Around the country, millions of adults are responsible for helping their parents and older loved ones remain safe and healthy, well into their golden years. If you’re a family caregiver …
Helping a Senior With Vision Loss
Does your senior loved one strain when watching TV or reading a book? Do they put off important tasks because it’s difficult for them to see what they’re doing? Are …
How Family Caregivers Can Prepare for Home Care
As a loving family caregiver, you want the best for your senior loved ones. You want them to remain independent, stay healthy, and live a full and fulfilling life, all …
Sun Protection & Hydration Tips for Seniors
It’s summer here in Chicago! For many families, that means it’s time to help the older adults in your household go outside and experience all that this warm, wonderful season …
Helping an Older Loved One With Sleeping Problems
Have you noticed your senior loved one sitting up in the middle of the night? Do they seem sluggish or lethargic during the day? Is the older adult in your …
Who Is Home Care For?
Seeing your parents or another senior loved one deal with age-related changes and challenges can be trying. It can be even more stressful when you feel like you have to …
Starting Your Search for Senior Care
You know it’s time to get help caring for your senior loved one — so where do you get started? For the millions of family caregivers across the country, this …
Does My Parent Need Home Care?
“Does my parent need home care?” As an attentive son or daughter, this can be a difficult question to ask – but it’s one of the most important conversations you’ll …
How to Help Your Senior Loved One Have a Safe Summer Adventure
Summer is here! The days are getting longer, the mercury in the thermometer is climbing higher, and the sun is shining more brightly in the sky. For families all across …
I Want to Help My Senior Parents Be More Independent. What Can I Do?
Have you ever paged through an old photo album, to find pictures of your parents when they were your age, or perhaps even younger? It can be amazing to see …
Five Great Games to Play With Your Elderly Loved Ones
Never underestimate the power of a good game! For seniors, playing fun, low-impact brain games can be a great way to stay sharp and alert over time. In fact, studies …
Positive New Year’s Resolutions for Caregivers
The end of one year and the start of another can be hectic, especially for family caregivers. This time of year means holiday celebrations to plan for, family gatherings to …
Preparing for a Healthy, Fulfilling Thanksgiving
What’s your favorite thing about Thanksgiving? Is it the food? The chance to catch up with your friends and family? Or is it the football and fall fun that get …
Five Amazing Ways That Staying Social Can Help Seniors Stay Healthy
Over time, it can be harder for older adults to connect with others and keep up their social lives, as changing health factors and relationships take an effect. Changes to …
What Sets Our Caregivers Apart?
What makes a great caregiver? As you look into the many avenues out there to provide care for your aging loved ones, this is probably a question that has come …
How Do I Take Care of the People Who Took Care of Me?
Our population is getting older, as many adults know all too well. Every day, 10,000 people in the U.S. turn 65. The AARP projects that by 2050, 55 million adults …
Is There a Benefit to Owning a Pet for Seniors?
If you’ve spent any time on social media over the past few years, you’ve probably noticed that at least half of it is now given over to adorable pictures and …
How to Get Started Finding a Caregiver
Finding a caregiver for your elderly loved one can be one of the most important steps you ever take. Getting them companionship and support can help them live life independently, …
How to Help Your Elderly Parents With Meal Prep
For older adults, failing to eat properly can be a major warning sign of an underlying health issue. And for caregivers, it can be hard to watch as your parent …
Using Art to Connect
At Companions for Seniors, we believe art is an important part of self-expression. Many of us realize this at an early age with finger paints and crayons but as we …
The Importance of Finding a Trained, Bonded Caregiver
It’s a big step to invite a professional caregiver into the home of your aging loved one. It’s very different than having someone stop by to deliver food, say, or …
Caregiver’s Need To Be Healthy Too
I think that it is important for a caregiver to take care of themselves as well as the client. Nobody can take good care of others if they are not …
Inspiration for Companions
I have always wanted to work with the elderly. Ever since I was a boy, I would gravitate towards older people. I found them fascinating, funny, wise, and (mostly) open …