How to Stay Connected With Your Older Loved Ones
By CarePatrol Older adults are at high risk for COVID-19 and serious complications. Unfortunately, senior communities have faced extreme challenges trying to keep older residents safe during the pandemic. Despite…
Long Distance Caregiving is Challenging but Possible When You Follow These Tips.
By CarePatrol If you are anything like me you left home as soon as you graduated from college. I live about an hour away from my parents. That’s just far enough away…
Assisted Living Residence vs Nursing Home
By CarePatrol Many times we get calls telling us that a family member or an individual senior needs to move into a “Nursing Home”. After speaking with them and delving…
The Payback Decade
By CarePatrol For most people, the decade between age 75 and 85 is when the body communicates that it is payback time for all the things done to it earlier…
Depression and Physical Activities in Older Adults
By CarePatrol Introduction Depression can affect up to 25% of the elderly population. Depression is characterized by social withdrawal, loss of interest in activities, weight loss or gain, difficulty sleeping,…
One Phone Call
By CarePatrol I’ve been working with CarePatrol of Greater Houston for almost a year. What I’ve learned is that CarePatrol has the expertise needed to assist families during one of…
Unavoidable vs. Preventable Physical Changes that Accumulate and Interact in the Aging Adult
By CarePatrol Introduction Physical changes that occur with aging fall into two categories: normal and pathogenic. Certain universal, inevitable, and irreversible occurrences can be predicted by age alone; they are…
The Subtle Dangers of Eating Solo
By CarePatrol Gretchen Kenney’s grandmother was losing a significant amount of weight in a short period of time. According to Kenney, “Part of it was her health, her arthritis; she…
Risk Factors for Dehydration in Later Life
By CarePatrol When water loss exceeds water intake, the result is dehydration. Dehydration is directly caused by any of the following: persistent high fever; heavy sweating; use of drugs that…
Top 5 “Sensory Gifts” for Granny
By CarePatrol of Rancho Cucamonga-West Covina Buying a gift for Granny doesn’t have to be a chore! For inspiration just think of your own 5 senses – Seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting,…
Fun Activities When Visiting Loved Ones
53 activities you can do when visiting your loved ones Talk about what you both have been up to since your last visit together… Bring photos of family and friends–from days…
Good News for Older Adults: Frailty is Reversible
By CarePatrol Frailty develops over time, which allows people to accept the incremental changes to their bodies. We are given many opportunities to prevent frailty over the years; that’s why…