Senior Home Care
Summertime brings a lot of family time. With family reunions, picnics, weddings and other events, long distant family members travel to gather together. It is also the perfect time to do some planning for the future. With parents aging and their health and lifestyles changing, children need to discuss some changes and decisions that will [...]
Continue reading about Family Reunion–a Good Time for Family Planning
In the previous two columns dealing with this subject, I specifically addressed some of the practical actions and preparations a senior and their family can take to lessen the inevitable challenges “before” and “during” the death of a parent. In today’s column I want to focus on how to handle the actual death experience, and [...]
Continue reading about What Happens When Mom and Dad Are Gone? Part 3
While our experience of spending time with a dying loved one was brief, there are many today that have that process prolonged … even for weeks and months. Fortunately, our society has established one of the most caring, loving, and compassionate vehicles for those in the final stages of life … hospice care (which includes palliative care), and there isn’t any finer organization than our own Hospice of Kitsap County. For almost 30 years, they have been providing the families of our community with the highest quality and compassionate care and dignity to those at the end of life’s journey, regardless of their ability to pay. Because of them, families can face these “end-of-life” challenges with confidence and the knowledge that their loved one is being provided outstanding care.
Continue reading about What Happens When Mom and Dad Are Gone? Part 2
All of us experience insomnia at some point in our lives. Any disruption to our daily routine or schedules can throw our internal clocks out of whack. Time changes, foods we consume during the day, worry, stress, and illness are just some of the reasons why falling asleep may be difficult for us at times. [...]
Continue reading about Sleep Issues of a Senior, Home Care Advice
