The month of April feels like things are on the move: birds are chirping and building nests, bees are buzzing pollinating flowers, and you probably even hear more kids playing outside as the weather warms up. It’s no wonder the American Heart Association has coined April as “Move More Month.” It’s a way to bring… Read more

Henry Ford once said, “Anyone who stops learning is old, at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. It turns out, there’s actual science that helps prove Henry Ford right. In this as in other ways, he was a man ahead of his time. Research has shown that people who continue to learn… Read more

Each year, hundreds of thousands of people go through joint replacement surgery. According to the American College of Rheumatology, surgeons perform 790,000 total knee surgeries and 450,000 hip replacements annually. For people suffering from arthritis pain, or in need of help after a fall, these surgeries make a big impact, reducing pain and improving quality… Read more

Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States, affecting one in four Americans. In addition, almost 25% of people age 75 and older are living with heart disease. The good news is, there are ways to improve your health and decrease the chances of chronic illness and fatal effects of heart… Read more

Janice Watt came to Piedmont Home Care a year and a half ago, but even though she’s become part of our team fairly recently, her work has made a big impact. With 25 years of experience as a CNA, working at Wake Forest Baptist Hospital and other home health care agencies, she brings a depth… Read more

In the most recent survey done by AARP, 77 percent of adults over the age of 50 reported they would prefer to stay in their own home as they age. To us at Piedmont Home Care, these numbers make sense. We’re out in our community with a highly qualified team of caregivers, providing support services… Read more

Even for the most graceful of us, falling is a fact of life. It’s easy to trip up over a crack in the sidewalk or accidentally miss a step. But as we age, the affects of falling become more serious. If you’ve ever watched a toddler, you might be amazed at their resiliency. Toddlers fall… Read more

Here in the beautiful Triad region of North Carolina, we’re blessed to have winter days with bright blue skies and fluffy clouds, at least some of the time. But that doesn’t mean we don’t’ have more darkness in winter than in the summer months. The natural rotation of the Earth around the sun means during… Read more

BreeAnn Ortiz was 7 when her youngest brother was born. Even though she was part of a large family with three brothers and a sister, BreeAnn had a special bond with her youngest sibling. Born with a cognitive disorder, he was never able to progress beyond a one-year-old’s cognition. BreeAnn took on much of the… Read more

If there’s one quality that stands out among all the good characteristics in Felicia Love, it’s her ability to put herself in someone’s shoes and really understand what they’re going through. Even if that means she works all day for someone who never knows she’s been there It’s hard to imagine a caregiver could care… Read more

As we head into November, it’s time for the annual Walk to End Alzheimer’s for the Winston-Salem area. This year’s walk will be November 4 at Truist Stadium. It’s an exciting eventbecause it brings so many people together to help raise awareness while also raising money for agood cause – Alzheimer’s research. It’s a hopeful… Read more

Brenda Hagwood has been working with Piedmont Home Care as a caregiver for a little less thana year, but she’s already become an invaluable part of the team. With more than 20 years ofexperience in caregiving, she brings her own mix of compassionate care, wonderful talents and agreat smile to her work with clients on… Read more

In one of the most understandable survey results produced by AARP, 90 percent of adults over the age of 65 said they wanted to stay in their current home as they grow older. However, the realities of aging in place make that goal a hard one to maintain, especially for people in their 80s and… Read more

We all know that once summer comes to a close and people are together indoors more, the respiratory viruses start to spread. Colds, flu, COVID and even RSV have similar symptoms of runny nose, tiredness and congestions, and they can all be easily spread from one person to another with a cough or a sneeze… Read more