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• Five Activities for Brain Health

  

  We all want a healthy and active brain. After all, that’s what keeps our cognitive functions, such as the following, sharp: Thinking Speaking Learning Remembering So how do you go about stimulating your brain? If you’ve never thought about it before, here are five excellent ways to stimulate your brain and keep it active and……

  November 14, 2021
• Tips for Holiday Gatherings with Your Older Adult Loved Ones

  

  With the holidays quickly approaching, it’s time to begin thinking about how you want to celebrate them this year and how you want to include your aging loved ones in your celebrations. Since the holidays can be stressful for people of any age, the idea is to make your celebrations as stress-free as possible for……

  November 8, 2021
• Tips To Help Older Adults Manage Chronic Pain – Part II

  

  In an earlier blog post, we discussed some ways in which you can manage chronic pain. This is such an important topic, however, that we felt a follow-up blog is appropriate. Chronic pain is generally defined as pain that lasts 3-6 months longer than expected. Unfortunately, older adults tend to suffer from this kind of……

  October 17, 2021
• Issues Older Adults Commonly Face When Driving

  

  You gain wisdom with age, as well as potential health and mobility problems that can affect your ability to drive safely. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that in 2018, over 45 million adults age 65 or older had valid driver’s licenses, representing a 60% increase since 2000 for this demographic. If you……

  October 5, 2021
• Why is Older Adult Living So Expensive?

  

  If you’ve noticed your cost of living increasing each year, you’re not alone. Everything costs more today than it did even five years ago. And if you’re an older adult who fondly remembers $90-a-month mortgage payments and 49-cents-a-pound ground beef, wrapping your head around today’s prices can be difficult at best. Do you wish to……

  October 1, 2021
• 20 Fall Prevention Tips – Fall Prevention Awareness Day: Sept. 22nd

  

  As you get older, any type of fall can land you in the doctor’s office or even the hospital. That is why states have adopted the first day of fall — Sept. 22nd — as Fall Prevention Awareness Day. For aging adults, the best-case scenario is to avoid a fall altogether and to do that,……

  September 9, 2021
• Coping with Guilt After Moving a Loved One into Senior Living

  For many, one of the hardest decisions they have to make in their life is to move a loved one into senior living. Taking responsibility for another person’s life experience is a tremendous job and can create pressure to find the best possible environment for your loved one. Discovering how to deal with guilt is……

  September 1, 2021
• 6 Tips To Manage Caregiver Stress

  They call them the sandwich generation. They’re the generation of people who find themselves in two very different caregiving roles: Raising their own children while providing care for their aging parents. And as the Baby Boomers continue to age, the largest population that the U.S. has ever seen is becoming the largest population of Senior……

  August 17, 2021
• How to Begin the Search for Senior Living

  Many older Americans start to consider a change in their community and care as they get older. Some are looking for help with everyday responsibilities. In contrast, others would like a community of people their age who are engaged in day trips, game nights, communal meals, and a healthy, active lifestyle. If you are considering……

  July 18, 2021
• Fire Prevention Tips for Seniors

  Did you know according to the U.S. Fire Administration, older adults who are 65 and older are twice as likely to have an injury or death in a fire as compared to the general population? The good news is research has shown living in a building with sprinkler systems dramatically reduces incidents of death or……

  July 6, 2021