Touching Hearts at Home Blog

Want more effective communication with the elderly? Keep these tips in mind. Physical changes can affect communication. Age-related decline in physical abilities can make communication more challenging, and some illnesses make communication more difficult. A…

Elderly people (that is, people aged 65 years and older) are more prone to heat stress than younger people for several reasons: Elderly people do not adjust as well as young people to sudden changes…

Every May I get the fever and it isn’t about my health, it’s about spring.  Spring fever finds its way into every age group.  For our older and less able adults, the desire to go…

Social isolation is associated with a higher risk of death in older people regardless of whether they consider themselves lonely, research suggests. A study of 6,500 UK men and women aged over 52 found that…

Sometimes, the pressure of caring for someone who is elderly or who has a chronic illness can lead to stress and a condition called “caregiver burnout.” To prevent this, it’s essential to know how to…

One of today’s all-too silent health crises is caregiver depression. A conservative estimate reports that 20% of family caregivers suffer from depression, twice the rate of the general population. Of clients of California’s Caregiver Resource…