Highgate Blog

February 8, 2019    Highgate Senior Living

Topic: Caregiver & Family Resources

Infographic: Feeling Guilty? You Are Not Alone

Do you ever feel jealous of your friends who are able to go out and do things that you can no longer do because of your caregiving responsibilities? What about anxiety....

February 1, 2019    Highgate Senior Living

Topic: Caregiver & Family Resources

Why Caregivers Feel Guilty

If there is one emotion that nearly anyone caring for an aging loved one can count on feeling, it is guilt.

January 4, 2019    Highgate Senior Living

Topic: Assisted Living Resources, Caregiver & Family Resources

How to Make Your Loved One's New Home Feel Like Home

Change is difficult for everyone, but moving when you are over 65 brings many more dramatic changes. Not only are seniors often coping with aging, but now they are also....

December 21, 2018    Highgate Senior Living

Topic: Caregiver & Family Resources

5 Tips for Helping Your Parents Downsize the Family Home

Ten years ago, Johanne Lebeau was confronted with the reality and the responsibility of relocating her father, who lived thousands of miles away, after he broke his hip.....

December 21, 2018    Highgate Senior Living

Topic: Caregiver & Family Resources

What Is a Senior Real Estate Specialist and Why Should You Use One?

At some point you, your siblings, or your parents might look around the four-bed, three-bath 3,000-square-foot house and wonder, Is it time to sell the family home?

In....

December 14, 2018    Highgate Senior Living

Topic: Caregiver & Family Resources

Two Must-have Powers of Attorney for Seniors

Everyone has different preferences when it comes to their medical care and financial priorities.

Most people agree that if they are ever unable to advocate for their....

December 7, 2018    Highgate Senior Living

Topic: Caregiver & Family Resources

3 Steps for a Successful Doctor’s Visit with Your Aging Loved One

Have you ever gone to the doctor’s office for an appointment and realized only after you left that you forgot to ask the doctor an important question that you wanted to....

December 7, 2018    Highgate Senior Living

Topic: Caregiver & Family Resources

5 Tips for Communicating with Your Parent’s Doctor

Discussing medical issues with your doctor — let alone your parent’s doctor — is much easier said than done.

Many people experience some amount of anxiety when they go....

November 30, 2018    Highgate Senior Living

Topic: Caregiver & Family Resources

How to Help Aging Parents When You Live Far Away

If you are providing care to an older parent who lives an hour or more away, you are one of roughly 7 million long-distance caregivers in the U.S.

Being a long-distance....