When someone close to you requires memory care, it’s important to look for assistance that is family-centered. Memory loss and dementia are family illnesses—they affect the family, not just the senior resident. With this in mind, the best care will keep loved ones involved in the resident’s care. Families play a vital role in the [...]

Checking into the hospital can be quite stressful. You are far from the comforts of your own home and hospital doctors and nurses are often not familiar with your medical history. Because stays at the hospital may be extended, it is important to alleviate the initial stress of your visit and become acquainted with your [...]

As trying as hospital stays can be for both patients and their families, coming home from the hospital can prove even more stressful.  Once patients are home, there is no steady stream of nurses and doctors to look after them.  Responsibility shifts to the family, who may or may not be supported by an in-home [...]

A recently released study from doctors at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago shows that seniors can suffer cognition loss as a result of their hospital stays.   Fortunately, the loss appears to be temporary, with  58 percent of the patients in the study no longer experiencing low cognition just one month after discharge. Two hundred patients [...]