AROUND TOWN: In-home care for local seniors
By Nicole Sands
Posted May. 27, 2016 at 5:00 AM
In 2015, Marshfield residents Amy McDonnell and Karen Carroll launched Cottage Caregivers, an in-home senior care agency. “Our decision to start this business was a personal one, very close to our hearts,” said McDonnell, a registered nurse and the company’s director of care. “Over the years, we’ve both helped senior family members with in-home support. [Read more…]
As we head into the heat of the summer months it is important for Seniors to stay cool in the summer heat. Older adults do not adjust as well as young people to sudden changes in temperature. They are more likely to have a chronic medical condition that changes normal body responses to heat. [Read more…]
Your aging parent has slowed down. He or she is a little frailer, a little more forgetful, a little more prone to forgetting to eat or take their medicine. Maybe mom or dad suffered a recent fall, or is returning home in a weakened state after an illness or time spent at a hospital or rehab facility. [Read more…]
