by admin | Mar 19, 2019 | Palliative Care
It was just over three years ago that my mom was diagnosed with advanced pancreatic cancer. The tumor that had started growing in her pancreas was now crushing it, and the cancer had metastasized (spread across her entire abdominal cavity). As a family, we were...
by admin | Feb 15, 2019 | Alzheimer's Care
Providing In-Home Care to Those Living with Alzheimer’s Alzheimer’s disease is an irreversible disease that deteriorates thinking ability and memory. Alzheimer’s can slowly turn a loved one into someone who is unrecognizable to their family members. Loving someone...
by admin | Jan 28, 2019 | Community Support, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Senior Companionship, Senior Home Care
Many of us do not understand the difference between Dementia and Alzheimer’s disease… a lot of us believe they are the same thing. Allow me to try to shed some light and bust some of the stigma around dementia… Dementia is NOT a specific disease. The term “dementia”...
by admin | Jan 28, 2019 | Senior Driving Services
When my grandfather was unable to renew his driver’s license last year due to medical reasons, he became a bit of a hermit. He began to refuse invitations to events and even stopped attending Sunday Mass. His overall outlook on life became very depressing. For many...
by admin | Jan 11, 2019 | Palliative Care
Some of us will reach a point in our lives where we require Palliative Care. These two words are not always easy to bear, but they should not be feared. Palliative Care is, by definition, “a type of health care for patients and families facing life-limiting illness”....
