Making Cooking and Eating Fun
Even with the best of intentions and planning, seniors who are without companionship and assistance at home may jeopardize their own good health or recovery from an illness or surgery.
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Getting Help
Home Instead Senior Care's Cooking Under Pressuresm public education campaign was created to provide families with the resources they need to help older loved ones with the planning and preparation of nutritious meals.
Additional Resources
The internet is often a good place to begin looking for help with senior-care issues. Here are a few resources you may find useful.
Caring for a Difficult Older Adult
Being a caregiver is never easy, but if you've spent much of your adult life trying just get along with a parent or another older adult you're close to, being thrust into the role of his caregiver may be excruciating.
The "40-70" Rule®
Bridging the communication gap between adult children and their senior loved ones.
The "70-40" Rule®
70/40 Rule programs and emotional support services are offered to develop open discussions between families relating to providing care to parents and other various senior topics. Bridging the communication gap between seniors and their boomer children.
Communication Obstacles
What are the most difficult topics to discuss? Learn what people responded during a survey and see if you have discussed the same topics with your loved one.
40/70 Communication Tips
Review these tips to help start those difficult conversations; Seven Tips to Help Boomer Children Communicate With Their Aging Parents
70/40 Communication Tips
Review these tips to help start those difficult conversations; Ten Tips to Help Seniors Communicate with Their Boomer Children
Conversation Starter Guides
Download these easy-to-read guides from Home Instead Senior Care and author and communications expert Dr. Jake Harwood. These guides includes common family situations and sensitive circumstances that often pose communication problems for both older adults and their children or loved ones.
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