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Preventing Falls this Fall Season and Beyond
There are many ways to keep yourself healthy as you age, things like exercising, socializing and eating well are all very important. But...
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Christian Companions
- Sep 9, 2022
Hidden Hurdles of Healthy Eating as a Senior
It’s no secret that eating well and eating healthy are important for anyone, but this is especially true for the seniors in our lives. As...
Christian Companions
- Sep 2, 2022
Grandparent Helper: How Children Can Help Our Elderly
Caring for children can be a wholesome, yet tiring endeavor. The same can be said about caring for our elder loved ones. Caring for both...
Christian Companions
- Aug 23, 2022
How to Help Seniors Socialize in Houston
As we grow in age, making new friends seems to take more and more effort. This is especially true for the seniors in our lives. In the...
Christian Companions
- Aug 15, 2022
How Seniors Can Plant Seeds of Better Health
Imagine waking up in the morning, making your cup of coffee and walking out to your community garden and checking on your herbs and...
Christian Companions
- Aug 5, 2022
How Seniors Can Dress for Success- Adaptive Clothing
Taking care of a loved one with limited mobility, physical limitations, sensory sensitivities, or even cognitive challenges can make...
Christian Companions
- Jul 26, 2022
Eating Well -Tips for Seniors
Nutrition is a vital component to anyone’s health regimen, and especially for the elderly. Even though this is known, it’s not always...
Christian Companions
- Jul 19, 2022
How to Help the Senior in Your Life Declutter their Space
Over an entire lifetime, our elders can come to accumulate many things that they might not use in their everyday lives. Nevertheless,...
Christian Companions
- Jul 12, 2022
Pets Can Help Improve Senior Health
For those of us with pets, there’s hardly a need to discuss the benefits they offer to us. But many of the seniors in our lives could do...
Christian Companions
- Jul 5, 2022
Osteoporosis in Seniors
Osteoporosis is a serious disease in which the bone density in our bodies is decreased and this leads to weak and brittle bones...
Christian Companions
- Jun 28, 2022
Why Family Care isn't Always the Best Option
When an elderly parent requires care and attention, one of the most obvious solutions is to have a child of that parent care for them....
Christian Companions
- Jun 21, 2022
Keeping Our Elders Cool in Houston Heat
Houston is hot! Like really, really hot. And while this is no surprise and nothing new for Houstonians, that doesn’t mean it's not an...
Christian Companions
- Jun 15, 2022
Quick Covid-19 Update for June
Last month we let you know the good news that the Covid-19 case numbers were still low in Houston. We also cautioned that the numbers...
Christian Companions
- Jun 14, 2022
Why Won't My Parent listen (part 2)
Helping and caregiving for a loved one is a difficult task and the dynamics of a family relationship are certainly in play. There are...
Christian Companions
- Jun 7, 2022
How to Keep Distractions to a Minimum
Do you find it more and more difficult to stay focused these days? It’s not just you! There are so many things we are introducing into...
Christian Companions
- May 25, 2022
Why Won't My Parent Listen to Me? (Part 1)
If you're the child of someone you are caring for, the situation can be difficult and trying in ways that an unrelated caregiver might...
Christian Companions
- May 18, 2022
Free Covid-19 At-Home Tests
All households in the United States were eligible to receive 4 at-home covid tests for free in January and 4 more free tests in March....
Christian Companions
- May 17, 2022
Communicate More Effectively with a Loved One Suffering from Dementia pt2
Someone suffering from a disease such as Alzheimer’s or dementia has an impairment on memory and other cognitive abilities and this can...
Christian Companions
- May 10, 2022
Communicate More Effectively with a Loved One Suffering from Dementia pt1
Communicating with someone that has dementia is not something everyone knows how to do, but it is certainly something we can practice and...
Christian Companions
- May 7, 2022
Quick Covid-19 Update for May 2022
Earlier in the year the United States battled the Omicron BA.1 and BA.2 strains of Covid-19. The CDC estimates that in December, 33.5% of...
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