In our previous blog post, we outlined the positive factors of utilizing a professional home care agency to provide the highest quality and safest level of senior care services. But we often receive inquiries on precisely what sorts of home care services are available in Fort Madison IA and the surrounding area to help older adults remain safe and thriving. If you have determined it’s time to search for in-home…
Why You Should Focus on Quality of Care when Comparing Home Care Options
When an older adult needs help at home, there are a number of available home care options, and figuring out where to turn can be overwhelming. For instance, should you engage the services of a professional home care agency, a privately hired caregiver, or utilize a caregiving registry? And how can you assess which home care choice is most helpful for your loved one’s unique needs? There are advantages and…
The Link Between Senior Nutrition and Cognitive Impairment
In our last blog post, we shared some age-related issues that can keep older adults from eating well, but what about when unhealthy eating habits lead to cognitive impairment? Malnutrition in seniors is more common than you may realize. According to the National Resource on Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Aging, as many as 35 to 50% of the older residents of long-term care facilities are suffering from malnutrition, and as…
Common Barriers to Senior Nutrition and Tips to Overcome Them
Most of us can’t wait to sit down to enjoy a delicious meal – the comforting smells, the tastes, the satisfying feeling of a full stomach. For many seniors, though, a variety of health issues can prevent their enjoyment of food or even their ability to shop for nutritious foods, often leading to malnutrition. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration offers several solutions to some of the most common senior…
Iowa Senior Care Tips | Can Giving Up the Keys Be Bad for Senior Health?
It’s one of the most complicated decisions we face in later years, and a very delicate issue for adult children to broach with their senior parents: surrendering the car keys. Driving a vehicle, while creating an intrinsic sense of freedom and independence, may become very risky due to a variety of conditions pertaining to growing older. And letting go of that freedom for safety’s sake can feel defeating. Additionally, we…
Memory Loss Tips to Help Seniors Who Want to Go “Home”
“Home is where the heart is”; but what if the person you love has dementia and says, “I want to go home” when he or she is already home? When you are providing care for a loved one with memory loss issues from Alzheimer’s disease or another type of dementia, unfortunately this discussion can be a common occurrence. And the bewilderment and plaintive yearning being conveyed are nothing short of…
Parkinson’s Alzheimer’s and Dementia May Have Met Their Match with This Cancer Therapy
What if there was a medication that could treat not just one, but multiple devastating diseases: leukemia, Alzheimer’s and dementia, and Parkinson’s? At Georgetown University Medical Center, researchers are hopeful that nilotinib is that medication. Now approved to be used in those with one type of leukemia, a small trial is producing great excitement in its promising results to clear the brain of toxic proteins. Georgetown’s medical director of the…
The Potential Impact of Electrode Implants on Stroke Survivors
In a new, ongoing trial, deep-brain stimulation – more commonly used for Parkinson’s patients – is being tested on stroke survivors. Involving the implantation of an electrode that stimulates a particular area of the brain, the anticipated response will be a reversal of the paralysis so often encountered following a stroke, and the restoration of mobility. In order to comprehend how a stroke restricts normal brain function, Laurie Ann Bonkoski,…
Advanced Home Health Care Helps Seniors Avoid Diabetes Care Burnout
From sunup to sundown, a day in the life of someone with diabetes is overloaded with a variety of tasks to manage the disease. Between medications, insulin injections, checking blood sugar levels, exercising, and handling nutritional requirements, it’s easy to become overwhelmed. Advanced Home Health Care’s Southeast Iowa in-home senior care professionals realize the challenges and struggles of diabetes care management, and offer the following tips to help lower stress…
Crucial Differences All Family Caregivers Should Know About the Different Types of Diabetes
Contrary to popular belief, diabetes is not a one-size-fits-all disease. Because the risk factors, signs and treatments can vary significantly between type 1, type 2, and gestational diabetes, the aging care specialists at Advanced Home Health Care offer the following breakdown to make it easier to understand the differences between all types of diabetes. Gestational Diabetes Gestational diabetes, as its name implies, affects only pregnant women, usually presenting at about…