Palliative care provides a wide range of services that help patients and their families manage pain, treatment side effects, disease symptoms and stress. The goal is to help patients gain the emotional and physical strength to carry on with their daily life and better...
Husband? Wife? Caregiver? When we take our vows, “In sickness and in health,” how often do we really consider the implications? There a no guarantees or caveats offered when we marry. A perfectly healthy spouse one day, can become a person who needs constant care the...
It is so nice to look through family pictures! You recognize people from your past and reminisce about them and things you did together. You and your parents, children, and spouse look at the pictures and laugh about the memories the picture evokes. And then it...
Life has this habit of taking a toll on our teeth. After decades of eating, drinking, and numerous other activities, once we get to a later stage of life, the state of our teeth can be less than ideal. In fact, the state of our teeth can become problematic. It’s...
It’s always nice to be able to support a local business especially when that business aligns with your own passion to serve seniors and caregivers. Carla Pennington Kirby is the owner of Tidy Top, a stylish product that solves the problem for those moments when...
Unfortunately, we live in a world where some people prey on unsuspecting innocents. By providing fraudulent information, many elderly are being taken advantage of by unscrupulous people who would manipulate them out of their money and private information. As a...