Household Safety Tips to Reduce Hazards for Seniors Aging in Place
With the vast majority of seniors opting to continue to live at home during aging, it’s crucial to execute a comprehensive home assessment to find and fix any dangers and ensure the seniors you love remain secure and safe. The simplest way to do this is to start outside the home and work your way […]
Hearing Loss with Age: Signs, Causes, and Helping Seniors Cope
Isolated. Misunderstood. Left out. These are just a few of the emotions that are prevalent in people who experience hearing loss with age, who struggle to continue to keep social connections with friends, and family members who find it difficult to communicate with them. Hearing loss with age is quite prevalent, for a variety of […]
Head Trauma from a Fall Can Lead to Traumatic Brain Injuries in Seniors
When you think of a traumatic brain injury (TBI), your initial thought is probably a sports-related accident, such as a football player crashing head-first into a rival, or maybe a head-on collision in a car accident – something less likely to affect senior loved ones. Even so, the prevalence of traumatic brain injuries in older […]
Risk Factors, Management Tips, and Osteoarthritis Treatment for Seniors
Affecting 30 million individuals within the United States alone, osteoarthritis is a debilitating and painful condition that results due to the wearing away of cartilage, generating friction in the joints as unprotected bones rub against each other. While it may appear in virtually any joint, it is most prevalent in the hands, hips, knees, lower […]
When Crafts Won’t Cut It: Enriching Activities for Older Men
For many older men, who’ve spent a lifetime on career, family, hobbies and interests, the concept of settling in for a day of crafting is, to say the least, unbearable. The key to identifying engaging activities for men is in first taking the time to dig back into the history of their lives to identify […]
Understanding Chronic Fatigue in Seniors
Feelings of exhaustion may seem like a common event for many of us. The alarm goes off too early, the busyness of everyday life is exhausting, and by the conclusion of the day, when we can finally sink into bed, it’s difficult to stop our thoughts to get a restful night’s sleep. Yet as soon […]
The Importance of Preventing Social Isolation in the Elderly
Preventing social isolation in the elderly is an ever-increasing and extremely important endeavor. Up to 33% of all the elderly live alone, and for many different reasons (limited mobility, chronic health conditions, and loss of family and friends, just to name a few) socialization is increasingly difficult to maintain. In fact, the results of isolation […]
The Benefits of Meeting Daily Protein Requirements for Seniors
Pass the cheese, please! Recent scientific studies are showing the benefits of a protein-rich diet for the elderly, particularly during occasions of anxiety, for example, when battling a chronic disease or acute illness, or preparing for a surgical treatment or hospitalization, when protein is processed less effectively. And even when healthy, meeting daily protein requirements […]
Bathroom Safety for Seniors Helps Decrease Fall Risk
Even though you may consider your bathroom to be a safe place where you are able to relax and unwind with a soothing bath or invigorating shower following a challenging day, for seniors, the bathroom is probably the most dangerous room in the house. With slippery floors which can be even slipperier when damp, closed-in […]
Get Moving! How Physical Activity Helps Seniors Maintain Brain Health
We know how important it is to be active for our physical health, but studies are now showing many more far-reaching benefits – namely, a reduced possibility of developing Alzheimer’s disease and a slowed rate of cognitive decline in older adults. The explanation for the link is unclear, but there are two theories under consideration […]