Ranking Arizona – The Best of Arizona Business Ranking Arizona is holding their annual survey for your favorite businesses. In 2018 Devoted Guardian was ranked in the Top 10. We are honored to be recognized for our passion to help…
Could Home Care Prevent Your Parent from Falling? The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that millions of adults over the age of 65 fall every year. They also say that once an older adult has fallen, they…
Osteoporosis Care Tips Approximately 53 million people in the United States are living with osteoporosis. Osteoporosis is a form of arthritis that involves bones getting thinner. Thin bone tissue puts the older adult with osteoporosis at risk for fractures and…
What to Do When Your Parent Refuses Help Eugene had run the family farm for decades. Even now, at the age of 84, he still took charge of chores around the house. But, after his wife died, his health began…
Could Your Aging Parent Have Diabetes? According to the American Diabetes Association, almost 10 percent of people in the United States have diabetes. 12 million of those people are aged 65 or older. Though there are different kinds of diabetes,…
5 Side Effects of Cancer Treatment & How to Cope with Them When an older adult is diagnosed with cancer, family members often find themselves unexpectedly filling the role of caregiver. Cancer treatment can be extremely difficult and often results…
8 Ways for Caregivers to Care for Themselves It’s a fact that family caregivers are more prone to illness than most people. The problem is that they tend to focus on the health of the older adult for whom they…
Understanding & Managing High Blood Pressure High blood pressure, or hypertension, refers to the pressure that the blood places on the walls of arteries as it flows through them. Approximately one in every three adults over 20-years-old in the United…