Food, Nutrition & Exercise
Daily Care

Vital Nutritional Tips for Your Elderly Parents and How You Can Help Them Adjust Their Diets
Omega 3 fatty acids and calcium are vital to boosting and maintaining your aging parent's health.

Loss of Taste in the Elderly
When an elderly person loses taste, it can cause a loss of appetite, weight loss, poor nutrition, weakened immunity, and even death.

Shingles: A Primer for Caregivers and Their Aging Parents
Advanced age can make your aging parent more susceptible to shingles, a disease that affects the nerves and causes pain and blisters.

Dietary Supplements for the Elderly: More is Not Always Better
Caregivers want to know: are dietary supplements, herbs and minerals safe for seniors?

Exercise for the Elderly
Is it safe for seniors to exercise? Absolutely, according to the American Academy of Family Physicians who says almost all elderly can benefit from additional physical activity.

Ten Reasons Why Your Aging Parent May Not Be Eating Properly...and What to Do about It
Here are ten reasons why seniors sometimes don’t eat properly, and some suggestions for how you as their caregiver can help them overcome this challenge.

Low Cholesterol Diet: How to Cut Out the Fat
When caring for a senior mom or dad's diet, caregivers should monitor cholesterol levels, as high levels of bad cholesterol can increase your elderly senior's risk for heart disease.

Problems with Smell in the Elderly
Problems with smell become more common as we get older. Here are some tips for caregivers to deal with an elderly parent's loss of smell.

Power Foods: Doctors' Top Choices for Antioxidant Rich Foods
Top doctors recommend antioxidant-rich foods and drinks for the elderly and their caregivers.

Antioxidant Supplements: Beware of Dangerous Drug Interactions
Antioxidants have proven effective in fighting the free radicals, but the pill supplement forms are not without their share of controversy. Caregivers should know the negative, less publicized aspects of antioxidants before taking them or giving them to their elderly parents to take.

A Natural Product Does Not Mean a Safe Product
Dietary supplements, such as herbs and vitamins, are not regulated by the Food & Drug Administration, and can sometimes interact with prescription medications.

Complementary and Alternative Medicine for Cancer Treatment
Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is used by many cancer patients, but the treatments may not work for everyone. Before starting CAM, caregivers and their elderly parent should consider the following points.

An Overview of Homeopathic Care
Homeopathy is an alternative medical system built upon complete systems of theory and practice, which evolved apart from and earlier than conventional medical approaches. Here is a guide to homeopathic care for caregivers and their elderly parent.

How can I get my elderly father to stop eating everything? His doctor isn’t helping me!
Jacqueline Marcell answered: I had the same problem with my father. I fed him well and kept all healthy snacks available, but he'd say he was starving to death all the time.

What can I do to prevent my wife with Alzheimer’s from choking on her liquids and food? It is terrifying and I feel so helpless and don’t know what to do.
Jacqueline Marcell answered: It happened with my father too and scared the daylights out of me. Unfortunately, when swallowing becomes impaired and choking begins it is usually a sign that the dementia is progressing further.

How do I get my sick elderly mother to eat when she refuses?
Jacqueline Marcell answered: I know how hard that is because my normally sweet mother did the same stubborn thing. She had been so sick she’d gotten down to 82 pounds, yet would clinch her teeth when I got half way through feeding her.