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Taking on the responsibility of caregiving is no small task. It is a commitment that requires many hours, days, and long nights. Stress is a very common occurrence for caregivers and taking care of yourself, as a paid or non-paid caregiver, may be at the bottom of your list. We want to help you move that to the top of the list.  This year, we explored Understanding Your Emotions to Help with Caregiving so you can increase your mental health and one of only ways to do that is through self-reflection. We shared with you a FREE Caregivers Journal and provided our best tips to make caregiving easier.

Does this sound familiar? Package after package, box after box, arriving to home. “Where do all these packages keep coming from?!”

One of the great things about ending a year is seeing all the growth and accomplishments of the previous  months. At Source of Life Technologies, we love sharing information that can help you do your best caregiving and keeps you on top of caregiving trends.

One of the biggest challenges facing care of older adults is fall prevention. Sadly, most falls are not seen by others, so understanding the big picture can be difficult. And the holiday season can be a prime time for falls because of the hazards of changes in routine, travel, early darkness from daylight savings, and other seasonal activities.

In collaboration with Rachael Wonderlin, Dementia By Day, Consultant to Source of Life Technologies

Most of us, living with dementia or not, get tired later in the day. And as we are all very familiar, Daylight Savings Time tends to exacerbate those feelings. In fact, Daylight Savings is so unpopular that there is even a bill called the “Sunshine Protection Act” currently sitting in The House, waiting to be passed into law.

We each can play many roles in our lives. From son/daughter, worker, parent, role model spouse, and caregiver. Handling a plethora of roles and balancing care, career and life can come with different sets of challenges and feelings. We all need a break from normal day-to-day plans occasionally and it is no different for caregivers.

We want to celebrate YOU, the caregiver!

As a caregiver, what kind of tips do you share with others like you?

For older adults, falls can be extremely debilitating or even deadly. Many falls can be prevented with appropriate exercise programming and household modifications. In this post, we will focus on ways to modify your current fitness routine to help decrease your risk of falling. While there are many different factors at play as to why we are more likely to fall as we age, some of the most common are:

Physical Therapists and Physical Therapy Assistants understand the role they play in senior care every day, particularly in honing their ability to help strengthen seniors and assist in reducing falls risks. They are in fact integral collaborators in fall prevention within healthcare.

Falls amongst older adults are far too common, costly, and preventable. They are the #1 cause of non-fatal and fatal injuries in older adults.