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BrightStar Care of Windermere Receives 2016 Best of Home Care® Provider of Choice Award
We are thrilled to announce that we’ve received the Best of Home Care Provider of Choice Award from Home Care Pulse. Only the nation’s top-ranking home care providers earn this distinction based on...
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How to Help Your Elderly Loved One Avoid Home Care Stress
Making the transition from child to caregiver is stressful for you and for your aging parent or loved one. In their role as elder of the family, they have always been in charge, and it takes a...
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7 Reasons Why Your Elderly Loved One Wants to Live at Home
It’s a plain and simple fact. People don’t like change. As we grow older, changes will inevitably become a part of life. Not only do we refuse to accept change in our own lives, but embracing the...
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When to Know It’s Time for In-Home Care
One of the most difficult challenges we face as a society is watching our parents or other loved ones age. In fact, it’s not the chronological factor that’s the challenge, as the numbers are not...
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Elderly Physical Therapy Tips for Caregivers
If you’ve ever been prescribed physical therapy following an injury or surgery, then you most likely have heard the phrase “No pain. No gain.” Younger bodies are able to push themselves to extremes...
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5 Signs Your Elderly Loved One Should Not Live Alone
An old cliché states “You can’t see the forest for the trees.” When your elderly loved one is living alone, you might be overlooking some of the obvious signs that this is no...
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Helping Your Elderly Loved One with Immobility Issues
If you have ever suffered an injury that has affected your mobility, you know how absolutely frustrating and overwhelming it can be to not have your body respond the way you want it to. Your...
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The Top Board Games for the Elderly
There are benefits to playing an old-fashioned board game. From the very young to the very old, the benefits of play are significant components of social interaction and improving mental acuity...
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Home Health Care vs. In-Home Care: What’s the Difference?
We all want to make informed, thoughtful, and financially responsible decisions when it comes to providing the appropriate care for an aging loved one. One of the first things you need to...
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In Home Care Can Make Home A Viable Senior Housing Option
About 90% of seniors plan to live in their current homes for the next 5 to 10 years, according to the United States of Aging Survey. BankRate.com recently published an article exploring senior...