Top Tips to Help Older Adults Live Their Best Lives
As we prepare to move forward into 2023, it is a wonderful time to think about what we have learned from the past year and what adjustments we’d like to make in the coming year. It’s more than just making a resolution that’s likely to be given up on within a matter of weeks. It […]
DIY Sensory Activities Helps Reduce Anxiety and Agitation in Dementia
Rapid mood swings are characteristic signs of dementia, and can be hard for family caregivers to navigate. One moment you may be taking part in an enjoyable activity together, when ostensibly out of thin air, the senior’s countenance shifts. It’s possible to then end up walking on eggshells in an attempt to diffuse a situation […]
Fun and Engaging Activities for People with Alzheimer’s
Continuing to be active and involved in meaningful pastimes is crucial to our mental health. We all need to feel both successful and needed. This feeling does not change because of a diagnosis of dementia, though it may require some creative intent to accomplish. In fact, stimulating and satisfying activities can lessen difficult symptoms of […]
A Commitment to Physical Fitness Is a Commitment to Health and Wellbeing
We’re on the cusp of a fresh year, and we all know very well what that means: time to declare your resolutions! If you are similar to most people, you will begin with the best of intentions. But as time goes by and life gets busier, you might find your determination shrinking until you have […]
How to Adapt Holiday Activities for Seniors with Alzheimer’s
The constraints of the COVID pandemic impacted last year’s holiday season, leaving many families isolated from one another. Thankfully, this year families have the ability to embrace the opportunity to safely gather together once more. While decking the halls and preparing for visits with family, it is vital to make adjustments to holiday activities for […]
The Importance of Social Wellness for Older Adults and How Home Care Can Help
Living through more than a year of a worldwide pandemic taught us to never take for granted the small but extremely significant things in life: shared laughter, hugging loved ones, a lunch date in a favorite café. We found out firsthand just how much socialization is to be valued, and just how empty and lost […]
New Year, New You: Importance of Exercise for Seniors with Chronic Conditions
Although staying safe at home has become our new normal, that does not mean we should spend our time stagnant in front of the television! For older adults, particularly those with chronic health concerns, maintaining an energetic lifestyle throughout the COVID-19 pandemic is a challenge which may seem insurmountable. However, research shows the importance of […]
The Benefits of Enhancing a Grandparent and Grandchild Relationship
As the old adage goes, “What happens at Grandma’s stays at Grandma’s!” Being a grandparent is perhaps one of life’s greatest joys – an opportunity to experience once more the delight of spending quality time and doting on the children in your life; only this time around, they’re your children’s children, so the relationships are […]
Summertime Safety Tips for Seniors
The longer days of summer mean extra time for swimming, family cookouts, gardening, and all of those other delightful seasonal pursuits. However, it also means an elevated risk for a number of health concerns for seniors, who happen to be more prone to heat-related complications including: Heat syncope (faintness/dizziness) Heat cramps Heat edema (swelling) Heat […]
When Crafts Won’t Cut It: Engaging Hobbies for Older Men
For many senior men, who have spent a lifetime on an important career, family, hobbies and interests, the idea of settling in for a day of crafting is, at best, unattractive. The answer to discovering engaging hobbies for older men is in first taking the time to dig back in the history of their lives […]