Craig Bass, Author at Golden Heart Walnut Creek

Five Important Dental Hygiene Tips for Seniors

Posted on October 31, 2022 by Craig Bass

Home Care in Braselton GA

Did you know that October is National Dental Hygiene Month? This time of year is the perfect time to take a closer look at what issues your senior might be having around dental hygiene. Evaluating what’s working and what isn’t helps you to figure out what solutions you can put in place for her. Ignoring dental hygiene can create bigger problems than your senior might expect.

Aging Causes Lots of Changes in Dental Health

There are lots of changes your senior is facing as she grows older, and dental health is on that list. Your elderly family member may start to experience things like dry mouth, darkening teeth, or just regular wear and tear on her teeth that she’s not used to managing. Her dentist can help her to manage these issues and develop a plan for handling conditions that are new to her.

Hydration Is Crucial

When your elderly family member isn’t drinking enough water, that can contribute to a lot of different health issues. This even affects your aging family member’s dental hygiene and dental health. Keep water available and find creative ways to help your senior to get as much water as she needs. That might mean including hydrating foods, like gelatin, soup, and fruits or vegetables that are high in water content. 24-hour home care providers can be a huge help in keeping your senior properly hydrated.

Medication Side Effects Can Include Dental Symptoms

The medications that your elderly family member takes can have a variety of different side effects. Some of those side effects make keeping her mouth and teeth healthy a little more difficult. Some of those side effects are ones that you can mitigate with some new habits or at least knowing what is going on. Working with both your senior’s doctor and her dentist can help you put a plan together.

Health Issues Can Also Affect Dental Health

Your elderly family member may have health issues that impact her dental health. Diabetes, for instance, can cause blood sugar issues that lead to periodontal disease. Keeping blood sugar under control suddenly becomes something that also helps your elderly family member to maintain her dental health, too.

Your Senior May Need a Help from 24-Hour Home Care

Everyone needs a little bit of help now and then, and your elderly family member is no exception. Home care providers can assist with a variety of different situations, but your senior may start to need more personal help and at varying times. 24-hour home care providers are there to help your senior to manage those situations, including personal care tasks like dental hygiene and caring for her body in other ways. This is essential if your elderly family member is finding these tasks impossible to manage on her own.

Proper dental hygiene is so important for your elderly family member’s mental and physical well-being. Getting her the additional help that she needs for some of these tasks ensures that your senior is not left struggling on her own.

Source
https://www.webmd.com/oral-health/guide/dental-care-seniors

If you or an aging loved one is considering 24-hour home care in Braselton, CA, please contact the caring staff at Golden Heart Senior Care of Walnut Creek. (925) 203-3039.

Best Tips for Creating Low Sodium Meals for Seniors

Posted on October 7, 2022 by Craig Bass

Home Care Assistance in Concord CA

Just because someone has to eat low sodium doesn’t mean they can’t enjoy their food. Not all seniors know how to cook low-sodium meals, but this is a lifestyle choice that a doctor may recommend for a senior. If you are worried about the health and nutrition of your senior, it is time to look into home care assistance providers who can help monitor nutritional needs. A low sodium diet, sometimes known as a no salt added diet, includes very little sodium.

Although it is tough to have a sodium-free diet, at-risk seniors may frequently reduce their risk of sodium-related health disorders by removing additional sodium, such as table salt. The CDC advises that consumers limit their salt intake to less than 2,300mg daily. You should always visit your doctor to determine what daily consumption is optimal for you since it varies from person to person. Before making any dramatic dietary changes, always consult with your doctor. Here are some tips on keeping sodium low in every meal.

Track Your Sodium Intake

Once you’ve determined how much sodium you or a loved one should consume based on their health requirements, you should begin monitoring your daily salt consumption. There are many approaches to keeping track of everything. If you prefer more traditional approaches, you may maintain a diary. Simply keep a notebook and record daily how much salt you ingest at each meal or snack. Make careful to maintain the record up to date and precise — no sneaking odd pieces of food without documenting them, since that sodium will rapidly pile up. The second, and probably quicker, option is to utilize a food monitoring app. Several applications are available, but the majority enables you to monitor each meal and salt intake. You may also monitor things like calories and sweets. It may seem difficult initially, but the more you do it, the simpler it will get. Tracking salt consumption will become second nature after a time.

Plan Meals In Advance

Making a plan is the greatest approach to preparing for anything. Create a meal plan based on low sodium recipes for seniors if you need to start lowering your salt consumption. Everyone’s approach to meal preparation differs. Some individuals like to simply plan out a menu for each day of the week, while others prefer to spend an hour planning meals and ensuring they have everything they need. Home care assistance can help a senior prep foods and cook meals in advance. This allows them to just reheat things that have already been made. It can help your elderly loved one stick to their diet easier.

Make Wise Decisions

Try to consider wisely before picking what to eat. What is the healthier alternative? Consider it assisting your body in feeling its best and being as healthy as possible. You must make sound decisions for the sake of the rest of your body. This means seniors need to read labels and avoid things with high sodium. Things like canned foods, lunch meat, and freezer meals tend to have many preservatives that are not always the best. They tend to be convenient foods but not the wisest decision for elderly people.

Source
https://www.webmd.com/heart-disease/heart-failure/low-sodium-eating

If you or an aging loved one is considering home care assistance in Concord, CA, please contact the caring staff at Golden Heart Senior Care of Walnut Creek. (925) 203-3039.

Play Classical Music to Help Your Dad De-Stress

Posted on September 21, 2022 by Craig Bass

Home Care in Pleasant Hill CA

President Bill Clinton designed September as Classical Music Month almost 30 years ago. It’s music that’s been around for centuries and may have an entire orchestra performing the pieces or just a few artists.

Did you know that classical music has been found to help with anxiety and stress? In a study of 180 patients, those who listened to classical music prior to a surgical procedure had lower cortisol levels, blood pressure, and heart rate.

A university study found that regular exposure to classical music didn’t ease immediate feelings of stress and anxiety, but it did improve the long-term results of Trait Anxiety and Psychological Well-Being scores. It improved self-acceptance, personal growth, and relationships with others.

Ease Your Dad’s Stress With Classical Music

To help your dad deal with stress caused by frustration with daily routines or chronic health conditions, play classical music each day. There are plenty of free music streaming platforms available with playlists you can listen to. You might have to deal with ads if you’re not a subscriber, but you won’t have to pay anything for the music streaming app.

What are some of the best pieces of classical music to help your dad with stress and anxiety? Your dad can start with the Peer Gynt Suite No. 1. It’s a soft depiction of the sunrise. A popular one is Bach’s Air on the G String, again it’s very melodic. Clair de Lune from Debussy is another solid choice. Here are some highly rated classical pieces that people rank well as being relaxing choices.

Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata (1st Movement)
Ofra Harnoy’s Imagine album
Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G Major (2nd Movement)
Max Richter’s entire Sleep album

You should work out your dad’s favorites during the day. Some albums may have faster songs, but you can find slower, soothing songs that help him relax. Try a variety of classical musicians, even modern-day artists, and take notes when your dad really likes someone’s work.

Play classical music for your dad at bedtime. Make it part of his nightly routine. Choose soft pieces with a slow tempo and soft tones. Set a timer and have it shut off automatically after the typical amount of time it takes your dad to fall asleep.

Make Sure He’s Also Supported Throughout the Week

Classical music may help your dad with stress and anxiety over time. It’s also important to support him when he has difficulty completing specific tasks. If your dad struggles with housework or meals, hire home care to help him.

Home care services help your dad with daily tasks, but he also has companions around to help him socialize and remain engaged. Talk to a home care agency to learn more about the prices and steps to get started.

Sources:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29705448/
https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1232294.pdf

If you or an aging loved one is considering home care in Pleasant Hill, CA, please contact the caring staff at Golden Heart Senior Care of Walnut Creek. (925) 203-3039.

Cooking Dangers for Seniors Aging in Place

Posted on September 8, 2022 by Craig Bass

Senior Home Care in Concord CA

As your loved one has gotten older, you might be noticing that she’s avoiding the kitchen a bit more, even if she once loved to cook and prepare meals. While there are plenty of reasons why your loved one may be slowing down in this area, one of those reasons may be that she doesn’t feel safe in the kitchen anymore. This is not illogical reasoning. There are plenty of danger zones in the kitchen that your parent may not be able to safely navigate anymore. Here are a few of them and how senior home care can help seniors stay safe in the kitchen.

Recipes

While recipes are not dangerous, following a recipe is important and for those seniors who are perhaps at the beginning stages of dementia, they may find themselves unable to follow a recipe anymore. While most times it’ll just end up in some poorly made food, not preparing food properly can result in a foodborne illness or some severe stomach upset. Having a senior home care help your parent follow a recipe might be a great way to eliminate this danger.

Cabinets

If your parent has cabinets that are higher up than she can reach, trying to get that heavy mixing bowl from the top shelf could be a real danger. To help reduce this hazard, it might be time to rearrange the cabinets so that all of the items your parent would want are in easy reach. While a step stool can help as well, it can also produce another hazard of a misstep.
If your elderly loved one is wanting to use a mixer that’s out of her reach, senior home care can get it down and ready for her to use.

The Stove

The stove has always been a dangerous place but with less stability and even with depth perception issues, it can become even more dangerous for your senior. Bending down to pull a heavy casserole dish out of a hot stove may cause your parent to fall or stumble into the hot stove. Or she may drop the dish once it’s out, breaking the dish and/or stove door.

Forgetfulness

Forgetfulness can lead to many kitchen accidents and while it can happen to anyone, seniors often struggle with remembering little things that can harm them in the kitchen. Your aging parent may forget to turn off a burner which may burn her when she puts her hand too close, or if she forgets it for hours after leaving the kitchen, could generate enough heat to start a fire.
She may also forget how hot a pan may be and burn her hands when reaching for it by not using oven mitts or a towel.
Finally, she may forget about a meal she’s placed in the oven to cook. While the hope is it just ends up being an over-cooked meal, leaving something in the oven for hours longer than it should be might ruin the oven and even cause a fire.

The good news is that senior home care can help your parent safely navigate the kitchen and take over many of the tasks she can no longer do. Be proactive and look at which parents your aging loved one needs help with today.

Source
https://www.webmd.com/healthy-aging/features/keeping-seniors-safe-in-their-own-homes

If you or an aging loved one is considering senior home care in Concord, CA, please contact the caring staff at Golden Heart Senior Care of Walnut Creek. (925) 203-3039.

All of the Ways Personal Care at Home Helps With Breast Cancer

Posted on August 25, 2022 by Craig Bass

Personal Care at Home in Lafayette CA

One out of eight women will be diagnosed with invasive breast cancer in their lifetime. Each year, 287,850 cases of invasive breast cancer and 51,400 non-invasive breast cancer cases are diagnosed. Once diagnosed, surgery, chemo, and radiation are three of the more common treatments, but there are also medications.

If your mom is taking medications, they can have severe side effects like exhaustion, nausea, and vomiting. With the effects of radiation and chemo, your mom’s strength and stamina may be minimal. A task as simple as walking to another room or taking a shower may seem impossible. Personal care at home becomes a lifeline.

Bathing Needs

Your mom wants to take a bath or shower, but she’s too weak to get in and out of the tub or shower stall. She can do exactly what she wants, but she’ll have a caregiver available to help her get in and out of the tub or shower.

Personal care at home is there for support as she steps in and out of the shower area. She has a caregiver to help her dry off and get into pajamas or clothes. Her caregiver can help her wash her hair, brush it out, and apply skin cream.

Oral Care

Your mom may not have the energy to brush and floss her teeth, but it’s okay. Her caregiver can help her with oral care. If your mom does have nausea or even throws up because of nausea, personal care at home is there for support and to help her rinse out her mouth afterward.

Toileting

It’s a lot of work for your mom to stand up from a chair. Walking to the bathroom exhausts her, and she’s had an accident more than once. She’s mortified, even though you tell her it’s not a big deal.

If she’s embarrassed about having to interrupt your day to help her with toileting, give her peace of mind. Hire a personal care aide to help her with toileting. If she has an accident, her caregiver is there to help her clean up and get into clean clothing.

Dressing

Your mom may find it hard to get dressed. If she had surgery, she may not be able to lift her arms over her head to put on a shirt. Her caregiver can help her get dressed and change into pajamas at the end of the day.

Your mom deserves support. She’s dealing with a tough disease, and you can help her by making sure that she has someone to help her with the aspects of personal care at home that she struggles with. As her needs lessen, her care services are easily dropped or lessened, so she’s not stuck in a long-term contract. Call a personal care at home agency and hire caregivers now.

Sources:
https://www.breastcancer.org/facts-statistics

If you or an aging loved one is considering personal care at home in Lafayette, CA, please contact the caring staff at Golden Heart Senior Care of Walnut Creek. (925) 203-3039.

Family Fun Month: Board Games That Multiple Generations Love

Posted on August 9, 2022 by Craig Bass

Companion Care at Home in San Ramon CA

Celebrate Family Fun Month together this August by having a game night. Have close family members bring one of your dad’s favorite dishes for an early dinner. Once you’ve had the meal, get out board games that multiple generations love and play games until your dad is ready to call it a night. Companion care at home can help your senior stay busy with board games and puzzles throughout the month of August, too.

Here are a few great games to try with your senior:

Apples to Apples

In Apples to Apples, players are dealt cards and must play them in order to fill in the blank shown on the card that’s in play in the center of the table. Suppose the card in the center of the table says, “Things That Are Fake.” You could play “Reality TV” and hope the judge finds it funny enough to give you the point.

I Should Have Known That

I Should Have Known That is a trivia game for people who aren’t great at traditional trivia games. It asks questions that most people won’t have a clue as to what the answer is, so guesses become your best chance at winning. It includes questions like “What is Greece called in Greek?” Earn points if you’re able to guess answers correctly, and lose points for wrong guesses.

Splurt

This is a game about fast thinking where the person who yells out an answer the fastest gets a point. The card will have a topic on one side and a letter on the other. If you draw, “Book Titles” and flip it over to find the letter L, you have to think of a book that starts with the letter L. Be the fastest to come up with an answer to get the point.

Telestrations

This drawing game works similar to the childhood game Telephone. The first player has a secret word and draws it for the next player to guess, only that player has to draw the guess rather than write it out. The game goes around the table until it reaches the last person who then looks at the drawing they were handed and has to write out what it is.

Ticket to Ride

Ticket to Ride is a strategy game where you take possession of train routes across the U.S., around Europe, or many other geographic areas depending on the game you purchase. If there are children younger than eight, there is also Ticket to Ride: First Journey.

When you don’t live close enough to visit each day or week, who does your dad rely on for help? Does he try to do everything on his own? It’s time to address the benefits of companion care at home services. Let caregivers help him with meals, housework, laundry, and errands.

Companion care at home services also include regular visits to ensure your dad is able to socialize as often as he needs. Call today to learn more.

If you or an aging loved one is considering companion care at home in San Ramon, CA, please contact the caring staff at Golden Heart Senior Care of Walnut Creek. (925) 203-3039.

Is Your Senior Getting Enough Vitamin C?

Posted on July 26, 2022 by Craig Bass

In-Home Care in Concord CA

In the past, you might not have worried a lot about how much vitamin C your senior was getting. But as she ages, her body needs vitamin C and other nutrients more than ever before. Her body has to have these building blocks to keep her as strong and as healthy as possible. Here’s what you need to know about vitamin C and your senior, and how in-home care can support her nutrition.

What Does Vitamin C Do?

Most people know that vitamin C is helpful to the immune system, but they may not realize what it does. Vitamin C helps your senior’s body to build white blood cells, which fight off infections. But it’s also important for heart health, collagen formation, and converting cholesterol into bile salts. All of this and more is why vitamin C is so important for your senior’s daily diet.

Your Senior May Not Be Getting Enough Vitamin C

It might surprise both you and your senior to realize that it’s possible that she isn’t getting enough vitamin C through her diet. This can happen if your elderly family member isn’t eating a lot of fruits and vegetables or is relying mainly on “junk” food. Some of the side effects of vitamin C deficiency can include being cold more often, experiencing symptoms of anemia, bruising easily, and more.

Increasing Vitamin C Levels

If you’re wondering if your senior’s vitamin C levels are too low, it’s a good idea to talk with her doctor. Your senior’s doctor can examine her and look for signs of deficiency, but there is also a blood test that can definitively show whether your senior’s vitamin C levels are too low. From there, her doctor can help your senior to put together a plan to raise her vitamin C levels.

Foods That Are High in Vitamin C

So, what can your senior eat to improve her vitamin C levels? Fruits, particularly citrus fruits and berries, are great choices. Lots of different green vegetables are also high in vitamin C. This includes broccoli, cauliflower, spinach, cabbage, and peppers. Potatoes are also good sources of vitamin C. If your senior is particularly low in vitamin C, her doctor may recommend supplementation in addition to changing her diet.

In-home Care Can Make All of This Easier

Balancing all of this can be overwhelming for your elderly family member, especially if it means making big changes to her diet. That’s where elder care providers can really help out. In-home care providers can remind your senior to take her medications and supplements. They can also help her to have meals and snacks that are full of the types of foods she needs to be eating in order to support her health. Your elderly family member doesn’t have to figure all of this out on her own.

Ensuring that your senior is getting the nutrients that she needs is the best way to help her to feel as well as she can. It can even help her to get health issues under better control, further improving her quality of life.

Source
https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/vitamin-c/

If you or an aging loved one is considering in-home care in Concord, CA, please contact the caring staff at Golden Heart Senior Care of Walnut Creek. (925) 203-3039.

Helping Your Senior with Nighttime Struggles

Posted on July 14, 2022 by Craig Bass

24-Hour Home Care in Moraga CA

You hear your mom call out from their bedroom and you go in to help her for the fourth time tonight. You are glaring at the clock only to see the night isn’t even half over and you are exhausted. Does this sound familiar? If so, it may be time to consider hiring 24-hour home care to take care of your elderly parent during the night. In the meantime, there are some tips for senior citizen overnight care.

Dealing with Insomnia

One of the common issues amongst elderly people is insomnia. Does your elderly loved one have a difficult time sleeping at night:? If so, one of the things you or home care providers can do is to make their bedroom more sleep-inducing. Some of the ways you can do this include:

Turning off electronics
Getting blackout curtains
Having them do a non-stimulating activity before bed

Hopefully, at least one of these tips will help your aging parent to get better sleep at night. These tips may not work the first few nights, but if your elderly loved one can try them out for a bit, they might help after awhile.

Dealing with Overactive Bladder Issues

Does your elderly loved one have to use the bathroom a lot during the night? Maybe, they even have accidents because they can’t make it to the bathroom quick enough. If this is the case, it may be very tiring trying to help them out of bed and get them safely to the bathroom, especially if they are up multiple times a night and you have other things you need to do during the daytime. If this is the case, you may want to consider hiring 24-hour home care providers. The providers can stay with your elderly parent overnight to help them with getting to and using the bathroom.

Dealing with Chronic Pain

There are many senior citizens who struggle with chronic pain. Sometimes, it is due to arthritis, cancer, degenerative disc disease or a number of other conditions. The truth is that sleeping can be very difficult when someone has chronic pain. If this is the case for your elderly loved one you can hire home care providers to help them get comfortable throughout the night. You can also hire home health care providers to get your elderly loved one the pain medications they need during the night.

Rely on 24-Hour Home Care for Help

These are just some of the many different tips that you can use for your aging parent overnight. If they have other issues such as Alzheimer’s disease, cancer, or another condition that keeps them up or gets them up throughout the night, 24-hour home care can help them to manage those conditions, too.

Not sure what all home care services your elderly parent or loved one will need? Don’t worry. You can always reach out to our team to find out more about the available overnight services for senior citizens.

Sources
https://www.nia.nih.gov/health/aging-place-growing-older-home

If you or an aging loved one is considering 24-hour home care in Moraga, CA, please contact the caring staff at Golden Heart Senior Care of Walnut Creek. (925) 203-3039.

Is Your Elderly Loved One Needing Help Now?

Posted on June 28, 2022 by Craig Bass

Senior Home Care in Alamo CA

Many elderly adults want to stay independent for as long as they can. If they can keep controlling every aspect of their life, things are generally great. But, what happens when an aging adult starts needing help immediately? Will they tell you? Since they might not say anything to their family members, it is up to you to recognize the signs that your elderly loved one needs help from senior home care sooner, rather than later.

Basic Tasks

How will you know when your elderly loved one needs help with basic tasks? Some of the things you will notice they are having issues with include:

Talking
Dressing
Walking
Climbing steps
Cooking
Eating
Managing medications

If you start noticing these issues, it is time to get your elderly loved one senior home care services. These home care providers can cook for, talk to, dress, and help your elderly loved one in many other ways, too.

Hygiene Assistance

Have you noticed your elderly loved one needs help with their hygiene? You might notice they don’t bathe often enough. It might seem like their appearance is sloppy or they smell foul. If this is the case, it would be a good idea to check with your elderly loved one about getting home care services. Let them know it is okay that they aren’t able to do these things on their own anymore. Senior home care providers don’t mind helping senior citizens with these tasks.

Taking Care of Responsibilities

Has your elderly loved one been slacking on taking care of their responsibilities? Some of the things that you might notice include:

Unopened mail
Papers piling up on their coffee table
Unreadable checkbook
Unpaid bills
Bank account overdrawn
Utility bills overdue
Prescriptions not being filled
Not returning phone calls
Dishes a mess

If you notice your elderly loved one needs help with these responsibilities, it would be a good idea to get them help from senior home care providers.

Health Changes

There may be a range of health changes that you notice in your elderly loved one, too, such as:

Burns
Problems swallowing
Appetite changes
Weight loss
Incontinence
Spilling things
Muscle weakness
Insomnia
Memory loss

Have you noticed your elderly loved one displaying any of these health changes? If so, it may not be a bad idea to address these issues now.

Attitude Changes

Do you recognize attitude changes in your elderly loved one? Some of these changes that might be displayed include:

Sadness
Depression
Feelings of despair
Refusal to communicate
Argumentativeness
Emotional crisis

If these things are realized, it may be a cry for help. Talk to your elderly loved one to see if they need some assistance.

Conclusion

If you recognize any of these changes above, senior home care may not be the worst idea. If you need to know more about these services, don’t hesitate to let our team know today. We can help you decide if these services are right for your elderly loved one.

Sources
https://www.nia.nih.gov/health/what-are-signs-aging-parent-needs-help

If you or an aging loved one is considering senior home care in Alamo, CA, please contact the caring staff at Golden Heart Senior Care of Walnut Creek. (925) 203-3039.

Companion Care or Personal Care – What is the Difference?

Posted on June 10, 2022 by Craig Bass

Companion Care at Home in Clayton CA

Many people will use the words personal care and companion care interchangeably. However, these two things aren’t the same. Yes, they both are provided by home care agencies, but your elderly loved one may need one of these and not the other. They may need both of these services, as well.

Learn About Companion Care Services

One of the services offered by elder care agencies is companion care. Companionship is one of the most basic needs for humans. They need to socially interact with other people. It doesn’t matter how old someone is, this is necessary for their overall health and well-being. With this being said, it can be tough for senior citizens to make friends being they don’t drive anymore and have a tough time remembering to stay in touch with people. For this reason, you might want to get companion care at home services for them. That way, elderly care providers can come to their home, take them places, and just hang out. Companion care providers can do some light cleaning and errands, too.

Learn About Personal Care Services

Another type of care that your elderly loved one might need is personal care. Dignity and privacy are vital to human beings. However, as people get older, it can become more difficult for them to complete daily activities such as taking a shower, brushing their teeth, or combing their hair. Does it seem like your elderly loved one could use this type of help? If they do need bathing, toileting, or dressing assistance, don’t worry. You can get personal care at home services for them. This is when home care providers go to their home and help with personal care tasks. They can also help change catheter bags, assist with taking blood pressure, and perform basic cosmetic assistance.

What Type of Care Does Your Elderly Loved One Need?

Now that you know a bit more about these two types of care, you can determine what type your elderly loved one will need. Remember, it is alright if they need both personal care and companion care services. Some senior citizens need help in multiple areas of their life and just need a companion, too. If that is the case, you can contact our home care agency to book both these services for your elderly loved one.

Do you have more questions about these types of care? If so, you can also reach out to our team to talk about your questions or anything else related to personal or companion care services.

Once you find out what services your elderly loved one needs, it will be much easier to ensure they are getting all the help they need. You may be wondering – well, can’t I just help with these things and you can. However, many family members find it to be tiring and overwhelming handling all the personal care tasks along with trying to be a companion for their elderly loved one.

Sources

https://www.nia.nih.gov/health/aging-place-growing-older-home

If you or an aging loved one is considering companion care at home in Clayton, CA, please contact the caring staff at Golden Heart Senior Care of Walnut Creek. (925) 203-3039.