November is National Family Caregiver Month. It’s a little known designation that we at Dakota Home Care are publicizing in honor of all our awesome
Loved Ones Are Safer & Happier During COVID-19 with DHC In-Home Care When her adult daughter died recently of cancer, my 90-year-old sister-in-law lost
I thought my husband and I were doing a pretty good job with our estate planning UNTIL I read this AARP article, “Prepare a Digital
Photo by Frank Stanko of the Wahpeton Daily News Now “A Regular Kid,” Owen Graduates from 4 Years of In-Home Care On November 4th, the
Social Isolation: Mitigating the Dangers Before the COVID-19 pandemic made “social isolation” a buzz word and a necessity in many parts of the country, healthcare
1st A big DON’T! Don’t Skip Doses! More than 12% of U.S. adults have skipped doses or not filled a prescription at all in order
If you have a medically fragile child who needs constant, high-level, medical care at home, Dakota Home Care (DHC) can provide a well-trained, experienced Pediatric
I am 76 and my husband is 81. We’ve lived in our 4000 sq. ft., 6-bedroom home for almost 31 years. It was once also
North Dakota was not a “Hot Spot” for Covid-19….as of the date this blog was published. The latest statistics on the spread of the virus
How does having or not having a pet fit into keeping home an option for your elderly loved one? Is pet ownership healthy or harmful?
Unfortunately, guilt is a common and persistent emotion for many, if not most family caregivers, even when they are literally devoting their lives to doing
Most of us make New Year’s resolutions for ourselves that involve some aspect of a healthier lifestyle, including weight loss, better food choices, more sleep
What better time to discover more than 100 ways to bring more joy into your life and the lives of those with Alzheimer’s than during
Does your elderly loved one need a hearing test? If it’s been more than a year since they had one, the simple answer is “Yes!”
The basics about UTIs can be found in one of our first blogs, Health Wise – Urinary Tract Infections in the Elderly. Because UTIs continue