As a caregiver for your senior parents, you want to do everything you can to ensure their health and safety. With the onset of cold weather and flu season, it's important to take extra precautions to minimize the risk of flu. If you take care of elderly parents with potentially compromised immune systems, here are five tips that can help.

Managing long-term care needs can be challenging during the holidays. This is especially true if you find that a caregiver you have built a strong relationship with is unavailable. Here are some helpful tips for finding a temporary solution for making sure your loved one's needs are met until your favorite caregiver returns to work!

While relatives may not be able to visit their senior loved ones for the holidays, here are ways seniors can still celebrate the occasion.

Are you or a loved one suffering from osteoporosis? Here are some tips on how to help treat and manage its effects.

When seniors volunteer at schools and after-school groups, they become more active due to the benefits offered by volunteering. Read on!

Changes in weather can present personal hygiene challenges for anyone. Seniors, however, tend to have more unique situations related to skin care because the skin changes, thins, and heals more slowly with age. The sun, heat, as well as other related factors, can increase skin issues, which may result in the need to change personal hygiene and bathing requirements.

The people of Lee's Summit, MO are certainly plenty familiar with the concept of intense summer heat. In fact, this area may once again face a brutal summer ahead. This leaves many wondering what they can do to stay hydrated even if they don't like to drink water. We have some ideas for how you can keep your body hydrated and not have to deal with drinking water at all. 

This November, Senior Helpers is proud to welcome Jered W. Jerome as the new owner of Senior Helpers of Lee’s Summit.