3 Ways To Look After Your Aging Loved Ones (2/18/2021) - Taking care of your aging loved ones is an important responsibility. Since they’re no longer as active, you need to pay careful attention to their needs because neglect can trigger or worsen their health conditions. Failing to senior-proof your home can also put your aging loved ones at risk of slip-and-fall accidents or limit their … Continue reading "3 Ways To Look After Your Aging Loved Ones"
4 Ways To Keep Your Aging Loved Ones Safe (2/11/2021) - As your loved ones age, their bodies will become weak and require many different things. More often than not, seniors no longer have the vigor and mobility to move around with ease or the best eyesight to see clearly. These changes should prompt you to take extra measures to ensure that your aging loved ones … Continue reading "4 Ways To Keep Your Aging Loved Ones Safe"
Tips for Moving Seniors From Independence at Home to an Assisted Living Community (2/5/2021) - Inevitably, if we are lucky enough to live long enough, we eventually all need some help doing the day-to-day activities that we were once able to do by ourselves. As much as we would like to be there for our loved ones when they reach this point in their lives, we can’t usually be there … Continue reading "Tips for Moving Seniors From Independence at Home to an Assisted Living Community"
How Personal Care Services Can Benefit Seniors (1/26/2021) - Personal care services for seniors aren’t just about providing them with simple medical help whenever they need it. It’s also about seeing to it that they’re able to retain their independence at all times, while you’re assisting them on personal care activities that they can no longer do as comfortably as before. In some cases, … Continue reading "How Personal Care Services Can Benefit Seniors"
The Most Commonly Misdiagnosed Conditions In Older Adults (12/14/2020) - The natural process of aging can produce many changes in a person’s body. These changes can often be mistaken for an actual illness, making it tough to pinpoint the difference between a real problem and something that is a normal part of getting older. The problem for many seniors comes when the diagnosis is wrong, … Continue reading "The Most Commonly Misdiagnosed Conditions In Older Adults"
5 Must-Have Items Seniors Should Bring to Their Assisted Living Home (12/8/2020) - The job of convincing your senior parent to move into a senior living facility is only half the battle for family members. The rest of the challenge comes when it’s time to start downsizing and sorting through decades of memories and cherished items from the family home. The most common reason seniors are reluctant to … Continue reading "5 Must-Have Items Seniors Should Bring to Their Assisted Living Home"
7 Health Exams Seniors Should Take (12/8/2020) - As you age, the body undergoes many different changes that can affect your life significantly. In fact, a person’s age can be a risk factor for the occurrence of some diseases. This is why older people are considered vulnerable groups, particularly for COVID-19 and similar diseases, and need to take a more proactive approach when … Continue reading "7 Health Exams Seniors Should Take"
Can Online Games Improve Cognitive Function and Memory? (11/10/2020) - We understand the role of physical activity and its promise for a good quality of life going into retirement. However, mental fitness ranks just as high. It’s no wonder that experts forecast the global cognitive training market to reach nearly $13.6 billion by 2024. Few industries can boast of a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) … Continue reading "Can Online Games Improve Cognitive Function and Memory?"
Life over 50: Tips for Successful Aging (10/2/2020) - Aging can be a bad word these days. With so many products out there designed to make you “look younger”, it’s difficult to find support for aging gracefully. For many, it seems like as soon as you turn 50, the clock starts ticking and the Botox ads come swirling in. While there are many ways … Continue reading "Life over 50: Tips for Successful Aging"
How to help your elderly relative during COVID-19 (9/30/2020) - It’s always difficult knowing that en elderly relative is struggling. But it’s even more difficult at the moment with everything going on in the world. The current pandemic means that older people are more vulnerable than ever. If they get the virus they face more of a significant risk of getting a serious illness or … Continue reading "How to help your elderly relative during COVID-19"