Caring for elderly parents is a common experience and yet everyone’s experience is unique, depending on your relationship with your parents, their needs, and how much care they require. However, many adult children reach a point where they have to consider if they are...
When caring for elderly parents, there are times when you may have to have uncomfortable conversations, regarding their health, living arrangements, and finances. While these conversations are not always pleasant it’s important when taking care of aging parents to...
Caring for your spouse may be one of the most difficult things you have ever had to do. Watching your partner struggle with activities that used to be so simple can be heartbreaking and overwhelming, especially if you are facing your own challenges with growing older....
Did you know that yoga is a great form of exercise for seniors? While many people think that seniors aren’t strong enough to do yoga or that they can get hurt doing it, the truth is that many yoga poses can increase flexibility, mobility, strength, and balance. Plus,...
One of Parkwood Home Care’s most valuable home care services is our Veterans CARE program. This program is designed for seniors who have served in the military and now need live-in or hourly care. Here at Parkwood Home Care, we value and honor Canada’s veterans, and...
One of the most common physical problems that seniors find themselves facing as they age is vision loss. There are many factors that can increase the risk of someone losing their vision to an eye condition like macular degeneration or cataracts, and age is one of the...
One of the most common problems people face as they get older is loneliness. As you age, your connection with the world begins to fade due to physical or mental limitations and social isolation. Many seniors are confined to their homes and are unable to get out, meet...
Caring for a loved one full-time is a difficult task. It requires constant attention, long nights, and balancing your loved one’s needs with your own, and it becomes that much more difficult when your loved one isn’t feeling well. So, what do you do when they become...
What do our kidneys do? Most people are aware that a major function of the kidneys is to remove waste products, drugs, toxins, and excess fluid from the body. The kidneys are super-efficient organs, filtering almost 200 quarts of fluid every day! This process helps...
Did you know that, while our brain is only about 2% of our body mass, it consumes 20% of the oxygen that we breathe in? Just 5 minutes without oxygen can cause noticeable brain damage. Asthma is often characterized by coughing, wheezing, shortness of breath, and chest...
