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Home Instead Senior Care of Greater Phoenix is locally owned and operated. We are passionate about superior in-home care and created this blog in order to provide you with up-to-date, current topics and the latest senior initiatives as you and your family begin to learn exactly what it means to Age in Place in 2012. We will bring you outstanding content in regards to many aspects of senior care, including Senior Home Care, Family Relationships, Health and Safety for Seniors, Caregiving, Alzheimer's and Legal and Financial information. Visit us often as we will be updating our content frequently with new relevant senior care information. Thank you for sharing our vision to allow Greater Phoenix’s seniors to Age in Place.

Caregivers of Seniors with Dementia at Greater Risk

May 27th, 2010

Caring for a loved one with dementia or Alzheimer’s disease is one of the most stressful jobs around.

More than 40 percent of family and other unpaid caregivers of people with Alzheimer’s and other dementia rate the emotional stress of caregiving as high or very high, compared with 28 percent of caregivers of other older people, according to the Alzheimer’s Association’s 2010 Alzheimer’s Disease Facts and Figures report. About one-third of family caregivers of people with Alzheimer’s and other dementia also have symptoms of depression, the report noted.

Medication Mismanagement Can Lead to Falls

May 26th, 2010

Older adults increase their chances of falling by not taking their medications as directed, according to an article in the latest edition of the Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological and Medical Sciences. This new information comes from a recent study of Boston-area residents over age 70, which found that those who sometimes neglected their medications experienced a 50 percent increased rate of falls compared with those who did not.

Guest Post by Paul Hogan, CEO of Home Instead Senior Care

May 25th, 2010

Guest Post by Paul Hogan, CEO of Home Instead Senior Care Greetings, 

Early next year, the first of the baby boomers start turning 65, launching the biggest demographic shift in American history.  

Yes, these senior boomers will have healthcare insurance through Medicare. But that won’t mean much if there’s no one to provide the care, [...]

10 Warning Signs That Older Adults Are Not Eating Properly

May 20th, 2010

10 Warning Signs That Older Adults Are Not Eating Properly So how do you know if your senior’s diet fits the bill? These 10 warning signs are red flags that may signal a potential problem: Loss of appetite: If your senior has always been a hearty eater but no longer eats as he or she [...]

Study Finds Mediterranean Diet Helps Protect Aging Brain

May 18th, 2010

Study Finds Mediterranean Diet Helps Protect Aging Brain Eating a Mediterranean diet may help keep one’s aging brain healthy, a new study reports. “This diet emphasizes vegetables, fruits, fish, olive oil, lower meat consumption, and moderate wine and non-refined grain intake,” says study author Dr. Christy Tangney of Rush University Medical Center in Chicago. The [...]

Reminiscing Helps Ward off Depression, Study Reveals

May 13th, 2010

Reliving your dad’s glory days may help. A new study of 158 Georgia centenarians has found that past satisfaction with life, even if it’s simply recalling isolated career accomplishments, is the key to happiness in our oldest years. Researchers from Iowa State University’s gerontology program have helped identify what predicts happiness and long life in centenarians, as well as what causes depression in seniors 80 and older.

Family, Friends and Caregivers Important for Ill Seniors

May 11th, 2010

Did you know that nearly 40 percent of chronically ill older adults in the U.S. live alone, and a majority of those who are married have spouses with at least one chronic illness that can affect their ability to provide support? That’s according to a University of Michigan study published recently in the journal Chronic Illness.

Researchers found that 93 percent of the chronically ill older adults had adult children, but for half of them, the children lived more than 10 miles away. Roughly 19 million older chronically ill Americans have adult children like you living at a distance.

Statistics Forecast Need for More Care

May 6th, 2010

Since May is Older Americans Month, what do the latest statistics tell us about growing older in the United States? What future needs are unfolding for seniors and their families?

An interesting profile is emerging that does provide a clearer picture of the face of aging in this country today and into the decades ahead. First of all, more people are centenarians. An estimated 104,754 seniors in the United States were at least 100 years old on Nov. 1, 2009, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

One in Four Lacks Ability to Make End-of-Life Decisions

May 4th, 2010

Q. My 82-year-old mother refuses to address her end-of-life wishes. I don’t like to think about her passing either, but I’d much rather know what she would want. Do you have any suggestions? I’m afraid she will get to the point where she will be unable to make these decisions for herself.

Your concerns are certainly warranted. More than one in four elderly Americans lacks the capacity to make their own medical care decisions at the end of life, according to a study of 3,746 people that was published April 1 in the New England Journal of Medicine.