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How To Set Up a Caregiving Schedule
With the right scheduling tool, you can coordinate with friends and family members and professional carers to provide better, more structured care for your loved one. How to set up a caregiving schedule As a carer, you already know how…
How to use a Dosette box
Forgetting to take medication, or forgetting that you’ve taken it and taking too much, can have serious consequences. A dosette box can make make all the difference. Why use a dosette box? Medication management has grown increasingly complex over the past years. It’s therefore critical to know how to use a dosette box, also known as a pill sorter, effectively. Conditions like diabetes, chronic heart failure and dementia require many different kinds of medication to be taken on a daily basis and at different times during the day. Therefore, both carers and patients face challenges keeping up-to-date with these complex medication regimes. A common tool to manage medication is a dosette box. Dosette boxes have multiple compartments divided by time and date and come in many shapes and sizes with features including detachable units, alarm reminders and different segments for each day. Choosing the right one depends on the need of…
Which Countries Are Best At Caring For Their Elderly?
Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, Canada and Germany all top the list of countries that are best at caring for their elderly, while Britain trails behind at number 11. Is Britain the best? Britain is by no means the worst, but we have…
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The Top 6 Reasons Elderly People Don’t Take Medication
By not adhering to an often complex combination of treatments, patients can unwittingly expose themselves to a number of health risks. Compliance, or adherence, to a medication regime can prove to be a problem for your elderly loved one, for a…
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Setting up Wi-Fi or Broadband for Elderly Parents
Setting up Wi-Fi or broadband for an elderly parent can open up new avenues of communication and freedom. Why have Wi-Fi? As your loved ones age, they can become isolated. It’s very easy for this to happen, mobility issues lead…
Helping Your Elderly Parent With Their Family Tree
Genealogy can provide your elderly loved one with a comforting sense of ‘place’ in history. Luckily there are some simple steps you can take to start your research. Helping your elderly parent with their family tree Many people reach a point in…
Elderly Driving Issues
Elderly driving issues can be caused by medical conditions and specific treatments, issues with hearing and sight, and reduced reaction times. Elderly driving issues – is your parent safe? Older drivers are equally capable of driving as younger people and according…
Helping Your Elderly Parent Give Up Driving
Look for the signs and speak to a doctor, then discuss alternatives such as: online shopping, local taxi and chauffeur services, buss passes, and regular lifts. How can you help your elderly parent give up driving? Being able to drive…
Automatic Pill Dispensers – What are the options?
There are 3 main options when it comes to pill dispensers: talking pill bottles, automatic or electric pill dispensers, and simple phone or clock reminders. Why use an electronic pill dispenser? Sometimes remembering to take one tablet daily can be hard,…
What is reminiscence therapy?
Reminiscence therapy taps into the long-term memories of those who have dementia, stimulating their deeper recollections. Memory problems often affect older people, particularly those suffering from dementia. In Dementia, short-term memory is affected more than long-term memories of childhood and earlier…
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