Midnight Sun Home Care Blog

Setting Appropriate Boundaries

We have all had those times in public where we’ve seen people not being treated well by those around them. Many of these instances occur when one individual is taking care of another, such as a parent with a child or a caregiver with a client. It is a natural reaction for us to judge […]

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Family or Caregiver?

When your loved one reaches an age where they need help for daily living, it may become blurred what appropriate behavior you should exhibit. It is important that you make the decision for both you and your loved one in the type of role you will be part of during the changes that are sure […]

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Keeping Up with Changes

Life happens. We understand that things come up, situations change, and alterations in care need to be made. And, since most of what we do involves heath care, those shifts don’t always happen at predictable or convenient times. Ideally, we would like to have 24-48 hours’ notice of any necessary changes to your care plan. […]

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How to Cope with Addiction in Seniors

You suspect that your elder loved one is suffering from drug abuse or addiction. What do you do? It’s hard to even think about this or believe it and when it seems like it is likely, it’s even harder to act. None of us want to admit there might be a problem with a loved […]

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Can I Afford In-Home Care?

  In-home care can be affordable. On average, seniors need about twenty hours per week of in-home assistance in order to remain independent in their home. Compared to the cost of selling a home, moving belongings, and paying rent at an assisted living center, the monetary cost of twenty hours of in-home care is much […]

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Home Care Matchmaking

Matchmaking is a word that tends to conjure up visions of blind dates or scenes from Fiddler on the Roof. But it’s a word that really applies to what we do with our clients and our caregivers. Thankfully in our version you don’t need to carry a tune or suffer through an awkward dinner. When […]

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Choose Not to Fight For but Choose to Fight With!

Being the addict is never the hardest part of an addiction. It is being the love one watching the addict suffer from their affliction. Addiction is much harder to overcome than it is to be caught in its grasp. The great writer, T.S Eliot, once said "It is never too late to be what you […]

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Involvement Matters

Addiction is becoming a common thing families are facing these days. Doctors prescribe medication to help our loved ones handle the pain that they are going through. Some of these medications are prescribed at high doses because that's what's needed for comfort. The problem with this is that the risk of addiction goes up tremendously. […]

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Prevention and Treatment

“An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.”-Benjamin Franklin Drug abuse is often associated with our younger generations, but it can also be very prevalent among the elderly. It is among the fastest growing health problems facing our country, yet it is labeled an invisible epidemic. This is, in part, because we tend […]

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Keeping Medications Safe with In-Home Care

  One of the realities of aging is an increase in medications. It could be as simple as an increase in daily vitamins or as complicated as a strict regime of prescriptions to counteract age-related diseases. No matter what the reasons for taking it, medication is something that requires close attention to detail. There are […]

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