Senior Care Blog


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COPD Guidelines: Breathe Easy and Stay Healthy This Summer

COPD Guidelines: Breathe Easy and Stay Healthy This Summer

TLDR This article outlines essential COPD guidelines to help seniors manage symptoms during the challenging summer months. It defines COPD, explores the heightened summer risks, provides detailed guidelines for prevention and care, and discusses strategies for staying...

Relax This Summer: Vital Support Home Care for Caregiver Relief

Relax This Summer: Vital Support Home Care for Caregiver Relief

TLDR This article explores how vital support home care services provide essential relief to family caregivers, allowing them to enjoy a stress-free summer break. We'll define and discuss the importance of home care, analyze its benefits and challenges, offer practical...

Caregiving Resources: A Guide for Families and Caregivers

Caregiving Resources: A Guide for Families and Caregivers

TL;DR Caregiving can be rewarding but also overwhelming. Thankfully, there are many caregiving resources that offer emotional support, practical tools, and expert guidance. Trusted organizations like Family Caregiver Alliance, Alzheimer’s Association, and Caregiver...

Caregiver Guilt: Recognizing, Managing & Embracing Self‑Compassion

Caregiver Guilt: Recognizing, Managing & Embracing Self‑Compassion

TL;DR This article examines caregiver guilt—what it is, why it arises, its emotional toll, and practical strategies like reframing blame, setting boundaries, and seeking help to manage it. Sheraton Care empowers families to care without guilt so they can thrive, not...

Honoring Elderly Men: Dads Don’t Stop Being Dads, Even as They Age

Honoring Elderly Men: Dads Don’t Stop Being Dads, Even as They Age

TLDR With Father’s Day just around the corner, it’s a perfect time to remember the men in our lives - our dads and grandfathers - who, even as elderly men, never stop being dads. Even as they face new challenges, their role remains just as important. Let’s explore...

Why In-Home Care May Be the Best Choice for Your Loved One

Why In-Home Care May Be the Best Choice for Your Loved One

TLDR Most older Americans want to remain where they feel safest and happiest—at home. In-home care combines professional support with the comfort of familiar surroundings, often delaying or even preventing a move to institutional care. Research shows it can safeguard...

What to Look for in a Quality Elder Care Provider

What to Look for in a Quality Elder Care Provider

TLDR In a hurry? Here’s the gist: When you’re vetting an elder care provider—whether a home-care agency, assisted-living community, or nursing facility—zero in on three pillars: quality standards (staff ratios, clinical oversight, safety scores), transparency (public...

The Role of a family caregiving​: Tips, Challenges, and Resources

The Role of a family caregiving​: Tips, Challenges, and Resources

TLDR Family caregiving touches nearly every U S. household: about 38 million adults—one in five—regularly provide unpaid help to an older relative or friend. It is both rewarding and stress-filled, saving the U S. health-care system an estimated $600 billion in unpaid...

How to Know When It’s Time for Home Care or Assisted Living

How to Know When It’s Time for Home Care or Assisted Living

Making the decision to transition a loved one into assisted living or arrange home care is never easy. Yet, recognizing the signs early can ensure their safety, dignity, and overall well-being. This article explores how to know when it’s time for home care or assisted...