Sterling Care Blog
The Benefits of Socializing for Seniors
How important is socializing as the person ages? Can lack of socialization truly hold back a person’s overall quality of life? This question seems easy to answer. Majority of the people will not really pick seclusion and loneliness over socializing with others. Studies show that some form of active socialization...
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Sterling Care Offers Nutrition Tips During National Nutrition Month
As we age, we become more at risk for malnutrition. Experts estimate that as many as one in four older Americans suffer from poor nutrition. The reasons range from higher rates of chronic diseases, which can diminish one’s appetite, to changing taste buds, to living alone and losing interest in...
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What Does Successful Aging Really Mean?
When we talk about “successful aging,” many Americans think of models in senior product advertisements who—apart from their silver hair—seem to be untouched by age as they pose on the golf course, walk on the beach or dance the night away. But few of us retain our physical and cognitive...
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Holiday Gifts for People With Alzheimer’s Disease and Families Who Care for Them
According to the Alzheimer’s Association, more than 15 million family members and friends are now serving as unpaid caregivers for the 5.4 million people who are living with Alzheimer’s disease in the United States. This means that most of us know someone who is living with or caring for someone...
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Choosing A Caregiver For A Dementia Patient
Great care incorporates guaranteeing security and helping; it additionally means finding caregivers that treat the entire person and giving an atmosphere that permits the individual to feel free and safe, especially for dementia patients. A person with dementia needs a lot of attention. It is because there is a turn...
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Planning Ahead When a Loved One Has Alzheimer’s Disease
When a loved one is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, you need to start getting their health, legal, and financial affairs in order. You want to plan for the future, if possible, with help from your loved one while they can still make decisions. You need to review all of their...
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Senior Living Communities Urged to Protect Residents from Financial Exploitation
Older adults are at high risk of financial abuse and scams. According to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), a government agency that helps consumers take more control over their economic lives, older Americans lose close to $3 billion to financial exploitation each year! The CFPB even calls this threat “the crime...
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Caring for the Caregiver
The New York Times recently wrote a wonderful article on Caring for the Alzheimer’s Caregiver which you can read here. It is a wonderful article on the sacrifices that caregivers make to take care of those that they care for. The truth is that a caregiver who takes care of...
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Sterling Care Named 2014 ‘Best in Fairfield & Westchester’ in Holistic Geriatric Care Category by Serendipity Magazine
January/February 2014 Issue Highlights Company’s Family Care Services As Exemplary Greenwich, Conn.,—February 5, 2014—Sterling Care, a leading provider of holistic home care services located in Greenwich, Connecticut, was recently voted the top Holistic Geriatric Care company in Fairfield and Westchester counties in the January/ February issue of Serendipity Magazine. The...
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Home For The Holidays (Part II) – A Good Time To Make Sure You Are In A Position to Assist Your Senior Parents
Holidays are a good time for catching up with friends and family. It is also an opportunity to begin a conversation with your senior parents about making sure you are in a position to assist them in case of an unexpected emergency. If you do not know about the following...
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Home For The Holidays (Part I) – A Guide For Assessing Your Senior Parents
As a certified geriatric care manager I often tell families with senior parents that the holidays are a good time to take stock of a parent’s health. In between stuffing yourself with turkey, you might want to let your eyeballs roam a bit and open your ears and other senses to do...
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Paying For Long Term Care
Long Term Care for the elderly and those with disabilities in the United States is becoming an increasing important and large problem as the baby boomers are retiring and we are all living longer with chronic diseases. A commission created by Congress to address the country’s surging need for long-term...
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