Midnight Sun Home Care, the premier provider of professional senior home care services in Wasilla, AK, offers customized care according to each individual’s needs and preferences, whether a few hours of help around the house, specialized Alzheimer’s and dementia care, or anything in between. Our fully experienced and trained caregivers serve seniors in a variety […]
Midnight Sun Home Care is pleased to offer professional, compassionate senior home health services in Palmer, AK. Our home care services are personalized for each unique individual and make life safer and easier for seniors with a variety of options to fit any schedule and need, including hourly home care aides, respite care to relieve family […]
One of the most delicate issues to navigate in senior care is taking over elderly parent’s finances. Personal finances are both exceedingly personal and a representation of our self-sufficiency, and adult children specifically may be met with resistance when stepping into the financial arena with their senior parents. Yet for many reasons, like the mounting incidence of senior scams and […]
Scientists are at long last starting to get a handle on the imbalance between Alzheimer’s diagnoses in females and men. Generally, approximately 2/3 of people with Alzheimer’s in the U.S. are female, and as researchers start to better understand the risk factors for Alzheimer’s and the particular nuances behind this pattern, we are able to […]
While the ultimate goal is always to improve health and safety for the aging adults they love, family caregivers, regrettably, typically end up compromising their own health along the way by ignoring caregiver safety tips. The truth is, an astounding 94% of caregivers in a recently available study carried out by Ohio State University revealed […]
In marriage we agree to stick with each other for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health – but what doesn’t come up during our vows to one another is how to deal with the increasing needs of senior care as our parents age.
The holidays should be a time of gathering together with joy and love. But for many families, large gatherings can be stress inducing and a cause for months of anxiety. An estimated 5.3 million Americans have Alzheimer’s, and this disease affects their whole family. We believe that every family should be able to celebrate […]
There are 66 million Americans who care for their children, spouses, and parents; emotionally, physically and sometimes financially. Research shows that nearly half of adults in their 40s and 50s make up the Sandwich Generation: a term that describes people who are squeezed between the demands of caring for aging loved ones and their dependent […]
Midnight Sun Home Care is dedicated to providing the safest and most comfortable care to our elder clients. This involves addressing the very real threat of elder abuse. This month’s blog posts will focus on helping elders and their loved ones to recognize, prevent and end elder abuse. It can be very upsetting and confusing […]
