19, Respite Care /by Bridget Waller

Life has changed dramatically for all of us since the COVID-19 pandemic began, but if you have tested positive for the virus and experienced any or all of the myriad of possible symptoms, you understand how serious it is and how difficult recovery can be. Read More...

Acessing Long-Term Care Insurance Benefits

August 18, 2020/in Care Tips, Elder Care, Family Caregiving, Long Term Care Insurance, Senior Finances /by Bridget Waller

Long-term care insurance benefits can provide exceptional peace of mind, but accessing the policy benefits can turn out to be a confusing experience for older adults and their loved ones. To help families navigate the process, Hillendale Home Care, the experts in home health care in Walnut Creek, provides the following tips. Read More...

Feeling Overwhelmed? Here’s What You Need to Know When Caring for Aging Parents.

July 10, 2020/in Respite Care, Sandwich Generation, Senior Safety /by Bridget Waller

Are your aging parents in need of help to ensure safety at home? Are you simultaneously trying to accommodate caring for children and family at home? Then you have the distinction of being a part of the sandwich generation – a demographic of folks, for the most part in their 30s or 40s, who are responsible for raising their own children and caring for their senior parents. Read More...

High Tech Solutions Benefit Family Caregivers and Their Senior Loved Ones

June 8, 2020/in Benefits of Home Care, Family Caregiving, Hillendale Home Care Resources, Technology /by Bridget Waller

Today’s seniors are inundated with an incredible quantity of high-tech products geared toward increasing their independence and safety, while offering life enhancement. With the touch of a button or two, we can immediately pay a visit “in person” with family and friends through video conferencing, wear a necklace that takes action with emergency help when needed, and even remain safe from getting lost with specialized receptors adhered to clothes or shoes. Read More...

How Do People Get Mesothelioma?

June 4, 2020/in Family Caregiving, Senior Health, Senior Safety /by Bridget Waller

Mesothelioma is a rare cancer that develops after being exposed to a toxic substance called asbestos. Many people were unknowingly exposed to asbestos for the majority of the 20th century. It usually takes between 20 and 50 years for mesothelioma to develop after exposure, making the disease more common for seniors than younger age groups. Read More...

6 Crisis Resources to Help Seniors and Caregivers Through the COVID-19 Pandemic

May 13, 2020/in Care Tips, COVID-19, Elder Care, Family Caregiving, Senior Health /by Bridget Waller

Recognizing the best place to turn with regard to the latest, most reliable info on COVID-19, particularly as it relates to the elderly and family caregivers who provide care assistance for them, is important – and can be difficult. Because of so many crisis resources and different opinions on this extraordinary subject, we wanted to help make it simpler to locate what you need by compiling the subsequent list of reliable resources. Read More...

The Benefits of Exercise for Parkinson’s Patients

April 15, 2020/in Benefits of Home Care, Care Tips, Hillendale Home Care Resources, Parkinson's, Parkinson's Disease, Senior Activities, Senior Exercise, Senior Safety /by Bridget Waller

The results of maintaining some form of exercise regimen throughout aging are tremendous; however, for persons with Parkinson’s, it might truly be a game-changer. Several studies are revealing direct links between exercise for Parkinson’s patients and the progression of the disease, such as the largest clinical study up to now, in which patients who exercised at least 2½ hours per week gained a greater total wellbeing compared to those who refrained from physical activity. Read More...

Tips for Managing Dementia and Incontinence

March 9, 2020/in Care Tips, Dementia Care, Hillendale Home Care Resources /by Bridget Waller

Dementia care calls for both compassion and creativity to deal with an assortment of challenging behaviors and effects, and that is particularly true with regards to incontinence, something that is exceedingly common in Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia. These tried-and-true approaches are generally helpful in lessening the effect of incontinence and protecting against an escalation of emotions in someone you adore with Alzheimer’s disease. Read More...