Top 5 Tips for Caring for Your Aging Parents from a Distance
Trying to care for your aging parents from a distance is difficult on so many levels – emotionally, financially, and even physically. Long-distance elderly care has an immense impact on all of us, but even more so when your parents are struggling with dementia, memory loss, or Alzheimer’s. When you don’t live near your parents…
Read MoreYou Are the Difference: Why Family Caregivers are a Vital Part of Assisted Living Residential Care
I think back fondly on all the things my mom taught me—how to sew, bake, recognize the qualities in a good, stable life partner, how to respectfully treat the elderly and so much more. Some lessons were evident, and some were more subtle, like the way I fold my shirts. It’s just the same way…
Read MoreWhat Can We Learn from Parkinson’s Care That Can Be Applied to Other Seniors?
For a person diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, the road ahead can seem overwhelming. Family and friends often rally around these men and women, and as the symptoms become more significant, they require more care. Assisted living can be an incredible asset for men and women of advanced years who have been diagnosed with Parkinson’s. But…
Read MoreStaying Connected with an Aging Parent at Assisted Living
Communication options today are abundant. We can send a quick text to an elderly parent, friend, or cousin we haven’t seen in years. We can check in on them with a simple, ‘How you doing?’ They can text back. We don’t have to actually devote much time to communicating with people, but just because we…
Read MoreFinding a Sense of Community at Assisted Living
The reasons people choose assisted living are as wide and varied as the people who choose this for their future. Many realize they no longer wish to deal with the responsibilities of keeping their home clean, maintaining it, shopping and cooking for themselves, and so on. Some people ultimately realize they would rather be surrounded…
Read MoreThree Ways Assisted Living Could Help Seniors Lower Daily Stress
Stress can be a serious challenge for people in daily life. For some seniors, they may be stressed about living at home, especially if they are alone. The constant worry about cleaning, maintaining their home, changing light bulbs, clearing off the walking paths outside leading to the driveway, and so on can all be stressors.…
Read MoreHow to Stay Physically Well at an Assisted Living Facility
Health and well-being are directly related and intertwined. You can’t really separate one from the other. If you are not healthy, your well-being is not the best it can be. If you are emotionally drained, depressed, frustrated, or even frightened, it will impact your physical health. At assisted living, seniors are often facing numerous challenges,…
Read MoreWhy It Helps to Talk to Other Families When an Aging Loved One Transitions to Assisted Living
For several years, Tina was taking care of her elderly mother. She felt a responsibility to look after her, especially for all the support and love both of her parents offered her throughout her life. How could she possibly turn her back and not help? Yet, she had a career, was still raising teenagers and…
Read MoreA message from Owner of Pipestone Place Assisted Living
To our valued residents, families, friends and colleagues, The topic on everyone’s mind is the Novel Coronavirus. At Pipestone Place, we continue to monitor the situation from our local health officials as well as our State Health and Human Services Dept. and the Centers for Disease Control and have prepared accordingly. I want to assure…
Read MoreHow Does Memory Care Assisted Living Support Seniors with Advanced Symptoms of Dementia?
By the time Carol was 78, she had been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s for more than eight years. During the initial time after diagnosis, she wanted to remain home, if at all possible. Her husband and some of her children who lived close enough to offer assistance helped out wherever and however they could. Yet, as…
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