by admin | Aug 2, 2022 | Mental Health
We’ve all had those nights, the restless ones where it feels impossible to fall asleep, never mind trying to get back to sleep if you wake up. Although many of us can survive on seven or eight hours of sleep, there’s a chance if you’re older, you may not be getting...
by coordinatedseniorservices | Mar 26, 2021 | Alzheimer's Care, Community Support, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Respite Care, Senior Companionship, Senior Driving Services, Senior Home Care
It is part of most people’s nature to want to help others. On the flip side, for most of us — regardless of age or capabilities — accepting help is difficult. It is easier to offer help than to accept help yourself. It is not surprising that seniors or...
by coordinatedseniorservices | Mar 16, 2021 | Alzheimer's Care, Dementia Care, Mental Health, Senior Companionship, Senior Home Care
In working with people with Dementia/Alzheimer or brain impairment we often hear “I want to go home” or “this is not where I live”, — yet in reality the person has lived in the location they are currently in for a few months, or even years. As caregivers...
by coordinatedseniorservices | Mar 10, 2021 | Community Support, Mental Health, Senior Companionship, Senior Driving Services, Senior Home Care
Many people have an unfortunate misconception that “being a senior” automatically means that all necessary health-care related costs are paid for by someone else – that it is free because they are a senior. We hear this comment regularly when we discuss costs for...
by coordinatedseniorservices | Apr 22, 2020 | Community Support, Mental Health
I recently came across a wonderful quotation that really struck a chord with me, in light of the current health pandemic and state of emergency. “When ‘I’ is replaced by ‘WE’, even illness becomes wellness” ~ Malcom X. An excellent reminder that even though we have to...
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”...
