There are not only many more people living longer but also innovations that will allow us to further extend life expectancy. As of 2013, U.S. life expectancy sits at 76.4 years for males and 81.2 years for females. We are living better, taking better care of ourselves, staying engaged with the world around us, and taking advantage … Read more
Family caregivers worry about our senior loved ones getting enough to eat to maintain their strength and health but when Alzheimer’s disease begins to progress, getting them to eat becomes a struggle. As seniors’ dementia progresses, they may resist eating, forget they have not yet eaten, or forget how to eat. When helping a senior loved … Read more
Food safety has become a real concern for all of us, especially our senior loved ones. Pathogens, including bacteria and viruses, can be present in the foods we choose and lead to foodborne illness. Another term for foodborne illness is food poisoning, which can be even more dangerous for older adults. Often aging in place … Read more
It’s frustrating, isn’t it? You start a conversation with someone, or half a conversation anyway, but fail to notice they have on earbuds and haven’t heard a thing you said. It happens at home, in the office, walking down a busy street – seemingly everywhere. There has to be an alternative, right? Or…you’re a family … Read more
Many of us were filled with expectations that we were going to have a mild winter, with primarily rain in most parts of the country. Little snowfall was to come and envelope us in the winter spirit. A mild winter leaves us all wondering when spring might arrive because we are just itching to get to more … Read more
Dementia affects everyone! 5 million people are currently diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in the US and another person is diagnosed every 67 seconds. 1 in 9 adults over 65 has Alzheimer’s disease. Memory loss is difficult, and not just on the person who is diagnosed and trying to make sense of a world that is … Read more
The stock market hasn’t been a pretty place to have money so far in 2016. Especially if it is your life savings, money you are using to pay for food, housing, medicine and more. What you need to live, in other words. Then it can be a downright scary situation right now, the way it … Read more
It’s less a question of “if” than “when” most of us will become family caregivers to our senior loved ones. For those who aren’t family caregivers already, that is. And MANY are! According to the latest survey by AARP and the National Alliance for Caregiving, 40 million Americans are providing unpaid care, 25% of them … Read more
Our senior loved ones may remember, from their own childhoods, a time when the doctor came to their house to provide medical care and treatment during times of illness in the family. Perhaps the doctor came at the end to help prepare a loved one who passed away. It was common to see a doctor in … Read more
