#elderly Archives

At Home Hospice Care

by A-1 Home Care | Nov 15, 2024 | Health Tips, Home Care

For Terminally Ill individuals, the process of dying is completely different nowadays from how it once was in the past. Instead of being an “event” that happens suddenly, the death is becoming more and more of an extended process. This article titled Stages of Grief:...

Depression & Companionship for Elderly & Seniors

by A-1 Home Care | Oct 15, 2024 | Caregivers, Home Care, Success Stories

For many adult children, management of time may be chaotic as they are juggling work with raising a family and making leisurely time for themselves. Even with occasional visits to take the grandchildren to see grandma or grandpa, the visits are too few and far between...

Dolphin’s Diet Helps Diabetics

by A-1 | Sep 23, 2024 | Diabetes, Disease Specific

What do dolphins, butter, and Diabetes have in common? By a far stretch, a fatty acid called heptadecanoic acid is the common denominator that links these three completely unrelated things. A new study led by the National Marine Mammal Foundation (NMMF) reveals that...

Care at Home for Seniors and Elderly

by A-1 Home Care | Sep 15, 2024 | Health Tips, Home Care, Success Stories

Every year, there seems to be a period of time where it seems like everyone you know is catching a cold or the flu. Adult children may oftentimes overlook the fact that when Elderly individuals catch the cold, it’s more common for them to develop life-threatening...

24 Hour Caregivers

by A-1 Home Care | Sep 15, 2024 | Caregivers, Health Tips, Home Care

When you’re a child of an Elderly or Senior individual, one of the difficult issues that arise in their old age that might involve you is their ability to drive. Sooner or later they won’t be able to drive anymore because of vision or another limiting disability. You...