Spending time with family, especially children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren, can be joyous for our senior loved ones. Family activities and togetherness benefit our seniors and the rest of the family in many ways. Besides happiness, they can relieve stress, brighten a mood, increase physical activity and provide much needed socialization. Seniors also can give back to the … Read more
Are you celebrating the holidays with your senior loved ones, family members and friends? There are many ways that we celebrate our family holiday traditions, each family has its own to share. Whatever faith or festivities your family enjoys, holiday traditions are deep in your senior’s soul and mean more than you may realize to their … Read more
Aging in place, which is valued by most seniors, can be ideal where shopping and services needed by older adults are within a reasonable walk of their homes. While some older adults choose to live in planned senior communities, which are designed to meet their needs, others want the option to find their needs met in a more … Read more
There are many medical conditions that can lead to difficulty with the ability to feed oneself. Often family caregivers find they have to step in and do much of the feeding when their senior loved one is incapable of feeding themselves due to their disease. Of course we just have to help them. They can’t … Read more
Who wants to get older, have gray hair (what hair we have, anyway), need to rely on glasses or visit a doctor every week? No one really wants to experience the negatives that can happen as we age, but when your senior has a positive outlook about their aging status there can be benefits. Most … Read more
We have been advocates for some time about the need to stay physically active as we age. We feel strongly that it will benefit both family caregivers and seniors to be active each day in activities that you enjoy. Therefore, we are happy to support the International Council on Active Aging’s (ICAA) celebration of Active … Read more
We’re being inundated with electronic information these days. We have many devices, our smartphones, tablets, computers and wearable devices, that connect us with the wider world. You may use your smartphone to help you be a more effective caregiver. Many of us do so, perhaps without even realizing it. Smartphones can be one of a … Read more
Grandparents, whether seniors or future seniors, rank being with their grandchildren among their greatest pleasures. I have the honor of being a grandparent and know how much I love the kisses and hugs I get when I visit my granddaughter, not to mention the joy in her eyes when she sees me approaching or even … Read more
Who doesn’t look forward to taking a vacation or visiting family members? Just planning the trip is a big part of the fun for many of us and something that can involve everyone. Whether the trip is not too far or across the country, maybe even across the globe, it is important when traveling with … Read more
