Healthy Joints Keep Seniors Active in San Diego, California

An active life begins with healthy joints

(ARA) – The new year often means resolutions like being healthier or exercising more often. What many people don’t know is that our joints are the critical part of the body that allows us to be active and do the activities we most enjoy.

Approximately one-third of Americans 35 and older say their joints prevent them from doing their favorite sport or activity in the last year and more than 50 percent of them just accepted that as part of the aging process, according to a recent study. The good news is there are simple and effective steps you can take to strengthen and protect these “forgotten soldiers” – ensuring your joints a healthy kick-off to an active year.

Dr. Kevin R. Stone, an orthopedic surgeon at the Stone Clinic and founder of the Stone Research Foundation and Joint Juice, a San Francisco-based joint health beverage company, offers five tips for helping to maintain healthy joints:

Caring for an Alzheimer’s Patient in San Diego, California

Here is a great article from agingcare.com for anyone who has a friend or family member who may be suffering with Alzheimer’s.   If you have questions, or need help for a senior loved one in the area, visit us at www.seniors-at-home.net.

‘Tough Love’ – Caregiving For Alzheimer’s Patients

It is an understatement to say that taking care of a loved one who is stricken with Alzheimer’s Disease, also known as ‘AD’, is a tough job.

(AD is an illness which results in the progressive loss of brain nerve cells, leading to a gradual decline of mental functions and is the most common cause of dementia).

AD is considered to be among the most stressful illness a family caregiver can face and one of the most physically and mentally exhausting situations in a person’s life.

Continue reading HERE. 

Family Caregivers of San Diego, California

Are you a caregiver for a family member?  In the month of November during National Family Caregivers Month we celebrate YOU!  As always, visit us at www.seniors-at-home.net if you need help for an aging senior in your life.

Who are America’s Family Caregivers?

Rosalyn Carter said it best: “There are only four kinds of people in the world – those who have been caregivers, those who are currently caregivers, those who will be caregivers and those who will need caregivers”. Caregivers are needed for family members of all ages. With appropriate information and support, family caregivers can help their loved ones across the lifespan.

So, who are family caregivers … It’s a complicated question and answers may vary depending upon whom you ask. Physicians may give an answer different from social workers and researchers may undoubtedly quote statistics. However, if you really want to know who America’s family caregivers are, you need to ask them directly.

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Understanding Dementia in San Diego, California

November is National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month, and a good time to try to understand what it is like for our loved ones who suffer from dementia.  If you have any questions, or need help for an aging senior in the area, visit us at www.seniors-at-home.net.

What It’s Like to Have Dementia

Understanding dementia symptoms from the inside can make you a better caregiver – and bring you closer to your loved one.

You know how frustrating and heartbreaking dementia symptoms are from the point of view of a caregiver. You know the pain of slowly seeing a loved one slip away. But what is it like for her? What is it like for a person to slowly — or sometimes quickly — forget almost everything she ever knew?

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It’s Time to Stop Diabetes in San Diego, California

It’s time to ‘Stop Diabetes’

(ARA) – November is American Diabetes Month, a time to recognize the deadly disease that nearly 24 million children and adults live with today. Another 57 million people have pre-diabetes or are at risk for developing type 2 diabetes. Diabetes has become an epidemic; in fact, if current trends continue, one in three children born today will face a future with diabetes.

The time has come to take greater action in communicating the seriousness of diabetes and the importance of prevention and control. The American Diabetes Association is launching a movement called Stop Diabetes to confront, fight and eventually end this devastating disease.

You can take steps to help change the future of diabetes, whether it’s learning tips on prevention, how to help people who struggle with it, or how to get involved in events in your community. In addition to joining the national movement, here are a few ways you can help Stop Diabetes on a local level:

Taking Care of Parents and Finances in San Diego, California

Taking Care of Parents Also Means Taking Care of Finances

Here is a great article from the New York Times.  If you are in need of assistance for an aging senior in San Diego, CA visit us at www.seniors-at-home.net.

About 30 percent of adult children in the United States contribute financially to their parents’ care, according to the Pew Research Center. On average these children pay $2,400 a year on everything from uncovered medical expenses to making sure the refrigerator is stocked each week. The money often goes to parents who diligently saved all their lives, but in the face of longer life spans and chronic illness, the savings just isn’t enough.

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Stay Alert on Alzheimer’s Disease in San Diego, California

This is a great article for anyone who is affected, or newly affected by Alzheimer’s Disease, and is trying to understand it’s effects on our loved ones.  If you need help with an aging senior in the San Diego, CA area visit www.seniors-at-home.net.

Stay Alert on Alzheimer’s Disease

By: Barbara Rockwell

The term dementia refers to a brain disorder that demonstrates itself in several ways. A person may easily become confused even in known settings, may ask questions repeatedly, or may neglect such basic things as their own hygiene or basic safety issues. Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia linked with old age.

The disease is named after German Doctor Alois Alzheimer. In 1906, Dr. Alzheimer noticed variations in the brain tissue of a patient of his that died with unusual mental illnesses and dementia. His study guided him to discover anomalous clumps and tangles of fiber in the brains of those patients who were suffering from this same disease.

Thus, whilst it was common for persons who were older and losing their mental faculties to be dismissed as “senile,” Dr. Alzheimer was able to pinpoint the actual breakdown in the brain that led to the loss of their mental faculties.

According to the National Institute on Aging varied test conclusions, there are actual brain changes in persons with Alzheimer’s disease. They can find out how nerve cells die in areas of the brain that affect memory and basic abilities. It may seem strange, but everything that we do on a daily basis is because of memory.

Understanding Dementia Versus Memory Loss in San Diego, California

Dementia-More Than Just Memory Loss

Here is a great article that I found by Senior Daily Living.  Visit us at www.seniors-at-home.net if you need help for a senior loved one in the area.

“As we age, we naturally have difficulty remembering things or finding the right words to say. This is normal. However, Dementia is not normal. The condition causes mental changes that make it difficult to function and carry out our normal lives, not just remember names and dates.”

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Baby Boomers are Caring for Parents and Children in San Diego, California

Here is a great article for those who are caring for aging parents from www.Agingcare.com.  If you need help for a senior loved one in the area, visit www.seniors-at-home.net.

Caring for Parents Versus Caring for Children: 10 Ways They Differ

by Marlo Sollitto

Nearly 10 million boomers are now raising kids while at the same time, caring for at least one aging parent, according to the Pew Research Center reports. The term “Sandwich Generation” is used to describe this demographic – and lots has been written on it.

But what is not as frequently discussed, is that the strategies and techniques that are effective when caring for parents are very different from those that work well with children.

Here are 10 ways that caring for parents differs from caring for children:

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10 Questions to Ask Your Home Care Provider in San Diego, California

10 Questions to Ask Your Home Care Provider

One of the most difficult challenges you face when caring for an aging parent or disabled child is finding a good quality home care provider.  Whether you need full time help, or just extra care to fill in the gaps when you can’t be there.

Unfortunately, many families don’t know how to “shop” for home care.  The only question they know how to ask is “What do you charge?”  Continue reading full article HERE.

Families call our office all the time to arrange help for their loved ones.  They just don’t know the best questions to ask.  If someone you know needs care in San Diego, visit Seniors at Home.  We can assist you in finding the perfect caregiver.