At Foothills Home Services, we work with a wide range of seniors with all different ailments – including dementia. Caring for someone with dementia can be challenging, and having a better understanding of how it typically progresses will make caring for your senior loved one easier.

With the weather getting warmer, there are even more opportunities to spend time outdoors. For many people, gardening is the outdoor activity of choice, and people get involved either at home or in a community garden. It’s easy to understand why gardening is so popular - it can be a great social activity while also being inexpensive and therapeutic. Gardening also offers the chance for people to get some exercise and go outside.

Our senior loved ones can enjoy many benefits from gardening, but gardening isn’t always an easy task. This can be especially true as we grow older and our bodies change. Our joints get stiffer, and bending to plant seeds or pull weeds gets a little harder.