Red light therapy for dementia: woman and man

Red Light Therapy for Dementia

Red Light Therapy (RLT) is the use of light for health. Several published studies show that RLT improves mood, memory, and cognition. Some case studies using RLT on Alzheimer’s patients discussed how much easier life was for caregivers after their patients received RLT.

AngelSense Continuous Monitoring

How Can I Track My Parents’ Location Using AngelSense?

The best mom and dad tracker is the AngelSense. They ensure the parent is wearing the device before wandering off. Nothing else matters if they do not have the device with them when they wander.

Medical alert operator

Pinpoint the Medical Alert for Your Needs

Use the Senior Home Central product finder to find the specific medical alert you need.  For home alerts, choose a landline or use the service’s cellular signal. For alerts away from home, choose a pendant signal, a pendant with two-way communication, and location detection features.

Heart

An Apple Watch Heart Rate Guide for the Heart Bypass Patient

The Apple Watch Heart Rate App can monitor the bypass patient’s heart rate and heart rhythm in real-time continuous mode. While it’s actually simple to set up, Apple throws silly vocabulary at us that needlessly confuses things. Learn how to set up the Apple Watch with ease so that you can monitor and record the bypass patient’s heart rate and rhythm.

Which type of shower chair is best for seniors?

What Kind of Shower Chair Works Best for Seniors?

Sometimes just standing is hard to do. It can cause back pain and leg aches. You should not put a household chair in a shower or tub. It will ruin the chair, and it might be unstable. The bathroom is the last place you want to introduce a falling hazard.

Best weighted blanket for seniors

The Best Weighted Blanket for Seniors

The best weighted blanket for seniors is the Mosaic Navy Minky Weighted Blanket in either the “throw” or the “twin” size.  Mosaic is a superior blanket brand, and this blanket is especially soft to the touch. The exterior is super soft and comforting to the touch. The individual weighted squares sewn inside give you the feeling of being hugged.

Sling patient transport

Use a Patient Transfer Device for Standing Assistance

A patient transport is a tall device on wheels that a caretaker uses to move the patient from place to place. It takes the place of a wheelchair as it is usually narrower and fits through doorways. In a transport, the patient stays relatively vertical, with a seat and kneepads to lean against. Some transports require that the user have some strength and stability to get onto the device, while others automate the lift with a hydraulic motor and sling.

Use the arms for leverage as you push up with your legs

How a Couch Assist Helps You Stand Up from a Soft Chair or Couch

A couch assistance device gives you a set of arms to use for leverage when standing up. One type uses a loose cushion to hold it into place. Another type installs under a chair or couch leg. Both types give you a stable arm or two to use for leverage when standing up. 

Lift Chair Recliner with remote

How a Lift Chair Helps You Sit Down and Stand Up

When you sit down on a lift chair, you bend your legs less than when sitting on a regular chair. When you stand up from a lift chair, you need less leg strength than you do getting up from a regular chair. So the lift chair offers both standing and sitting assistance. Lift chairs are also recliners. Some have massage and heat. Some are “wall huggers” that don’t require a ton of room in the back to recline. Some recline to a horizontal position, and some only to about 140 degrees.

Best Bidet (to Wash and Prevent Falls) for Mom

Best Bidet (to Wash and Prevent Falls) for Mom

If you dropped chocolate pudding on the floor, would you clean it up with a dry tissue? Of course not! The best way to clean after going to the toilet is to use water. A bidet is a toilet device that you use to clean yourself after going. Using a bidet isn’t just more hygenic. The shower is a common place for nasty falls. When you remove the shower from the equation, you raise your chances of not falling.

Best toilet assistance frame

Best Toilet Stand-Assist Devices for Mom

I definitely prefer the toilet frame design that sits on the floor, and not the one that sits on the toilet bowl under the seat. The floor variety is more stable. If you push down harder on one side than the other, the toilet prevents the frame from tilting over. The floor variety is also easier to clean because it’s not literally on the toilet bowl.

The Reolink Argus PT is a solar security camera with pan and tilt motions.

5 Ways the Reolink Battery Cameras are Perfect for Mom

The best 100% wireless camera for seniors is the Reolink Argus PT, because: it uses solar power to run; it does not require you pull it down for recharging every four to 12 months; you can move the lens around (pan and tilt); it connects to your 2.4 GHz home Wifi signal; it has a built-in spotlight; it stores videos to an internal memory card; it allows you to replace its siren alarm with a recorded voice message.

Can I Use a Pulse Oximeter to Check for COVID-19?

Can I Use a Pulse Oximeter to Check for COVID-19?

Yes, you can and you should use a pulse oximeter to check for COVID-19 symptoms, according to Doctors Christy Reisinger and Richard Levitan. Both doctors treat COVID-19 patients. They both report that low blood oxygen is a seen in most if not all patients infected with COVID-19.

Best Pulse Oximeter for AFib, COVID-19 & Apnea Monitoring

Best Pulse Oximeter for AFib, COVID-19 & Apnea Monitoring

Low blood oxygen (hypoxemia) is a significant indicator of COVID-19 infection. These pulse oximeters can be your safety net to monitor for infection. If oxygen gets low, consider seeking medical help. This is even more important if you have a fever.

Leafy AeroGarden

What You Should Know About Buying Grandma an Indoor Garden

I have found the perfect gift for your grandma. If you’ve ever had a hard time buying grandma a gift, I have great news for you. An indoor gardening kit is an amazing gift for any grandmother who enjoys salad. The kits you can buy today are so easy to use. Depending on the model, you can grow up to 24 heads of lettuce at once! Leafy greens are incredibly good for bone health. Fresh vegetables are so much healthier than older heads shipped in from out of state. Buy your grandma an indoor veggie garden kit. It’s fun, healthy, and delicious.

Recommended Heart Devices

Best Heart Monitor for Mom to Check AFib at Home

The Pulsebit-EX scans for multiple arrhythmia patterns. It stores history for two users. It allows you to measure with your palms or with double leads. Use email or download/print to share reports with your doctor. The software is very detailed and is free. If you are never going to use the electrical leads, you could use the Pulsebit as a handheld monitor, or get the KardiaMobile, which is an excellent choice as well.

Recommended Patient Transport

Best Patient Transfer Device

If the patient can pull herself up from a sitting position (or use a chair lift to do so) then the best budget patient transport is the Lumex Stand Assist. This is the transport device with the cushy built-in seat that moving up to a 400 lb. person relatively easy for the caregiver. If the patient cannot lift herself at all, or if you are picking up a patient on the floor, then the best choice is the Hi-Fortune Patient Lift. It includes the carrying sling, locking casters, and carries 450 lb.

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Best Robot Stuffed Doggie to Keep Mom or Dad Company

The best robotic dog to give seniors a sense of love and comfort is the Joy for All  Companion Pet Golden Pup. The Golden Pup has been tested at nursing homes where it not only generated smiles, it also enhanced human-to-human conversations. The Golden Pup brightens hearts with its soft coat, and sensors that respond to human touch. If you listen very carefully you can actually hear its little doggie heartbeat.

MobileHelp Home Away Duo Medical Alert

The Ultimate Guide to MobileHelp Medical Alert Products

Let’s fix the fact that MobileHelp choices seem so complicated. The choices boil down to just a few key differences. Once you know what they are, it’s easier to choose a medical alert.

Choose MobileHelp medical alert coverage at home, away from home, or both. Choose a landline or cell connection at home. Choose a wearable button and pocket communicator, or a wearable communicator for mobile coverage. Add fall detection to any package, and location tracking to any mobile medical alert.

RabbitAir filters

Are Certified Vacuums & Air Cleaners Better for Seniors? Part II

I can smell dog fur when I vacuum the carpet. This means my vacuum cleaner is sucking in dog fur, and then shooting some of it back into the air! I am a senior citizen. Vacuuming is too much work to put up with this mess. Should I get a certified vacuum cleaner and a certified air cleaner?

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