Touching Hearts at Home Blog

Families throughout the country are incorporating monitoring, assisting, and injury/illness protection technologies to help older adults age in place.  For many elderly people, technology can mean the difference between staying at home and having to…

Changes in the digestive system, as well as health concerns like the increased risk of fragile bones, means that nutritional needs change as you age.  Periodic review of your diet is always helpful, particularly if…

Having family conversations about aging issues and long term care can be difficult. But families that plan in advance – before problems arise – make these conversations more reasonable than some may fear. An AARP…

Every year, more than half a million reports of abuse against elderly Americans reach authorities, but only one in five cases is reported.  Elder adults become targets because they experience physical limitations as they age,…

We’re living longer and healthier lives than ever before in human history. However, if a time comes when help is needed, questions about living arrangements that include assistance or care often arise. Because so many…

As we age and grow older there becomes a time when there’s no longer such thing as a simple slip or fall. As many elders and their caregivers discover, the slips, trips, and falls that…