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. Living well is a hope many family caregivers hold for their senior loved ones as they age in place. The reality for aging in place adults is that staying healthy … Read more
Our aging loved ones have specific nutrition needs that are changing as they age. The need for nutrients such as protein, water, vitamins and minerals, and fluid remains constant as their calorie requirements decline due to declining physical activity. Unfortunately, as they get older, seniors tend to decrease their overall intake, putting them at risk for … Read more
Raising awareness about the prevalence of elder abuse is important to help stop it in its tracks. Every year in June, efforts to educate us all about this issue so we can spot it to stop it occur including educational campaigns in the media and events in your local community. Family caregivers are often unaware … Read more
Independence – that’s what driving meant to many of today’s seniors back when they were 15 and anticipating getting their license. After spending a life in which driving meant commuting to work, carpooling the kids, and so much more, it means independence once again, especially for seniors who are aging in place. To many older … Read more
Family caregivers and their senior loved ones who remain at home receiving any form of care increasingly realize their safety will rely greatly on technology in the future. There are already many tech innovations that are helping and more in the pipeline to improve the quality of life and safety as they age in place. For example, … Read more
10 million older adults in America face the threat of hunger and end each day hungry. Seniors we know and love could be affected — sometimes without family caregivers knowing it. Food insecurity affects seniors in all parts of the nation. Food insecure adults eat fewer calories and are deficient in key nutrients such as protein, … Read more
Amazingly, there are more than 70 million people in the US who are grandparents, the most in our history! We’d call that a bonafide grandparent boom! It shouldn’t be surprising, though, because it makes sense. With the population of older adults growing, there are more who can call themselves grandparents (or even great-grandparents). Many agree … Read more
Getting older doesn’t mean what it once did. For many aging Americans, it is a phase of life where interests, goals, and dreams can get a new or second start. Today, aging is about eliminating outdated perceptions and living the way that suits you best. Since 1963, Older Americans Month (OAM) has been a time … Read more
People have long sought the ability to see the future by gazing into a crystal ball. That ability is now a reality — for some aspects of our lives, at least. Preventing chronic diseases and declining abilities as we age is very important for family caregivers but we don’t always know exactly what we should do … Read more
