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Aged Care Lifestyle Program

Lifestyle Programs for the Elderly in Geelong

Finding activities that provide opportunities for social interaction, as well as fostering a sense of purpose is important to keep

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Moving Elderly Parents

Moving into Aged Care Geelong

Moving homes is among one of the top five stresses in life.  It’s a disruption in routine, it’s labour intensive,

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Aged Care Assistance

The process for getting your parent(s) into Aged Care Geelong.

  If you’re looking at moving loved ones into Aged Care Geelong, it can be stressful and challenging if you

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Aged Care Assistance

How to Choose Which Best Aged Care Homes To Look At

  If you’ve made the difficult decision to move your parent(s) into Aged Care Geelong Providers and you’ve decided to

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Elderly Parents

Shingles in the Elderly

Shingles is a viral infection, also known as Herpes Zoster, that usually affects older people.  Chickenpox and Shingles are both

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Aged Care Fees & Charges

What is an Aged Care Home?

An Aged Care home is a residential home provided to support older people with their accommodation needs and everyday living

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Pets in Aged Care

What happens to your elderly parents pet if something happens to them?

Did you know that if you or your parent(s) don’t have legal wishes/requests in place for their animals, this could

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Elderly Parents

Hip Replacement Surgery and the Elderly

Hip Replacement Surgery is a procedure that replaces a worn out or damaged hip joint.  Damaged bone and cartilage are

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Elderly Parents

Caring for an Elderly Parent in your Home

Are you considering taking care of your aging parents, relatives or friends at home? With Australia’s elderly population expected to

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Moving Elderly Parents

The Truth about Aged Care Residences

Moving into a residential Aged Care home can be a drastic change for the elderly, but it also can be

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Elderly Parents

Walking Assistance Aid Options for the Elderly

Ageing can often inhibit activities that, once upon a time, used to be so simple and easy. For instance, even

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Elderly Parents

Aged Care: How to Bring Up the Idea With Your Parents

While it may be a difficult decision to make, sometimes Residential Aged Care in Geelong is the best option we

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Elderly Parents

9 Signs your elderly loved one needs Residential Aged Care

Opting for Aged Care for your elderly loved one is never an easy decision to make. It’s something that should

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Aged Care Services Melbourne

The Top Qualities Of A Great Aged Care Facility

Deciding on a residential option for our elderly loved ones is not an easy task. Naturally, we want what’s best

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Elderly Parents

Dealing with Angry and Emotional Elderly Parents

Like everyone, the elderly have their good and bad days, but there can be no doubt that the last 18

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Volunteers in Aged Care

National Volunteers Week May 17-23, 2021. Volunteer with Homestyle Aged Care

This week, May 17-23, celebrates the significant contribution of Australia’s six million volunteers dedicating over 600 million hours to help

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Elderly Parents

‘Do Not Resuscitate’ Discussion

It is the discussion that no-one ever really wants to have, but the reality is, it is far better to

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Elderly Parents

Arthritis in the Elderly

Arthritis in the elderly is painful, uncomfortable and can be debilitating.  It brings with it a decrease in mobility, which

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Elderly Parents

Self-Esteem and the Elderly

Self-esteem is important for anyone, but as you age with declining health issues and being less mobile, self-esteem and confidence

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Elderly Parents

Anxiety and the Elderly

Anxiety is often underdiagnosed and undertreated in the elderly because it can develop gradually, and the symptoms may not be

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Elderly Parents

Impaired Eyesight and Cataracts in the Elderly

Age related visual impairment is a major health issue among the elderly. As we get older, the normal function of

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Pets in Aged Care

Dog Breeds suited to the Elderly

It is widely known that dogs can help to minimise feelings of stress, loneliness and isolation in the elderly, and

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Elderly Parents

Haircuts and Styles for Elderly Women

Even as we age, we still want to look our best. Our hair is an important part of how we

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Aged Care Services Melbourne

What Is Residential Aged Care?

As you enter retirement and reach your golden years, you may find that you can no longer reside in your

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Aged Care Assistance

Handling family criticism whilst looking after your elderly loved one

Do you ever feel alone and unappreciated taking care of your elderly parent?  It may seem like an endless cycle

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Elderly Parents

Fun Things to do with Elderly Parents and Loved Ones

When caring for an elderly loved one, it can be difficult to look beyond the everyday and find things that

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Elderly Parents

Sea Views Manor Intergenerational Program

Sea Views Manor recently conducted an intergenerational activity where prep grade students from Star of the Sea Primary School came

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Elderly Parents

Intergenerational Program

At our Kensington Grange home, we have recently implemented an Intergenerational Program designed to foster connection and positive community engagement between children

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Grandparents

The importance of Grandparents

There is no doubt that healthy parent-child relationships are important for a child’s emotional wellbeing, but what about the relationship

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Elderly Parents

The benefits of music for the elderly

For some years now, music therapy has been used to treat a number of conditions in people of all ages.

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Pets in Aged Care

The benefits of pets for the elderly

It is well known that the benefits of having a pet are considerable. There are a host of studies that

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Elderly Parents

How to clean a hoarder’s house

Hoarder’s are defined as people who excessively save items that others may view as worthless. They have difficulty getting rid

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Aged Care Assistance

Making new friends at an Aged Care Facility

Moving into Aged Care is a big enough adjustment in one’s life, but can you imagine the thought of having

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Aged Care Assistance

How to Move Aged Care Homes

In our last blog here we asked the question “how do you know if you have chosen the wrong Aged

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What if we choose the wrong Aged Care Home?

We can spend so much time choosing what we think is the ‘right’ Aged Care Home for our parent(s). But what

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Elderly Parents

Hearing Capacity as We Age

Our hearing capacity, as we age, can diminish.  Typically, both men and women start to lose their hearing between the

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Pets in Aged Care

Pet Therapy Programs

Pet therapy Programs have been shown to boost health and general well-being in the elderly – not to mention how

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Elderly Parents

How can I help my elderly parents?

If you’re asking how can I help my elderly parents – you are not alone.  Helping your elderly parents can

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Aged Care Assistance

Downsizing into Aged Care

Moving from independent living and downsizing into an Aged Care home in Melbourne will no doubt seem overwhelming and challenging

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Choosing an Aged Care Facility

Making the decision to move a loved one into Aged Care is certainly stressful.  What should you look for?  Which

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Elderly Parents

How do you know when your elderly parents need help?

Its often after a family gathering or occasion when adult children haven’t seen their ageing parents for a while that

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Aged Care Lifestyle Program

Banjo the pet dog visiting Aged Care – Homestyle Aged Care

When Banjo arrives at Amaroo Gardens each morning the first thing he does is race to the dining room and

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