How a Geriatric Care Specialist Benefits Older Adults
With most seniors already seeing several different medical professionals, could there really be any advantage to adding still another? When it comes to a geriatric care specialist, the clear answer is a resounding, “Yes!” A geriatrician is board-certified in either internal or family medicine, much like a primary care physician, but with the extra benefit […]
Safe Travel Tips for Seniors with Alzheimer’s
After spending substantial time in social distancing and isolation, this summer may lead you more than usual to want to travel to visit family and friends, or even just to encounter a change of scenery and a few pleasurable activities. And if you provide care for a loved one with Alzheimer’s or another form of […]
Top Tips to Help Seniors Manage Chronic Kidney Disease
They’re only about the size of your fist, however, they are vital to our body’s operation. Kidneys work as filters to eliminate waste from the body, but they also control our blood pressure and help with the creation of red blood cells. For individuals with chronic kidney disease, successful management is extremely important in order […]
Older Adults Often Don’t Report Adverse Medication Side Effects
Anyone who has taken prescription medicine understands that it typically includes a thorough listing of potential negative effects to watch for. Even though prescriptions are, admittedly, intended to help us, the danger that may result from these adverse reactions can often be more severe than the benefit we gain. For older adults, almost all of […]
Home Modification Tips to Keep Seniors Safe While Aging in Place
With the vast majority of older adults choosing to continue to live at home throughout the course of aging, it is important to perform an extensive home assessment to search for and fix any hazards and ensure the seniors you love remain safe. The easiest method to accomplish this is to begin outside of the […]
Hearing Impairment in Older Adults: Signs, Causes, and How to Cope
Isolated. Misunderstood. Left out. These are just a few of the many emotions which are common in individuals with hearing loss, who find it hard to continue to maintain social connections with friends and family members, who struggle to communicate with them. Hearing impairment in older adults is quite common, for a number of reasons: […]
Traumatic Brain Injury in Seniors: A Growing Concern
When you think about a traumatic brain injury (TBI), your initial thought may very well be a sports-related accident, such as a football player crashing head-first into a rival, or perhaps a head-on collision in an auto accident – something less likely to affect senior loved ones. Yet the prevalence of traumatic brain injuries in […]
Tips on How to Manage Osteoarthritis in Older Adults
Impacting 30 million people within the United States alone, osteoarthritis is a debilitating and painful condition that results due to the wearing away of cartilage, leading to friction within the joints as unprotected bones rub against each other. While it can result in almost any joint, it is most common in the hands, hips, knees, […]
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 […]
Elderly and Social Isolation: The Importance of Continued Socialization for Seniors
Elderly and social isolation is a growing, dangerous epidemic across the nation. Up to one-third of all older adults live alone, and for various reasons (limited mobility, chronic health issues, and loss of friends and family, just to name a few) socialization turns out to be very difficult to maintain. The truth is, isolation in […]