As our loved ones age, they dread the thought of leaving home and moving into an assisted living arrangement. It is specially difficult for loved ones suffering from Dementia. Most of the loved ones would do anything to stay in their own house or as we call “Aging In Place”. We as responsible kids should do everything to make that…
Governor Scott Walker and First Lady Tonette Walker each took a selfie as part of Project Blue November, a social media initiative to promote Diabetes Awareness Month. They will also light the Executive Residence blue as part of Project Blue November, a program raising awareness about Type 1 diabetes. More information about Project Blue November can be found at their…
Whenever you visit your aging parents or grandparents and find new things in the house, new clothes or shopping bags on display, your concerns are valid. Just like millennia’s have problems with shopping, aging adults sometimes do too. The fact is, shopping is a highly communal activity, and aging individuals need company & contact just as much as anyone else,…
With Veterans Day approaching us (11/11), I wanted to see what kind of help veterans can avail via veteran’s pension program and how Assisting Hands can help with that. From the latest statistics, over 1.5 million veterans and their surviving spouses are eligible for over twenty two billions of dollars a year in VA pensions to help pay for long-term…
Once it becomes clear that your elderly loved one requires additional help, you will be faced with several options for providing them the assistance they need. One option your family can turn to get In Home Care for the Elderly Loved One. There are couple different types of home care, each of which has varying costs and may provide an elder…
Everyone is getting Old! Families of aging adults have to take into consideration some signs that may lead them to becoming a caregiver for a loved one. There are typically two scenarios in which a family member has to take on caregiver role and provide Extra Help to their aging parents: Speedy Dash: A speedy Dash into caregiving is triggered…
Ever since starting the Assisting Hands of Menomonee Falls, I have had the privilege of talking to many palliative care nurses and caregivers. All of them shared common observation about their patients, who were with them from as little as three weeks to a max of twelve weeks. All of the nurses told me that people grow a lot when they are…
October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month. “Seniors are defrauded at twice the rate of the rest of the population.” Cyber security is general Internet safety, which includes protection of anything connected to or accessible by the Internet- from networks themselves to the information stored in computers. Technology has changed immensely in the past 25 years, and it only continues…
Who gets early onset Alzheimer’s? People in their 40’s and 50’s report early onset of Alzheimer’s disease. Newly analyzed data from the Health and Retirement Survey indicated that there may be as many as half a million American under age 65 who have dementia or a cognitive impairment at a level of severity consistent with dementia. Combining this with data…
