Taking Care of Your Folks During Their Golden Years

Watching a healthy parent age can be difficult, but watching a parent with dementia can be stressful and overwhelming. Since dementia causes memory loss, personality changes, paranoia, and aggression; patients with the condition are unable to live independently. Unfortunately, this may cause you to begin the role of caregiver. Considering an estimated 44 million people suffer with Alzheimer's disease or a related form of dementia, your parent may require your help to live safely. [Read More]

Exposure to natural sunlight can provide numerous benefits to residents of assisted living facilities. This article explains some of these benefits, as well as tips for how to incorporate sun exposure in a nursing home environment. Mood Improvements Depression and other mood disorders are common in assisted living populations. Because of their need for care, many elderly patients spend a significant portion of their time indoors under artificial lighting conditions. Light therapy has been shown to offer mood-related benefits to individuals that live in areas with extended winter seasons or experience consistent cloud cover. [Read More]

Many people have a desire to care for their aging parents and loved ones as they near the end of this life. Although this is an honorable and ideal situation, there are some cases where the aging individual needs more care than what their family can provide. Luckily, there are great assisted living and nursing homes that have the resources and ability to care for your loved one. Here are some of the reasons to choose a nursing home or assisted living for your aging loved one. [Read More]

Watching a loved one age is very difficult. Many people feel helpless as they see someone they have respected and cared for succumb to old age and the illness that accompany the elderly. One of the most common illnesses is dementia. If your loved one is suffering from dementia you might be wondering when is the right time to admit them to an assisted living care center like Colonial Residence. Here are a couple signs that it is time. [Read More]