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Choosing between care at home and a senior living facility depends on a loved one’s need for independence, support, and social connection. Senior Helpers of Central TX can help families find the right balance with personalized in-home care that supports comfort, safety, and quality of life.
Discover the risks associated with summer heat for seniors living with Alzheimer's and learn how to keep them safe and healthy during the warmer months.
Continue ReadingSeniors may be at higher risk for foodborne illnesses. Learn important food safety tips to protect the health of older adults and ensure safe eating habits.
Continue ReadingEnsure a festive and secure holiday season for seniors with our guide on senior-friendly holiday decorations. Follow these tips to create a joyful atmosphere without compromising safety.
Continue ReadingAssistive devices are crucial for enhancing the quality of life for seniors, offering convenience and safety in daily activities. Here are five assistive devices for a more enjoyable and independent lifestyle for seniors.
Continue ReadingProtect yourself and your elderly loved one from cyber security threats in 2023. Read this guide.
Continue ReadingThe 2022 holiday season is building up to be one of the busiest travel seasons we've seen since the start of the pandemic, so you must stress travel safety and obtain travel insurance for your excursions in light of inflation and staff shortages.
If you are a senior who's traveling for the first time since the pandemic, follow these simple tips in order to have a safe and stress-free flight.
Continue ReadingMore than one in three persons over age 65 fall each year, often at home. Luckily, most of those falls don’t result in any injury with the exception of a minor bruise or scraped knee. But falling in the bathroom is an entirely different matter. Up to 80% of the falls in the home are in the bathroom.
Continue ReadingIf your Mom has to use a step stool to be able to get into bed something needs to be done because this is an extreme fall risk! Not only can she fall off of the stool, but the height of the bed itself is also a risk that she might slide out of the bed and hit the floor with enough force to break a hip!
Continue ReadingEach of the 5 aforementioned critical areas of success are measured and receive their own score in the assessment process for the senior. These scores allow a plan of care to be developed with the family that will subsequently increase the chance of success for the senior by working together to move each individual score to a safer zone. For example, if there are 60 safety risks identified (trip hazards, poisons, bed height) we would want to reduce the number of safety risks to 40 or below to increase the chance of success for the senior in their environment.
Continue ReadingThere are many reasons for these failures in the senior population including heart disease, cancer, diabetes and many other chronic diseases for sure. However, there are a significant number of “failures” caused directly by non-medical factors that can take many good years away from our loved ones such as: safety factors, falls, improper medication management, diet, hydration and many more.
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