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Points to Consider For The Elderly to Safely Navigate Their Homes

By SOS Simple Organized Solutions|2022-05-31T10:52:30-05:00June 1st, 2022|Categories: Eldercare|Tags: age in place, downsizing, mobility, moving, safety|

Mobility becomes increasingly difficult as we age. The ability to navigate our living spaces safely is key to aging in place. The same holds true if we move into senior living communities. The ability to easily get around our living spaces provides a level of independence that is important as we age. One way to think about this subject is to think about how we navigate our homes at a younger age, maybe in our early fifties. This is the age I typically recommend to start downsizing your belongings. When you begin downsizing, you will notice how much more space [...]

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Creating a Caregiver Binder

By SOS Simple Organized Solutions|2022-06-20T12:59:28-05:00November 14th, 2018|Categories: Eldercare, Organizing Tips|Tags: compilation, documents, records, resources|

Creating a caregiver binder is essential for a lot of reasons. The number one reason is for peace of mind for the caregiver and the care recipient. This binder is a portable compilation of resources to have at your fingertips to assist in your role as caregiver. A caregiver binder should include as much information as required for the care recipient’s needs. It should be portable to accompany the caregiver and care recipient when they visit healthcare providers. Most doctors will ask about medications you’re taking to ensure they have the most up-to-date list. If they make changes, you can [...]

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Mom Can’t Live Alone Anymore

By SOS Simple Organized Solutions|2020-11-17T13:41:32-06:00July 21st, 2016|Categories: Eldercare, Planning, Seniors|Tags: assisted living, caregiver, planning, skilled nursing, veterans benefits|

There may come a day when mom can’t live alone anymore. There are many different scenarios that could result in a senior loved one unable to live alone. It’s typically poor health, either mentally or physically that indicates the need for mom to find a new home. Family members are often blindsided if mom’s health has been good, then a sudden illness or injury leaves her unable to care for herself so she can no longer live alone. Sometimes health declines steadily but mom won’t mention it because she doesn’t want to become a burden, or she knows she doesn’t [...]

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Organizing for Seniors: How I Organized For My Senior Aunt Who is Blind

By SOS Simple Organized Solutions|2020-11-17T13:41:36-06:00November 14th, 2014|Categories: Eldercare, Home Organization, Organization & Safety, Seniors|Tags: caregivers, organizing, seniors|

Organizing is not just about putting like with like, purging and labeling containers. Sure, those are important pieces to the process, but that’s not the whole enchilada. Before you start the process, you need to understand both the mental and physical capabilities of the person that needs the organizing solutions. Our senior population has a myriad of considerations to address when you organize for them. The first thing to consider is their living environment. If they live alone, do they have homecare workers that visit on a regular basis, and if so, will you need to organize for the senior or the [...]

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7 Strategies to Prevent or Delay Symptoms of Alzheimer’s

By SOS Simple Organized Solutions|2020-11-17T13:41:37-06:00September 21st, 2014|Categories: Eldercare, Reduce Stress, Seniors|Tags: alzheimer's, mental illness, prevention, strategies|

There is a lot of discussion in the eldercare community these days regarding Alzheimer’s, or the symptoms of Alzheimer's. With the advancements in medical technology, people are living longer than in past generations. It seems like a lot of folks may be able to physically get around better, but have more challenges with mental health issues such as symptoms of Alzheimer’s. Alzheimer’s is the progressive mental deterioration that can occur in middle or old age, due to generalized degeneration of the brain. According to WebMD, the biggest risk factor attributed to Alzheimer’s is aging. Statistics show that one out of eight [...]

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Do I really need 13 pairs of tweezers?

By SOS Simple Organized Solutions|2020-11-17T13:41:38-06:00May 5th, 2014|Categories: Downsizing, Eldercare, Home Organization, Organizing Tips, Rightsizing, Seniors|Tags: clutter, downsizing, organizing, rightsizing|

That’s a very good question. What about 9 pairs of scissors, do you really need that many? Or 3 bread makers, do you really need that many? Or that gadget you bought after listening to a very convincing television commercial. It makes a lot of sense to ask yourself these questions about your stuff from time to time. We are all surrounded by things in our homes that we may not necessarily need, use, or love. Our things typically come into our lives faster than they go. We get caught up in the day to day activities that make up our lives [...]

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Little Known Benefit to Assist Veterans to Age in Place

By SOS Simple Organized Solutions|2020-11-17T13:41:48-06:00February 20th, 2012|Categories: Eldercare, Veterans|Tags: assistance, benefits, seniors, VA|

Getting older presents challenges for us, physically, mentally and emotionally. The changes we experience are more difficult to accept the older we get. We get set in our ways and can’t do all of the things now that we could breeze through when we were younger. A lot of us are also the ones that do everything for ourselves as well as others and are not used to receiving help from anyone else. At some point though, this changes. We get older, perhaps have health and mobility challenges and now need some help ourselves. Our homes that we have lived [...]

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