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Kidney Disease: What You Need to Know to Adapt & Thrive

The LaGrange, IL home care experts at Home & Hearth Caregivers want to help you understand the signs your kidneys might be sending. Loss of appetite. Hiccups. Itching. Difficulty sleeping. These are just a handful of the many seemingly innocuous indicators that could perhaps mean kidney disease. And with upwards of 20 million people in the U.S. fighting the disease, and many more not yet diagnosed, it’s essential to bring any troublesome signs or symptoms to the attention of your doctor. If kidney disease is the culprit, these instructions from the National Kidney Center can help you or your loved...

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Try These Simple Ways to Promote Independence in Seniors

In a previous blog post, we stressed the importance of overcoming the impulse to do everything for an older loved one, and as much as possible, promoting independence in seniors. While this is certainly easier said than done, there are some steps you can take towards reaching this goal. The experts at professional home care services, Home & Hearth Caregivers, suggest the following: Encourage the senior to do things for himself, even if you’re met with feelings of reluctance or stubbornness, and even if tasks take longer than you’d like. Provide ample opportunities for activities and exercise. The senior’s physician...

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Maintaining Independence with a Little Help from Technology

In the days when our parents were young, phones were still attached to walls, mail was delivered by postmen, and if adult children lived far away from their parents, checking in on them was comprised of asking someone nearby to stop in for a visit. If someone was housebound because of illness or infirmity, isolation could quickly set in. Social circles became smaller, and distant family members often felt helpless if they couldn't be there in person to help. But life has changed tremendously over the years, and technology has modified how we communicate and take care of the daily...

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Taking a Step Back Can Help Foster a Sense of Senior Independence

As you go through the different periods of your life, your stages of independence can take on different meanings. They can be significant stages, such as leaving your parents’ home or getting married, or smaller stages, such as completing tasks you didn't think you could manage. Then as you age, independence takes on still another form – being able to stay in your own home safely and securely. This preference to be at home can remain the greatest wish of many seniors, in spite of their state of health or capacity to function independently, even in the face of injury,...

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Enhance Senior Independence at Home with Home & Hearth Caregivers

It's true: there's no place like home, and an overwhelming majority of adults age 65 and over, 90 percent per AARP, prefer to age in place in their own homes as they age. But what does that mean when it comes to senior independence? While the desire to remain living at home as opposed to moving to an assisted living facility is extremely common, it can bring about many concerns for older adults who need help with daily tasks such as driving, fixing meals, bathing, ambulating, etc. The encouraging news is that services from a professional in home care provider,...

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How to Use Daily Activities to Determine Which In Home Care Services Are Needed

It can be human nature to deny that we are in need of help, although we really do. This can be typical especially of seniors, who may not want to confess they need help doing the daily activities that used to be a snap but now are becoming more difficult. For loved ones, this can make noticing that an older adult requires help harder to identify. The encouraging news is that there are resources that can help family members and others better recognize when a senior needs help. Regardless of whether you are planning long-term care for yourself or a...

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in the Chicago, IL Area

At Home & Hearth Caregivers, we are proud to offer compassionate, family-like in-home care, respite care, and Alzheimer’s and dementia care services to seniors and families throughout Cook, DuPage, Will, Lake, McHenry Counties, including the following cities and towns:

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