Linking Social Life to Longer Life: The Science Behind Socialization and Health in Seniors
Understand how socialization contributes to a longer, healthier life for seniors and how you can help them stay social as they age!
Understanding Your Clients: Emotional Intelligence in Caregiving
Let’s take a look at the value of emotional intelligence as well as practical strategies to work on it for more effective and compassionate caregiving.
11 Ways to Celebrate Thanksgiving with Seniors with Dementia
Help seniors with Alzheimer’s or dementia enjoy Thanksgiving Even though your older adult has Alzheimer’s disease or dementia, you still want them to feel included in Thanksgiving festivities. But you also don’t want them to get overstimulated or agitated. We [...]
What Are the Benefits of Aging in Place?
A recent study from AARP found that 77% of adults 50-years old and older prefer to age in place. Multiple studies advertise the benefits of aging in place, such as the comfort of home, family, pets, social engagement [...]
Managing Diabetes in the Elderly With Diet
Diet plays a significant role in managing diabetes. As anyone who has diabetes, or their caregiver, knows, diabetes becomes a game of numbers and math. The goal is to balance blood sugar levels as much as possible, [...]
Avoiding Family Member Caregiver Fatigue
Caregiving is a full-time job. That means most spouse and family caregivers work the equivalent of two or three different “positions” when you combine the demands of paid work, family life, and personal obligations in addition [...]
10 Questions to Ask a Caregiver Agency
You’ve made the important decision to move forward with home care to support your loved one. How do you take the next steps? The first thing to do after deciding on home care is to choose the [...]
The Dangers of Senior Isolation and Loneliness
Long before social distancing entered the public domain, health care agencies championed the importance of social engagement in the senior population. Decades of studies have correlated the multiple ways senior social isolation and loneliness affect physical [...]
Rest in the Comfort of In Home Care During COVID-19
After we’ve all realized how dangerous senior isolation can be, along comes COVID. Now our loved ones are more isolated than ever. It’s heartbreaking to watch seniors and their families struggle to balance the health guidelines put forth [...]
COVID-19 Update
North River Home Care is dedicated to our seniors and their families and is taking proactive measures to support our clients during this time. Because older adults are particularly vulnerable to COVID-19, we want to [...]
