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Each year for over twenty years, we have celebrated Healthy Aging Month. It is a great time to share the latest insights from the experts about how to live a healthy life as we age. Healthy aging encompasses many aspects of our lives, whether we are family caregivers or senior adults. The puzzle of healthy … Read more
Senior Care Corner® is a sponsored blog partner of Ensure® but the opinions in this article are ours alone. Please see below for additional disclosures. Are you and your senior loved one minding your muscles and staying strong? Muscles hold us upright, allow us to move and are needed for the function of important vital organs such … Read more
Many baby boomers will recall the classic “Teach Your Children” as recorded by Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young in 1970 (ouch, was it THAT long ago?). Those who are younger may have been introduced to the song in the Glee finale, where it was sung by THE teacher, Will Schuester. The time will come — if … Read more
Family caregivers need resources to help their senior loved ones’ age in place and live the highest quality of life possible. Frequently seniors need help from healthcare providers across the continuum of care to give them support to remain healthy as they age, in addition to the assistance that they receive from their family caregivers. … Read more
Senior Care Corner® is a sponsored blog partner of Ensure® but the opinions in this article are ours alone. Please see below for additional disclosures. Our muscles need our attention as we get older so that caregivers and seniors can stay active and strong. Family caregivers who are balancing caring for older adults, their own children, a … Read more
As family caregivers look to their communities and technology innovators to help them bring a better quality of life to their aging in place seniors, there are experts trying to improve this model for successful aging with them in mind. Seniors and their family caregivers have different needs and desires for how they wish to … Read more
Tech innovations are everywhere! Most family caregivers have a phone in one pocket and a laptop or tablet at the ready (perhaps waiting to be charged). For most younger adults and family caregivers, tech is an integral part of life. You use tech innovations throughout your day in the car, at home and at work. … Read more
Aging in place is no longer just a dream, but actually reality for most seniors. Often family caregivers support their senior loved ones’ ability to age in place. Safety is often a worry, especially for long distance caregivers. Not just seniors’ safety inside the home, but safety from those accessing their homes who might wish … Read more
Digital technology and the web are already improving life for seniors living independently and there is much more to come. In order to realize many of the benefits tech has to offer, however, seniors have to be using connected devices. That’s why Senior Care Corner® has long advocated that family caregivers urge their senior loved ones using smartphones, tablets, the … Read more
