Family Caregiving vs. Assisted Living: Navigating the Caregiver’s Crisis
Caring for a loved one who is aging or dealing with chronic illness can be a rewarding yet challenging experience. Many families find themselves facing a crucial decision: whether to provide care at home through family caregiving or to explore the option of assisted living. This choice is often laden with emotional, financial, and logistical […]
Budgeting for Senior Living: Financial Planning Tips and Strategies for Seniors
As we age, our financial needs and priorities change, and this is especially true when it comes to planning for senior living. Whether you’re nearing retirement or assisting an elderly family member with financial planning, budgeting for senior living is a crucial and often complex aspect of one’s financial future. In this article, we will […]
Retirement Living: What You Should Know
It’s here! You’ve reached your retirement and you’re ready to settle down and enjoy life on your terms. But, how do you start? What do you do? More importantly, how are you going to enjoy your retirement? With Retirement Living, that’s how! Many seniors find themselves in a predicament that they may have not expected. […]
The Flu: What You Can Do
It’s estimated that as high as 85% of people that die from the flu are 65 years old or older. As high as 70% of people that are hospitalized are in that same age group. This just shows how devastating the flu can be to seniors. Taking the right precautionary steps to prevent or treat […]
The Importance of Giving Back
Can there be anything more selfless than giving back? Now that the season of giving is upon us, it’s the perfect time to consider volunteering. Volunteering can help provide a meaningful and rewarding experience for both the one doing the volunteering and the one receiving the volunteering. There are many great causes and possibilities for […]
Shop Smarter and Save Money
Being frugal, especially in your senior years, has a lot of benefits, and can save you money. It allows you to spend your money over a longer time frame. Retirement allows you to do more of the things that you want to do, but without a steady income, it could mean a dwindling bank account. […]
When Seniors Should Quit Driving
Driving gives a sense of freedom. It allows you to go wherever you want without having to worry about how you’ll get there. Unfortunately, as we age our senses can diminish, making driving rather unsafe. So when is it time to stop driving? Unusual Driving Indicators When you drive you have to understand a huge […]
October is Healthy Lung Month
Taking care of your lungs is healthy any time of year. However, October is set aside specifically to bring awareness to the many different types of lung diseases and to promote healthy lungs. October is National Healthy Lung Awareness Month. Lung Health Respiratory health is an important thing at any age. However, when it comes […]
Senior Skin Care Tips
The sun is out and shining. Taking care of your skin can be a very important thing to do as we age. Over time, skin will lose its elasticity, vibrancy, and strength. However, there are things you can do to protect and nurture your skin. Clean Skin The first steps to better, healthy skin is […]
Senior Anxiety
More and more seniors are living with anxiety. The growing number of seniors with anxiety disorder has gone from an average of 3% to a staggering 14% in recent years, with a total number of 27% of seniors reporting symptoms of anxiety. While there are many factors that can cause senior anxiety, there are ways […]
Senior Traveling Tips
If you or your loved one is a senior and planning on traveling this summer, being prepared ahead of time can make things go much smoother and make the trip much more enjoyable. After all, the key to a fun and memorable trip or vacation is enjoyment, relaxation, and fun. Traveling With Medication One of […]
The Best Ideas For Grandparents
Spending time with your grandchildren can be one of the most rewarding experiences you can have as a grandparent. With the increase of technology, like tablets, phones, computers, video games, and the internet, getting your grandchild to disconnect and actually spend some quality time with you can seem like a daunting task. There are certain […]
Get Outdoors!
The weather is better, the sun shines for longer throughout the day, and June is National Great Outdoors Month. There’s never been a better reason to go outside and have some fun. What is National Great Outdoors Month? This national month is celebrated every June and is meant to highlight the numerous outdoor possibilities this […]
National Fruits and Vegetable Month
If you didn’t know, June is National Fresh Fruits and Vegetables Month. The purpose of the month is to not only try and get more fresh fruits and vegetables into your diet, but to also promote a yearlong change to eat healthier things. This can be especially important for seniors, as nutrients are more vital […]
A New Type of Dementia Discovered
Toward the middle of April, doctors at the University of Kentucky Medical Center released a report about a new type of dementia they discovered, one that often gets mistaken for Alzheimer’s disease. What is it? This newly discovered type of dementia is known as LATE. It’s an acronym for limbic-predominant age-related TDP-43 encephalopathy. The name […]
5 Unique Senior Spring Activities
Spring is in the air. This is the best time of year to get outside and do something before the heat of the summer takes over. If you’re one of the people that likes to take advantage of spring, then you probably already have the regular activities covered, like: gardening, a trip to a park, […]
National Mental Health Awareness Month
May is National Mental Health Awareness Month. Many people don’t realize the importance of mental health. Lots of people discuss the benefits of diet and exercise, which can affect mental health to some degree, but are mainly focused on physical health. The health of the mind, mental health, is often overlooked. This is unfortunate because […]
Creating a Succulent Garden
Gardening is one of the great pastimes. There’s something calming about tending to a garden, watching it grow, and reveling in its beauty. This time of year, the spring, gardening is something that many do because of the ideal weather. But, there are also types of gardening that can be done indoors that can bring […]
Senior Dieting
Making sure that you are making healthy food choices are important at any age. However, it becomes even more vital as we age. Dieting can be a wonderful way to not only make sure you are a healthy weight, but also that you’re getting the best nutrition to keep you active and healthy. More than […]
Strengthening Your Bond
Life can be busy. People have busy schedules with work, children, and extracurricular activities. Finding time to spend with your family is very important to maintaining and strengthening your bond with them. Seniors that have frequent visits with family members have been shown to have higher levels of happiness and end up living longer. They […]
The Burden of Family Caregivers
When a senior family member lives at home and has either fallen ill, or developed a cognitive impairment, like dementia, it often falls on the family of that person to help take care of them. This, unfortunately, can be a heavy burden to bear for family caregivers. Family caregivers, according to a recent study, can spend […]
The Benefits of Branching Out
Step Out of Your Normal Routine Humans are creatures of routine and habit. Generally, we awake at the same time, eat the same types of foods, do the same types of things, and the older we get, the more these habits and routines become set in stone. While we may occasionally branch out here and […]
5 Ways to Boost Your Immune System
Boost Your Immune System The immune system is an amazing thing. It single-handedly protects you from foreign germ invaders that make you sick. But, is there a way to boost your immune system to make it stronger and better apt to protecting you? A simple answer: yes. But, it may be more complex than that. […]
5 Warning Signs of Dementia
Signs of Dementia Dementia is a grouping of symptoms that can occur in people aged 65 and older, although it does occur quite commonly in those younger than 65. But, for the most part, dementia primarily affects those in their senior years. Recognizing and understanding the signs and symptoms of dementia can allow for better […]
Why You Should Tour a Senior Living Community
Should I Tour a Senior Living Community? The decision to move from your home into a senior living community may be a difficult one, but the difficulties can be eased by doing one simple thing: taking a tour. A tour is important no matter what type of senior living you’re looking for: independent living, assisted […]
What is Retirement Perfected?
Your Retirement Perfected When it comes time to consider retiring, and you’re thinking about making a senior living community your home, why would you settle for the mundane? Isn’t it better to seek out a senior living community that offers a life full of possibilities? After all, you retire from work, not from life. At Bonaventure […]
