Seniors ETC - In-home senior, parent, companion care, hospice support in Colorado

It’s always life’s emergencies that help you see things in a new light.

That’s what LotsaHelpingHands is all about. It’s an easy way for friends and neighbors to share and organize duties through an online community calendar. You can coordinate meals, rides, childcare - really whatever you’re in need of during emergency times.

ElderCare Connections Foundation closed it’s doors last Friday, much to the shock of both caregivers and clients.

The Reporter Herald reports that for many of the clients and caregivers that have come to rely on ElderCare, the coming weeks will be difficult.

Seniors Etc provides full in-home care services in the Loveland, Lafayette and Boulder areas, and is also hiring for additional caregivers.

Please contact Seniors Etc for more information, or view our website.

The Alzheimers Store is a great resource for all caregivers faced with taking care of an Alzheimers patient. They provide a variety of products to aid in every day living. If you’re having trouble with your loved one taking too much medication because they forget when they’ve taken their last dosage, the Alzheimers Store provides Medicine dispensers that are lockable.

They also have a variety of activity books, gift products, and can even provide a variety products based on the stage of Alzheimers your loved one is in. 

ABC has created a new "Kitchen Table" series on researching elder care options.

They’ve also profiled one woman’s journey through elder care, and brings to light a growing problem with the sandwich generation. Not only are people finding themselves with the desire to save for children, a home, and retirement, but also being hit with the continual care of loved one’s in their lives.

Is there a balance between it all? Unfortunately for many people, the realization of the cost of long term care doesn’t hit until its too late to do anything about it.

Share articles like this one with your loved ones. While its often hard for a child to talk about finances with their parents or grandparents, giving them articles like this may open up your options.

Talk with elder care resource providers now. Find out your options, and discover what can make your job easier in the long run.

And as you discover things to help your loved one, consider changing your own life as well. Do you have your own long term care policy? Are you preparing for your own life as well?

CareGiverHelper is a new online community that can make your job as a caregiver more organized and reliable.

It’s a free online tool that allows you to set up an account, login, and communicate the support services for your loved one. Your family members, friends, caregivers - anyone that has a need to share in the information used to take care of your loved one - can be invited into the community, and have instant access to your information. This way names, phone numbers, medical information, and any other pertinent information can be kept in an easy, organized format.

AARP.com has just released it’s newest site in beta, AARP.org It offers a variety of resources, including a section exclusively for the 44 million Americans that are caregivers for a loved one. You can join and share your ideas, your experiences, your photos and your videos. It’s a great way to find others going through similar situations.

Living with Alzheimer’s can mean many things to many people. But as a spouse, it can be especially traumatic.

CNN reported in an article this week about the effects of caring for a spouse with Alzheimers long before diagnosis.  After living for years as friends, lovers and partners, to be suddenly faced with someone who’s changing right before your eyes, with no idea why can be a scary experience. Beyond reasoning. All can be used to describe a relationship effected with Alzheimers.

In many cases Alzheimers can be a part of your life long before your realize it. Mood swings. Temper tantrums.

Early diagnosis can be the key to understanding. The earlier you discover the root problem, the quicker you can begin holding on to the relationship you’ve built over time.

Check out TheAlzheimerSpouse for helpful resources.