Landmark research done by Eric Coleman and Mary Naylor found that lack of support, communication, and guidance during care transitions play a major role in hospital readmissions. Transitioning seniors home or wherever they call home, ...
Senior Care Services: What You Need to Know About Care Transitions
Your aging parent has been discharged from the hospital…now what? How important are those discharge papers, do you really need to pay attention to every item they’ve listed once your loved one is home? Actually, ...
Ray Healed Where He Wanted – In His Home, Not A Nursing Home
At 95-years old, Ray broke his ankle and was experiencing challenges he didn’t anticipate. First, his physician ordered him to reduce his activity so his ankle could heal. Next, the clinic social worker suggested he ...
Who’s in Control of Your Senior Parent’s Home Care?
It’s your elder parent’s life and she wants to live it her way. But those choices have ramifications for you and your life too. The discussions can get heated and your mom may dig in ...
One Senior Shares Her Advice on Living With Lymphedema: ‘You Don’t Have To’
The doctor happened to be at Donna Bloom’s house the day she received one of her in-home lymphedema treatments from Shaunda Brekke, Occupational Therapist and Certified Lymphedema Therapist for Lifesprk Home Health. He was holding ...
Healing and Transitioning: Keeping Seniors Safe After a Fall
Don’t let fear get in the way of reaching goals Margaret Dunnigan and Julie Flanagan are P.E.O. sisters. Both are members of the Philanthropic Educational Organization celebrating the advancement of women. It’s a bond of ...
Resolving the Elder Care Safety Tug-of-War
It is an age-old tug-of-war. Adult children worry about their older parents because they care. They worry about Mom eating or Dad taking his medications, or fill in the blank __________ – driving, falling, socializing, ...
Honoring Senior Fathers: Sparked Living is Possible Even When Dementia is The Reality
The history of Father’s Day celebrations began on June 19, 1910 when a woman by the name of Sonora Smart Dodd decided to honor her own dad, a civil war veteran, William Jackson Smart, who ...
Lifesprk Client Reflects On Aging Through Poetry And Shares Her Words…
Writing Poetry Sparks Her – What’s Your Spark? At 88, Dorothy Sandquist is a poet. But the spark of writing poetry didn’t begin until later in life at age 50. Sparks aren’t always obvious. Sometimes ...
Senior Care Tips: Increase Balance, Flexibility, Endurance and Strength This Summer
Summer is the perfect time to get active. Maintaining a consistent level of physical activity actually helps seniors stay pain-free, reduce the risk of falls, stay independent longer and increase well-being. Staying fit has more ...
